Father in His 80s, Preyed Upon by Mail and Tele Marketers, How to Help?
Question posed by d g: Father in his 80s, preyed upon by mail and tele marketers, how to help?
Dad, 80, gets a mountain of mail and continuous phone calls.
He has symptoms of alzheimer’s and has charged or written checks totaling $ 10,000 in January.
Fortune tellers, overseas lotteries, coin dealers, political donations, etc, etc.
If he authorizes the transactions, they can’t be reversed.
Contacting the companies will not stop them.
Need to change his environment as controlling his behavior doesn’t last.
Take away his credit cards and he gets new ones.
Want to try to make his saving less accessable.
Suggestions?
The top answer:
Answer by Pam H
Talk to a lawyer and get power of attorney. They can tell you the best way to deal with the money situation. Contact the post office and have them help cut off the junk mail. Get him on your state’s Do Not Call list for telemarketers.
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