From 2010 to 2013, annual reports of financial abuse rose from 873 to 1,330, a 52 percent increase.
The county disbanded the unit in 2009 because of recessionary budget problems, but supervisors this year responded to senior advocates and social service managers who urged them to address the rise in reports of financial crimes.
Adult Protective Services estimates the revived unit will have an annual cost of $660,000 for five investigators and a supervisor, and an unknown amount for administrative costs. Supervisors approved funding last month but delayed the start date until January because they said the county could not afford to fund a full year.
Supervisor Don Nottoli said he wants to increase funding for the unit if the county’s financial situation has improved when the board takes a final budget vote in September. “It’s a priority – a very high one,” he said.
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Sacramento County to Revive Team to Examine Financial Elder Abuse
APS is frequently the precipitating factor in thrusting victims into conservatorship, where the unethical court-appointed fiduciaries can then do their own kind of ripping off.
ReplyDeleteExamining is not a job for APS, but for the state financial units.
In this age of hi-tech it is inexcusable that the state does not protect its citizens.
Looks like California is on the way.
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