Q&A
NYC Aging's approach to recognizing and reporting deed theft scams
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Penney Vachiraprapun explains NYC Aging's approach to helping older New Yorkers recognize and report deed theft scams before they lead to property loss.
- NYC Aging acknowledges that deed theft is often discovered late by victims
- The agency focuses on educating older adults through webinars and community presentations
- They operate on a 'no wrong door' approach, ensuring support for any issue an older adult presents
- NYC Aging's Aging Connect service provides comprehensive support, recognizing that deed theft often comes with other related issues
Penney Vachiraprapun
0:32:36
Well, as as we've mentioned and as it seems, counsel is aware, the theft is an issue that oftentimes folks aren't learning about until much later.
0:32:44
So, the most important thing from our perspective is always, of course, to educate older adults.
0:32:50
I mentioned the webinars and and presentations in the community that our legal services providers, do.
0:32:56
And then we also, of course, operate on a no wrong door approach.
0:33:00
So any time an older adult comes to us, of course, we have our aging, aging connect, to make sure that there are other supports in place.
0:33:08
What we found is sometimes it's not just deed theft, there are other issues at play as well.
Crystal Hudson
0:33:12
And then what about, reaching homebound or isolated older adults to educate them on this topic, particularly since we know that those individuals are high risk for being targeted?
