Cuccinelli: Fraud and Elder Abuse Major Problems
A fraud prevention summit was held at Greenspring in Springfield.
When Pamela Glasner's mother died, she and her brother contacted the nursing home to transfer power of attorney for their father to themselves. That's when they learned that their father had signed everything over to a man they did not know. The person had presented their father a paper in the nursing home and said, "sign here." It was considered legal, and even after her father's death, Glasner is living with the consequences. Glasner produced the documentary “Last Will and Embezzlement” to educate Americans about the prevalancy of financial exploitation of the elderly. "I did this because no one should have to live through what I've lived through and am still living through," she told more than 100 residents of Greenspring retirement …
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Tom Fields
5:38 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012
I've not yet seen the movie, but I have watched the 3-minute video which appears at http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8486577 that ABC News broadcast as part of a report that begins at http://abcnews.go.com/2020/mary-ellens-mansion-elder-abuse/story?id=8976473. Anyone who reads the ABC News report and watches the accompanying video might wonder about the efforts which have been made to … more ›