Bennett Blum, M.D.
Offers information for cases involving undue influence, coercion, mental capacity and competency, dementia, elder or financial abuse. Includes forensic and geriatric psychiatry models.

California Community Partnership for the Prevention of Financial Abuse
CCPPFA guidelines for preventing and reporting financial elder abuse, resources for financial institutions, posters and brochures.

Challenges in Combating Predatory Lending
This 2004 report from the U.S. General Accounting Office highlights that the elderly are disproportionately victims of predatory lending.

Clergy Against Senior Exploitation - CASE
Partnership of the Denver District Attorney and the faith community to focus on elder fraud and financial exploitation prevention, detection, reporting and victim support.

Elder Abuse - California, Los Angeles District Attorney's Office
Features the Elder Abuse Unit. How to recognize and prevent elder abuse. Warning signs, avoiding false friends, secret loan, caretaker fraud, telemarketing fraud, fraudulent charities, real estate fraud and other types of fraud.

Elderly People and the Law - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Transcript of 2003 The Law Report radio broadcast exploring the potential pitfalls surrounding family agreements and powers of attorney.

Fighting Fraud Against Older Consumers
Explains how seniors can protect themselves by knowing how to identify fraudulent sales pitches.

Financial Crimes Against the Elderly
The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, offers this comprehensive 88-page problem-oriented guide in PDF format.

Financial Exploitation of the Elderly
Martin Hagan Esq. focuses on elder abuse through undue influence. Includes profiles of victims and perpetrators, stages, and available remedies.

Fraud: Targeting America's Seniors
In his 1999 U.S. Senate testimony, Bennett Blum, M.D. offers a comprehensive analysis of undue influence in elder financial abuse.

NASAA Investor Education and Tips
From the North American Securities Administrators Association, this guide includes the top 10 investment scams, and how older Americans can avoid investment fraud and abuse.

National Association of Bunco Investigators (NABI)
Non-profit organization of law enforcement and security investigators focusing on transient criminal groups and elderly victims.

Older People and Consumer Fraud
The Australian Institute of Criminology shares the results of an extensive survey of seniors' criminal victimization and vulnerability to acts of consumer fraud.

Seniors Against Investment Fraud - SAIF
Statewide outreach campaign under the California Department of Corporations to alert and educate seniors about investment and telemarketing fraud crimes.

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