About this episode

Lori La Bey interviews Charles Wallace about his experience uncovering financial abuse by a caregiver of his mother with dementia.

When the Caregiver Becomes the Predator: One Son's Fight to Uncover the Truth #FinancialAbuse #CaregiverTips #ProtectYourFamily Lori La Bey talks with Charles Wallace, who goes by Chip, about the financial abuse by a caregiver who stole nearly $1 million from his mother with dementia over four years. He hopes this will help other families prevent their loved ones' life savings from being stolen. Chip leveraged his 15-year career in banking and finance and taught himself forensic investigation to uncover the loss. He wrote the book   The Caregiver's Game to help other families from falling victim to financial abuse. Learn: How Charles’ mother was taken advantage of and financially abused Get your paperwork in order long before you need it, as it might be too late at that point, and most likely, far more expensive. Power of Attorney (POA) Healthcare Directive A Will or Trust Use a specialist to coordinate your paperwork, like an Elder law Attorney. Don’t turn everything over to someone else without actively monitoring things Keep your connections to important contacts so they know you are the one in control, and the caregiver is an employee only, not one in charge…

People in this episode

Host: Lori La Bey

Guest: Charles Wallace

Topics covered

• financial abuse
• caregiver tips
• dementia
• forensic investigation
• protecting family assets

Keywords

• financial abuse
• caregiver
• dementia
• forensic investigation
• Power of Attorney
• Elder law Attorney
• trust

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Alzheimer's Speaks

Products: The Caregiver's Game

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