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Voted the Best Business Book by the Florida Author and Publishers Association in 2015! According to research conducted in several statewide surveys around the country, fraudulent telemarketing techniques have victimized 26 percent of the entire U.S. adult population at some point in their lives. Every year, these victims, 57 percent of whom are over the age of 50, lose a total of $40 billion to telemarketing fraud alone, according to a 2001 AARP study. Retirement Industry Trust Association These victims are our parents, grandparents, neighbors and friends. What can we do to protect them? How can we help? This new resource Protecting Your Nest Egg: Fraud Protection for Senior Citizens from Con Artists, Thieves and Scams is just what you need to help prepare and protect seniors from being the victims of fraud! The foreword is written by the best-selling and multi-award winning author and elder care expert Angil Tarach-Ritchey. As the founder of www.ElderBoom.org, and author of Behind the Old Face: Aging in America and the Coming Elder Boom, she is an expert in issues related to seniors. Help protect yourself and seniors from scammers, con artists and thieves, and guard your nest egg of retirement for your golden years! This book includes a comprehensive list and description of the most common and current scams and ways to effectively deal with and protect against them. There are also a Scam Prevention Worksheet and a Scam Risk Survey to help individuals assess just how likely they or a loved one are to fall prey to one of these scammers, and some practical tips and guidelines to best prepare them. Author Page Cole has over 30 years experience working with seniors, and currently is the owner of 2 Visiting Angels Senior Homecare franchises. He works on a regular basis with seniors in his church as well, and in his years of interacting with seniors and law enforcement has seen first hand what damage can be done to the assets and credit rating or unsuspecting seniors. This book is written for their protection and in their honor.

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I am passionate about my relationships- my wife, kids, extended family and friends! I'm far from perfect, but I have a personal relationship with Jesus who offers me grace and helps me grow! I love being a part of a team of people that brings hope to seniors and their family members, by providing a way for them to stay in their own home in a safe and affordable way! I love to laugh, listen to every kind of music available (yes, my iTunes library is my addiction- 6,000 songs strong...) Just as important, I want to help make my community, my state, my country and my world a better place each day, simply by doing good things and being a positive impact. OK, that's my summary! AND NOW HERE'S THE LIST... * Owner of Visiting Angels of Green Country/Tulsa Metro * Owner of Visiting Angels of Bartlesville Visiting Angels(non-medical, private duty home care agency, respite care) * Licensed Home Health Care Administrator (2007) * Creator of LifeChest, an iTunes app for storing your most critical life information(and helping your aging parents gather all of their info into one place!) * Co-author of The Character Based Leader- Instigating a Leadership Revolution * Co-founder of A Road Trip to Remember, a 155 walk raising over $20,000 for the Alzheimer's Association! * Certified Senior Adviser (2010) Society of Certified Senior Advisers *13 years experience as administrator of several large non-profit organizations * Masters Degree in Education & Administration (1990) * Specialties: 23 years experience in working with Senior Adults in a variety of capacities, * COO of large non-profit where duties included managing a staff of 20 full time and 20 part-time staff, managing the daily workings of multi-use facility, administrating a 3 million dollar annual budget.

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