{"product_id":"2940046009767","title":"The Absolutely Essential Guide to Understanding Elder Financial Abuse","description":"\u003cp\u003ePercent of female elder abuse victims: 67.3 %\u003cbr\u003eMedian age of elder abuse victims: 77.9\u003cbr\u003ePercent of white victims: 66.4 %\u003cbr\u003ePercent of black victims: 18.7 %\u003cbr\u003ePercent of hispanic victims: 10.4 %\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInternational Elder Abuse Awareness Day is June 14th as declared by the United Nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe amount of financial abuse perpetrated against the elderly in the United States has grown to epidemic proportions. Because the elderly are the fastest-growing segment of our population, more and more victims and their families are reporting its occurrence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are many scams that target the senior citizen. These include scams involving prizes, sweepstakes and lotteries; and the emergency or grandparent scam, where the scammer pretends a family member is in trouble, and requests that money be sent urgently to help.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2011 MetLife Mature Market Institute estimated that financial abuse robbed elder Americans of an estimated $2.9 BILLION in 2010, and that was up significantly from 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf have a family member or friend that's a senior citizen, you must see this quick and easy to read book. It could save you and others huge amounts of money and aggravation. If I had known then what is in this book, the financial abuse of my elderly father would never had happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon't let it happen to you or someone you care about. Read this book and you''ll learn to how to prevent and recognize individual cases of elderly economic abuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"infoway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184222224624,"sku":"2940046009767","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940046009767_p0.jpg?v=1763998224","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940046009767","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}