Conscious Caregiving with L & L is "Tackling the Tough Conversations.

The topic of this episode is on Seniors & Scams and features an All-Star Panel.

Grace Whiting, J.D., is a national expert in health policy and long-term care and a passionate advocate for family caregivers. In previous roles, she has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the National Alliance for Caregiving.

Detective Ryan Weber has been a police officer for the Roseville Police Department for 10 years. Detective Weber is currently assigned as a Fraud Detective where he has investigated various fraud, forgery, identity theft and scams for the past three years. Detective Weber also has experience as a Use of Force instructor, SWAT operator, street crimes investigator and patrol officer.

Jay Haapala is Associate State Director of Community Engagement with AARP Minnesota and leads their Fraud Watch Network program which serves to educate consumers about fraud, scams, and identity theft. He and AARP Fraud Fighter volunteers have met with hundreds of community groups, law enforcement officials and fraud investigators, continually learning how people are being targeted by these criminals. He has worked and served in the nonprofit sector for 20 years building volunteer programs, and now is doing the same to build a network of Fraud Fighters with AARP.

Ken Whelan’s mother, Linda Whelan, was the victim of scammers. She is proof scammers don’t care who you are or how kind you’ve been. Ken will share with us how Scammers affected not only his mom, but his family.

Jeffry Borglum went to Hawkeye Technical College in Waterloo, IA where he received an AAS degree. Jeffry is the founder of Techie Dudes.

John Sweeney, is an active and savvy 94 year old retired John Deere dealer. He was married for 71 years and lost his wife Virginia to dementia. John is very social and is known for his technology skills & his tenacity to correct injustice by leveraging his business acumen. John will cover scams he dealt with, but he also to a long-term insurance company to court in order to collect policy benefits for his wife.