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Coronavirus and Senior Scams – What You Need to Know

Coronavirus and Senior Scams – What You Need to Know

Kathryn Watson, Founder of Find Houston Senior Care, interviews Jennifer Salazar with the Texas Senior Medicare Patrol. Unfortunately, those who prey on the most vulnerable are taking advantage of seniors who are self-isolating, but Jennifer is here to help.

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Find Houston Senior Care is a senior care directory website that makes it easier for Houston area families to find the resources, support, and care services they desire for their aging relatives. This web Directory is home of The Care Home List, The Top 20  Homecare Agency List and the Top 20 Professional List to help you find the best resources in the Greater Houston Area. In addition you will find over 600 blog articles and videos to help  seniors and their families.

Senior Medicare Patrols (SMPs) empower and assist Medicare beneficiaries, their families, and caregivers to prevent, detect, and report health care fraud, errors, and abuse through outreach, counseling, and education. SMPs are grant-funded projects of the federal U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Administration for Community Living (ACL). Their work is in three main areas: Conduct Outreach and Education, Engaging Volunteers and Receive Beneficiary Complaints.

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CarePartners continues to monitor the rapidly changing developments regarding COVID-19 virus and at this time are taking preventative measures to protect our volunteers, partners, clients, staff and donors. During this time of uncertainly, we aim to continue to fulfill our mission of serving our volunteers and family caregivers who are caring for loved ones with memory loss and other challenges of aging through our three pillars of service; Support, Education and Resources.