How Illinois’ safety net to protect the elderly from financial exploitation is falling short – Chicago Sun-Times

Paul Borik inside his senior living room at Lutheran Home in Arlington Heights. Borik is among a growing number of seniors in Illinois who have been targeted for their savings.Injustice Watch found that limits in banking regulations, loose state watchdog laws and cost-cutting at almost every level of government have played roles in hampering efforts to protect the state’s elderly. Of 8,410 reports of financial exploitation last year, the state-contracted caseworkers verified evidence of abuse in just 462, about 5.5%, down from about 19% of cases a decade ago.
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Giddyap
2 years ago

All the lip service from Dems about protecting society’s most vulnerable

but yet

who suffers

kids in the care of the state

veterans in state facilities

the frail elderly

so much performative virtue-signal cosplay — so little good accomplished

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