DATE
Thursday, May 21
From 10 AM Pacific to 11 AM Pacific /
From 1 PM Eastern to 2 PM Eastern
Register today
ABOUT
This webinar will be in English. ASL interpretation will be provided.
Financial fraud affecting older adults is recognized as a significant and growing issue, yet it is often understood and addressed primarily through financial or legal lenses. This session will discuss mental health impacts of financial fraud and scams in later life.
Fraud often exploits normal human processes such as trust, attachment, hope, and decision-making under stress. Its impacts can include shame, anxiety, depression, loss of confidence, and social withdrawal. Fear of scams and fraud may also affect mental wellbeing, contributing to anxiety, hypervigilance, and withdrawal from social or financial activities.
This webinar will introduce two new practical resources developed by the Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health, one designed to support older adults affected by fraud, and another to help service providers respond in compassionate, non-stigmatizing, and supportive ways.
Participants will explore approaches that reduce stigma, victim blaming, and self-blame, while supporting recovery in ways that preserve dignity, autonomy, confidence, and hope.
PRESENTER
Claire Checkland, Executive Director, CCSMH
Claire is a passionate, results-oriented health advocate with 20 years of experience in government and stakeholder relations and policy analysis for national not-for-profit health organizations including the Canadian AIDS Society, Canadian Cancer Society and the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
She is currently the Executive Director of the Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health where she has helped the organization achieve sustainability and grow their membership to more than 2,000 individuals and organizations. Claire has a successful track record engaging varied stakeholders in progress towards common health and social goals and has an ability to identify and implement new, innovative approaches to organizational priority issues. She is adept at facilitating the establishment of sustained, meaningful relationships with community, stakeholders and government officials. Claire has an undergraduate-honours degree in Psychology as well as a Diploma of Social Sciences. She lives in Stittsville, Ontario with her husband and two sons.
