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How Carefully-Drafted Legal Documents Can Help Prevent Elder Financial Abuse

In this Elder Law Minute, Wes Coulson, Southern Illinois Elder Law attorney discusses how well legal documents are drafted can actually make a significant difference in terms of preventing elder financial abuse. | Coulson Elder Law

In this Elder Law Minute, Wes Coulson, Southern Illinois Elder Law attorney discusses how well legal documents are drafted can actually make a significant difference in terms of preventing elder financial abuse. ? How Carefully-Drafted Legal Documents Can Help Prevent Elder Financial Abuse Transcript: Hi, I’m Wes Coulson from Dent-Coulson Elder Law servicing clients throughout the St. […]

How to Help Prevent Elders From Being Victims of Scams

Wes Coulson, Southern Illinois Elder Law attorney passes along five practical tips to seniors for keeping them from being victims of scams. | Coulson Elder Law

In this Elder Law Minute, Wes Coulson, Southern Illinois Elder Law attorney passes along five practical tips to seniors, or your senior loved ones, for keeping them from being victims of scams. ? How to Help Prevent Elders From Being Victims of Scams Transcript: Hi, I’m Wes Coulson and this is your Elder Law Minute. I want […]

Financial Record Red Flags For Possible Elder Financial Abuse

Wes Coulson, O'Fallon IL attorney, discusses the financial record red flags to look for to help identify the possibility of someone being a victim of financial exploitation. | Coulson Elder Law

There are financial record red flags that could alert you that someone is being a victim of financial exploitation. Does your loved one have unpaid bills, late charges, unusual amounts of cash or ATM withdrawals, charges for unusual items or other inconsistent findings in their financial records? If so, these could all be clues that […]

Victim Risk Factors For Elder Financial Abuse – Part 2

Wes Coulson presents part two of his discussion on victim risk factors that could make someone vulnerable for elder financial abuse and exploitation. | Coulson Elder Law

In the second part of the two-part series on victim risk factors for elder financial abuse (see part one here), we look at other circumstances such as depression and loneliness, social isolation and substance abuse that are risk factors for somebody becoming a victim of financial exploitation. As mentioned before, the presence of these factors doesn’t necessarily […]

Victim Risk Factors For Elder Financial Abuse – Part 1

Wes Coulson begins a two-part series that discusses victim risk factors that could make someone vulnerable for elder financial abuse and exploitation. | Coulson Elder Law

There are certain victim risk factors such as advanced age, female gender, cognitive or physical impairments, and language and communication issues, that all lend themselves to leaving someone open for financial exploitation. This doesn’t necessarily mean that everyone who has these factors is going to be a victim, it does however mean that these are […]

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