Banks Require Managers to Identify Elder Abuse
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Banks Require Managers to Identify Elder Abuse!
It was a sunny summer-like day, nothing unusual for California, except that I saw an old man shuffling into the bank followed by what could have been a grandson, or even a great grandson. From the look on the old gentleman’s face the bank was the last place he wanted to be. He made his way along the line, and eventually reached the teller’s window. I commented to the bank president about the old man, and he told me that just a week ago, upper management required her and others to attend a mandatory conference—on, you guessed it, elder abuse. They were being taught how to identify the abuse, and screen likely perpetrators. Then after identifying a potential violation, they had to learn the next steps.
It struck me that, if this mandatory training was just happening in 2008, what protected seniors before? If they didn’t know how to identify it, then one would have to assume that the architects of evil “got away with it.” Well, kudos to the bank. It’s better late than never!
In my book Wealth of the Wicked: an American Tragedy of Elderly Abuse this is exactly what happened to Lucille Stanton in 2004. She was taken to the bank by her nephew. She too swayed with an unsteady gait when she walked. She was old, tired, and submissive. A banker should have been able to recognize that the individual was incapable of taking care of any business. But that is not what happened back then. The bank teller allowed her nephew to transfer money from her account into his. He, as her caregiver, took her from one bank to another and emptied her life’s savings from her safe deposit box.
Lucille’s suffered from the effects of Alzheimer’s of the dementia type and had no clue that her nephew had plotted, planned and eventually executed a scheme on her.
“I’ll take good care of you,” moved her nephew into her home. That is one statement that will get an old person every time. They cling to those words as if they breathe life into them.
In Wealth of the Wicked there are 10 things to look for when considering hiring a caregiver. Why is this important? Because, whether the applicant is family or no family, he or she should meet certain standards of integrity and checkable job records, and letters of recommendation. The 10 things give the person in charge a checklist that can be easily followed and executed.
More about Janice M. Lauderdale—she has a degree in sociology and is a Minister in the counseling division at a mega church in Los Angeles. Her recently published book Wealth of the Wicked: An American Tragedy of Elderly Abuse is a breakthrough for the legal and physical protection of the elderly. It puts a face on 1.2 million seniors who are abused annually. She can be contacted for more must-know steps and legal means to protect the elderly. Contact her at: www.writethewrong1.com,
jlauderdale@premierewriters.ning.com
www.writethewrong1.com
www.premierewriters.ning.com
janicelauderdale@yahoo.com
word count: 587
Banks Require Managers to Identify Elder Abuse!
It was a sunny summer-like day, nothing unusual for California, except that I saw an old man shuffling into the bank followed by what could have been a grandson, or even a great grandson. From the look on the old gentleman’s face the bank was the last place he wanted to be. He made his way along the line, and eventually reached the teller’s window. I commented to the bank president about the old man, and he told me that just a week ago, upper management required her and others to attend a mandatory conference—on, you guessed it, elder abuse. They were being taught how to identify the abuse, and screen likely perpetrators. Then after identifying a potential violation, they had to learn the next steps.
It struck me that, if this mandatory training was just happening in 2008, what protected seniors before? If they didn’t know how to identify it, then one would have to assume that the architects of evil “got away with it.” Well, kudos to the bank. It’s better late than never!
In my book Wealth of the Wicked: an American Tragedy of Elderly Abuse this is exactly what happened to Lucille Stanton in 2004. She was taken to the bank by her nephew. She too swayed with an unsteady gait when she walked. She was old, tired, and submissive. A banker should have been able to recognize that the individual was incapable of taking care of any business. But that is not what happened back then. The bank teller allowed her nephew to transfer money from her account into his. He, as her caregiver, took her from one bank to another and emptied her life’s savings from her safe deposit box.
Lucille’s suffered from the effects of Alzheimer’s of the dementia type and had no clue that her nephew had plotted, planned and eventually executed a scheme on her.
“I’ll take good care of you,” moved her nephew into her home. That is one statement that will get an old person every time. They cling to those words as if they breathe life into them.
In Wealth of the Wicked there are 10 things to look for when considering hiring a caregiver. Why is this important? Because, whether the applicant is family or no family, he or she should meet certain standards of integrity and checkable job records, and letters of recommendation. The 10 things give the person in charge a checklist that can be easily followed and executed.
More about Janice M. Lauderdale—she has a degree in sociology and is a Minister in the counseling division at a mega church in Los Angeles. Her recently published book Wealth of the Wicked: An American Tragedy of Elderly Abuse is a breakthrough for the legal and physical protection of the elderly. It puts a face on 1.2 million seniors who are abused annually. She can be contacted for more must-know steps and legal means to protect the elderly. Contact her at: www.writethewrong1.com,
jlauderdale@premierewriters.ning.com
