Senior citizens are often targeted for fraud and other forms of financial exploitation. More often than not, it goes unreported. On this upcoming edition of OPEN/net we are discussing elder fraud and how you can prevent it.

Tuesday
April 21, 2009
9-10p.m.

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Guests:

Mebane Rash
Attorney and Editor of NC Insight, a publication of the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research

Caroline Farmer
Special Counsel, Victims & Citizens Section, Dept. of Justice

Donna White
A Registered Nurse and Aging and Health Specialist in the Elder Rights Section of the
Division of Aging and Adult Services, DHHS

Nancy Warren
Adult Services Program Administrator, Division of Aging and Adult Services, DHHS

More information:

NC Center for Public Policy Research
www.nccppr.org
(919) 832-2839

Division of Aging and Adult Services
www.ncdhhs.gov/aging
(919) 733-3983

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