By Rob Chrisman
Posted To: Pipeline Press
Bank tellers and other bank employees are very aware of elder abuse, and train regularly to spot it. (Hopefully I won’t be accused of it – my nearly 92 year old Dad really does prefer Costco hotdogs!) Seriously, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is saying that a safe harbor should be written into federal privacy laws to protect advisers from legal liability if they report suspected financial abuse of the elderly. It is no coincidence that she is the chairwoman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging. “If they report in good faith, it seems to me they need some sort of protection, or many of them are not going to be willing to report,” she said. Freddie Mac produced a column from one of its economists that compared Census data showing homeownership rates by profession with BLS statistics projecting…(read more)
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