The witnesses did not talk about long-term care insurance (LTCI), and they mentioned annuities and life insurance only in passing.
But several did talk about LTC providers.
Hubert "Skip" Humphrey, III, an assistant director in the Office of Older Americans at the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), testified that "bad actors" could include family caregivers or paid caregivers as well as financial advisors, fiduciaries, home repair contractors or scam artists.
"Development of strategies to deal with the myriad of 'bad actors' is essential," Humphrey said, according to a written version of his remarks posted on the committee website.
One step the Office for Older Americans is taking is to develop guides for "lay fiduciaries," to help family members and others handle older people's money in a prudent fashion and spot possible signs of financial exploitation, Humphrey said.
The office also is producing a guide aimed at LTC facility operators.
The office is hoping the facility operators will identify possible cases of financial exploitation and do something about them, Humphrey said.
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3 comments:
While there may be more nonprofessional individuals engaged in elder exploitation, the Organized Bar is pretty well engaged and doing nothing to stop the thieves.
Let's hope that with new leadership, the CFPB can step in and do what the Senate Committee on Aging has failed to do.
I believe LTC are one of the abusers.
Long term facilities troll for vulnerable families they can easily defeat in a guardianship attempt.
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