POLICE ASSOCIATION OF NOVA SCOTIA 5 June 15, 2012 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 What is Abuse of Older Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 About Senior Abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Financial Exploitation of Older Persons . . . . . . . . . 71 Partners Against Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Emergency or “Grandparent” Scam . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Credit Card Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Door-to-Door Sales Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Investment Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Lottery Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Facts on Psychological and Emotional Abuse of Seniors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Recognizing Older Adult Abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 What To Do if You Are Being Abused . . . . . . . . . 101 Safety Planning for Older Persons . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 The Sandwich Generation – Caught in the middle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Aging Parents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 What You Need to Know About Elder Abuse . . . . 115 Elder Abuse Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Demographic Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 What the Law can do About Elder Abuse . . . . . . . 121 The National Seniors Council – Working For Seniors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 More Information on Elder Abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 ADVERTISERSʼ INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 41st Annual Crime Prevention Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS Message from PANS President . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 About PANS & Donations to the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Message from the Publisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Francis Smith Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 PANS in the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Peace and Peace Officers’ National Memorial Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Sgt. Dave Cheverie Retirement . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Benefit Hockey Games Wolfville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Halifax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 New Glasgow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Truro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Police launch Operation Headway bike helmet blitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Back to the future for city grads . . . . . . . . . . .31 Police, students partner to stop fraud against seniors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS All information reprinted with permission.
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