Fraud busting initiative to protect dementia sufferers from con artists launched
AN initiative has been launched in East Renfrewshire to stop fraudsters preying on residents with dementia.
East Renfrewshire’s Prevention Team has been awarded £405,000 to fund the collaboration with Angus and South Ayrshire Council.
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The money will go towards developing a preventative approach to protect people with dementia from financial exploitation. The project is aimed at offer an individualised, person-centred package to safeguard residents on the doorstep, by telephone, by mail or online.
If the scheme is successful, a good practice model will be developed which can be rolled out across Scotland.
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