Financial Elder Abuse: Unfortunately senior adults can become a target of elder abuse and fraud by a spouse, adult child or other relative.

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Estrada replaced Espiritu as finance secretary with the well-regarded Jose Pardo, who had held the trade and industry portfolio, named a six-man Economic Coordinating Council of top officials to bring badly-needed coherence and momentum to policy-making, and recruited five business elder statesmen as senior advisers.

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Financial elder abuse is a serious problem for many senior citizens in the United States.

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Even if you are not an elder yourself, it can be very helpful to know where to find a community service agency, a senior center, the Area Agency on Aging.

FORBES: The International Plan of Action on Aging,