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As a recent Forbes article titled “The End of Secrecy in Nursing Home Wrongdoing” explains, until now consumers were required to sign arbitration agreements when

Comedic actor Gene Wilder, who died last week at age 83 from complications of Alzheimer's disease, didn’t tell anyone about his illness for at least

“CFPB issues guide and best practices to help communities create protection partnerships for seniors.” The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) recent press release, “Consumer Financial

The Administration for Community Living says that hundreds of thousands of older persons are abused, neglected and exploited every year, reported The Hillsdale (MI) Daily

Older Americans forfeit approximately $37 billion annually to financial fraud. However, new legislation under consideration in Congress would impose more stringent penalties for these crimes

U.S. Representative Gwen Graham from Tallahassee, Florida, recently announced that she plans to introduce new legislation that would allow states to create a searchable registry

About 400 social workers, law enforcers, lawyers, nursing home workers, and others who work with vulnerable adults gathered recently at the University of Minnesota to

The U.S. Department of Justice has recently announced the creation of several Elder Justice Task Forces. The teams will target health care providers who commit

New York is home to the third-largest elderly population in the U.S., a population that appears increasingly vulnerable to physical and financial abuse. But New

Huffington Post reports in "Writing an Eldercare Plan," that elder law attorneys view being elder-proofed as having legal documents such as living wills, do not

New York State Senator Patrick Gallivan recently stated that the Senate passed a bill to make it easier for victims of elder abuse to give

"If you suspected that your elderly neighbor was being taken advantage of by a family member, would you: (a) Do something to help your neighbor;