By Athan Bezaitis
November 9, 2009
The Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center and the Andrus Center Volunteers hosted a seminar on preventing the mistreatment of older persons at the USC Davis School of Gerontology on Nov. 4.
Filmmakers Dorothy Breininger and Debby Bitticks and former Los Angeles Police Department detective Chayo Reyes provided information on such forms of elder abuse as predatory caregivers, financial scam artists and neglectful nursing homes to students, faculty and other visitors.
From 1987 to 1999, Reyes, a former member of the Elder Person’s Estate Unit, prevented the loss of or recovered more than $91 million in victim’s assets, which included homes, vehicles and life savings. He discussed ways to recognize and address theft from the estates of vulnerable adults.
“Elder abuse cases have a common theme,” he said. “The victims generally live alone, may be in poor health and, in 95 percent of cases, suffer from dementia or are subject to undue influence or duress.”
Shawn Herz, director of program development of the Caregiver Center, said the film and discussion provided “vital information for raising awareness of what people need to take into consideration when planning for care and in protecting the vulnerable.”
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