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The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) is responsible for investigating charges of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children, the elderly, and adults with disabilities. Prior to its creation in 2004, the agency had been called the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services (DPRS). [1] [2]
Seniors' level of vulnerability to this type of exploitation varies by the type of scam. For example, the AARP found that lottery fraud victims were more likely to be women over 70 living alone, with lower education, lower income, and less financial literacy, while victims of investment fraud were more likely to be men between the ages of 55 ...
Elder abuse (also called elder mistreatment, senior abuse, abuse in later life, abuse of older adults, abuse of older women, and abuse of older men) is a single or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an older person. [1]
Susan, 73, and Richard Spry, 80, both of League City, Texas, were both charged with two counts of grand theft between $100,000 and $500,000 in ... Texas seniors charged with exploiting over $100k ...
Two facts have become impossible to ignore: The U.S. population is aging, and the cost to take care of our seniors is surging. By 2030, all 73 million baby boomers will be 65 years of age and older.
That maintenance amount has been set at $600 a month for a single adult since 1989 — an amount that would be more than $1,500 in today's dollars.
[2] [5] In 1963, the Texas legislature began a major revision of the 1925 Texas statutory classification scheme, and as of 1989 over half of the statutory law had been arranged under the recodification process. [2] The de facto codifications are Vernon's Texas Statutes Annotated and Vernon's Texas Codes Annotated, commonly known as Vernon's.
The federal government measures poverty by comparing a household's income to a set poverty threshold or minimum amount of income needed to cover basic needs. ... In Texas, the median household ...