What to Do When a Loved One with Dementia Gets Scammed

What to Do When a Loved One with Dementia Gets Scammed By Esther Heerema, MSW It's all too common. Bills stack up and remain unpaid, but the "small fee" in order to secure the large jackpot of a prize gets paid every time. Or, the phone rings and a plea is made to help those less fortunate, only it's not a legitimate organization. Learn how to protect your loved one with dementia from giving away money and getting scammed.  Tips for Success During the Nursing Home State Survey  These unannounced annual stated surveys and complaint investigation surveys significantly increase the stress of caring for residents, whether they're in the facility for short-term subacute rehab, dementia care, or long-term care. So, how do you survive? What can you do to have a successful survey? Try some of these tips from those who've been there and lived to tell about it.    READ NOW What to Do When a Loved One with Dementia Gets Scammed  Is a loved one with dementia getting scammed?  Does this sound familiar? Dad gets multiple requests a day for donations, as well as "special offers" to purchase the deal of the century. While you're over visiting, you notice that the phone rings and someone makes a plea for him to help the children with cancer. His mail contains notifications that he won the sweepstakes and just has to pay a small fee to cover the taxes.   READ NOW These 9 Controllable Risks Account for Majority of Dementia Cases  Researchers reviewed 323 studies involving more than 5000 people to evaluate dementia and the conditions that increase or decrease its risk. The good news? They found 9 modifiable conditions (things that we can at least somewhat influence) that increase the risk of dementia.   READ NOW Types and Symptoms of Frontotemporal Dementia Explained  Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a type of dementia that has often been called Pick’s disease. It encompasses a group of disorders that affect behavior, emotions, communication and cognition. Other names used for FTD include: -frontotemporal degeneration -frontal temporal dementia -Pick's complex -frontotemporal lobar degeneration   READ NOW How and Why to Share Your Loved One's Life Story with Others  One way to aid people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias is to develop life stories to display and share with others. Life stories can give caregivers and visitors a clear picture of the person with whom they're interacting. Here's how to make a life story.   READ NOW A Comparison Between Alzheimer's and Vascular Dementia  Learn how these two kinds of dementia are similar and different from each other, including their symptoms, progression, treatment and causes. READ NOW Advertisement READ THESE NEXT What's the Best Yogurt for People With Diabetes? Understanding the Existential Learning Style 4 Things You Don't Know About Weight Loss Managing IBS in the Workplace: A 6-Step Survival Guide What's The Funny Thing About The Funny Bone? A DOTDASH BRAND You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Alzheimer's & Dementia newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2016 Verywell.com - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.