Preventing Elder Financial Exploitation: Research, Policies, and Strategies

Financial exploitation of older individuals through fraud and scams is a growing threat, and preventing such exploitation is important to maintaining elders’ economic health. Please join the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago for Preventing Elder Financial Exploitation: Research, Policies, and Strategies, a virtual event in which a diverse group of individuals will talk about their research, policy, advocacy, and collaboration concerning this vital topic. As a trusted convener, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago seeks to elevate discourse on confronting elder financial exploitation.

The webinar will happen on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm CT (12:00 pm to 1:30 pm ET). Austan Goolsbee, the Chicago Fed president, will kick off the virtual event with an address. President Goolsbee’s remarks will be followed by discussion of research on the topic by Bhash Mazumder, senior economist and economic advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and Marti DeLiema, professor at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work. The event will also include a panel of experts who will discuss local factors and policies surrounding elder financial exploitation in the Midwest and nationwide.

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