Filed under: Familes

Our senior citizens deserve to enjoy their elder years peacefully and with dignity. A lifetime of hard work has earned them monetary savings and excellent credit ratings. This should serve them well, but actually leaves them as common targets for fraud and scams. In addition to their buying power, they are trusting, unlikely to report fraud, and sometimes have compromised memory due to their age.

Health insurance fraud is a common event targeted to seniors particularly with alzheimers. Most of these scams involve the con artists submitting fake charges to the insurance companies and/or Medicare. Unbeknown to the individual, bills are submitted to the insurance company for unnecessary equipment, or for services never rendered. Things to look out for are offers of “free” equipment and fake tests.

It is also important to provide elder care services for that extra support when necessary. Visiting Angels provides senior home elder care that is bonded and insured, and is the nation’s leading network of non-medical home care services. It is an alternative to a nursing home or an assisted living facility. Some services provided by Visitingangels.com are hygiene