One agency with three programs that advocate for seniors in long term care facilities and Medicare beneficiaries who want unbiased individual help and advocacy.
Do you know that Senior Advocacy Services relies on the work of our volunteers to reach seniors across Sonoma County? Our next Ombudsman Training begins in August, and we need more volunteers to help advocate for residents of long term care facilities across our county.
On Monday June 24th, KTVU Channel 2 news reached out to Senior Advocacy Services about a story highlighting Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Awareness Month.
Coincidentally, not long before the TV request, the SAS Elder Justice Coordinator, Donata Mikulik, met a community member Ezra Gardener Rust who had fallen victim to a phone scam that cost him approximately $32,000. Read More
Another great resource to keep an out on in case you're approached by scammers:
https://www.aarp.org/aarp-foundation/our-work/income/elderwatch/report-fraud/
Jumpstart Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping by adding us Senior Advocacy Services as your recipient of Amazon Smile. It's easy to do, and can help donate to our important work supporting older adults.
Starting with your Amazon.com account then change the URL to smile.amazon.com. You may be asked to sign in again. Near the top left of the page, below the search bar, there will be a heading saying 'Supporting: _________' with the name of a non-profit.
When you click or hover over the down-pointing triangle, a pop-up with show up where to the right of the title of the beneficiary you can click on the word 'change.' This ill open a new page with a charity spotlight, and below is a search field to pick your own charity. Type in 'Senior Advocacy Services' and you will find us with the Petaluma, CA location. Click Select, and you are done, a summary page will pop-up with your personal smile history and the option to add smile as your bookmark.
Shop Away in the Smile site and 0.5% of purchases benefit our important work. Thank you for your support.
With the arrival of the holidays, the scammers have come up with yet another ruse to get you to click on an attachments and expose your computer and network to malware. DO NOT CLICK ON ATTACHMENTS. They may look like emails from someone you know, but pay attention to the actual mailto: address and you will see it's spam (red arrow).
The Wall Street Journal has released it's list of 2018 best books on aging well. Holiday reading anyone?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-best-books-of-2018-on-aging-well-1542650717
Lear more about Long Term Care Ombudsman with this video from our colleagues in Texas.
http://ltcombudsman.org/news/article/volunteer-ombudsman-recruitment-video-from-dallas-texas
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/8713388-181/state-staff-abandoned-residents-of
A rare and notable act holding criminals accountable for scams: “The Justice Department and its partners are taking unprecedented, coordinated action to protect elderly Americans from financial threats, both foreign and domestic,” said Attorney General Sessions. “Today’s actions send a clear message: we will hold perpetrators of elder fraud schemes accountable wherever they are.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-coordinates-nationwide-elder-fraud-sweep-more-250-defendants
During National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW), March 6–12, 2016, non-profit organizations and government agencies can help you take advantage of your rights and make better-informed choices.
There are 5 things you can do to become an informed Medicare consumer:
Get more information on how to protect yourself from identity theft.
