Rocky Mountain Elder Law is holding a Clothes Drive to help the Lakota Nation residents of the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. In the run-up to November’s Native American Heritage Month, we will be collecting donations at our offices until Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Native American communities are some of the most vulnerable in the country and among them, indigenous people in South Dakota...
Exploitation of older people is sadly common and financial exploitation is very damaging to its victims. According to the National Council on Ageing it costs victims as much as $36.5 billion per year. It can also be difficult to tackle because financial elder abuse is often done by those the victim trusts. However, one of the most powerful ways to fight against it and pre-empt it is thorough...
As we spend more and more of our time online and conduct our business there, we inevitably start to have numerous passwords for our digital accounts. Moreover, to make them secure enough, we make them so complex that no one can guess them. However, what happens after we die? Often our relatives have to go through a lengthy and onerous process to get control of all the essential digital...
Financial exploitation is sadly common in our country. Around 1 in 10 Americans over 60 years old have experienced some form of elder abuse. We have developed a Guide to Financial Exploitation to help you and your loved ones avoid falling victim to financial exploitation, as well as to give you the tools to fight it if someone you know has. The guide covers: What financial exploitation isHow to...
Rocky Mountain Elder Law recently worked on a case where an elderly man with mild dementia was at risk of exploitation by those around him. An 89-year-old Colorado man (Tom) with mild dementia had a girlfriend in her 60s (Sally). She had a financial Power of Attorney giving her power over his finances. Together, they would regularly visit the various banks he had accounts with to withdraw his...
What is financial exploitation of an elderly person or elder financial abuse? According to the Department of Justice, financial or property exploitation means the illegal or improper use of an elderly or adult with a disability's money, property, or other resources for monetary or personal benefit, profit, or gain. This includes, but is not limited to, theft, misappropriation, concealment,...
Elder law is all about protection against financial exploitation. Everything I do, from estate planning to guardianships and conservatorships, helps protect a family’s legacy. People think they just need a will to take care of their assets after death, but that is just one part of a larger plan that can be critical in safeguarding a legacy both before and after death. I want to show how the...
Rocky Mountain Elder Law has been nominated for the Minority-owned / Women-owned Business of the Year category at the 2022 Celebrate Jeffco awards. The Celebrate Jeffco awards, by the West Metro Chamber, are dedicated to celebrating the businesses in the community that exemplify resilience and leadership. If you would like to attend the red-carpet award ceremony and gala on Friday, February 18th...
Estate plans are love letters to your nearest and dearest. Having an estate plan means that when you die, your family can grieve, free of the burden of challenging decisions. I believe that people are never too old and never too young to start an estate plan, but they might be too late. If you know that a loved one doesn’t have an estate plan in place and you think they should (and really,...
Please support our indigenous communities On August 3, 1990, President George H. W. Bush declared the month of November as National American Indian Heritage Month, also called National Native American Heritage Month. This month is close to my heart since my mother was Mescalero Apache and I have always treasured that heritage. Before law school, I graduated from Harvard University with a Masters...
