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Senior Advocacy Services

One agency with three programs that advocate for seniors in long term care facilities and Medicare beneficiaries who want unbiased individual help and advocacy.

Donata Mikulik

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Evacuation and Fire Safety Training for RCFE Administrators

Come to our upcoming Evacuation and Disaster Planning Training on Wednesday October 30th at the Rohnert Park  Library Evacuation & Disaster Planning Rohnert Park Oct 30 Flyer. (October 17th in Sonoma has been cancelled).  Register today, seating is limited and continuing education is provided for RCFE Administrators.

Also check out this valuable video for Evacuation and Fire Safety created by the San Ramon Valley Fire District with permission to share far and wide.  In this California Fire Season it is important to keep in mind options during an emergency and how to make the best decisions for a situation, especially if first responders are unable to assist.  Video content is also relevant to other types of caregivers for adults requiring special assistance.

https://firedepartment.org/community/safety-tips/senior-safety

Share these opportunities and register by searching for Evacuation Training on Eventbrite or on our Senior Advocacy Services facebook page.

 

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Elder Abuse Awareness Month Covered by KTVU Channel 2

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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

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Add SAS as Your Amazon Smile Beneficiary

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.

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Email Attachments SPAM Holiday Greetings

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).

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Largest Elder Fraud Sweep of over 250 Defendants

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

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