News - Senior fiscal abuse fought - sacbee.com: "Kathleen Lane, 81, hired a contractor in May to fix a leak in her shower and remodel the bathroom. She paid him $10,000 over the course of three months and ended up with a shower pan that was too small to meet building codes and a shower wall and tile floor that did not have proper backing.
Lane eventually reported the contractor to the state licensing board and informed Sacramento County's Adult Protective Services of her predicament. But she regrets not having taken action sooner.
'I probably let things escalate,' the retired psychiatric social worker said recently, while sitting in the cozy one-story Sacramento home she's lived in since 1965.
Financial abuse of the elderly -- whether by rogue contractors, caregivers, close family members, remote phone solicitors or lottery scams -- is on the rise, advocates and legislators say."
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