PREVENTING IDENTITY THEFT AND SCAMS
Preventing Identity Theft and Scams, presented by Robbie McCullough, owner of Assisting Hands Home Care. Learn how to avoid being a target of the latest scams aimed at stealing your personal information and assets. Tools, tips and techniques for recognizing and avoiding the latest scams will be covered.
Preventing identity theft saves time and money. And, even a minor incident of identity theft or bank compromise often becomes an extended period of stress. Unfortunately, scammers target seniors. Reasons for this include older adults generally having less secure internet connections and networks, valuable home equity and savings and easily-accessed personal information to be used in all types of fraud and theft.
Scams keep changing.! For example, the covid-19 pandemic brought about a new wave of scams related to relief options and receiving money from the government. The good news is, while the hooks and approaches are ever-changing, a thief is always after the same thing, and a few common-sense rules and tech tools can be tremendously helpful security basics. At home, we lock doors and use security systems to make it more difficult and eliminate the vast majority of intrusions, and the same logic applies to identity theft.
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Why Senectus?
Senectus has a mission: simplifying access to quality, affordable services for seniors. Yet, as a consumer, it’s fair to ask why these services would join as a group, with a name, identity and shared purpose. Although each organizer has earned a reputation for service, why does connecting as Senectus offer more than the sum of our parts… or partners?
What unites us is a need: A majority of adults are unprepared for helping an aging family member to make inevitable, life-changing decisions. However, over 65% of adults will end up in a care giving role. Further, due to the aging of boomers, there is a rapidly growing need for elder support. And, in the Gen X and in Millennial generations following baby boomers, there will be fewer and fewer available family members to help with aging in place, downsizing, relocation and financial preparedness.
In planning, an important success factor is knowing who to turn to for resources, advice and assistance. Added to this, numerous services may be needed and coordination of them may be vital, all within a budget, timeline, often during uncertain times of change, and likely with a limited, fixed income. Care givers and family who intend well, yet have busy schedules of their own.
What is Senectus?
Senectus is a collaborating group of service professionals focused on the needs of Dallas area seniors and their families.
Senectus connects seniors to a network of local services including home health, transportation, move management, organizing assistance, housekeeping, elder law, estate planning, financial planning, real estate and retirement community placement. All of the partner businesses are focused on serving the needs of older adults. Learn more about us and services we provide here.