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June 1st is the beginning of Seniors’ Month. Throughout the month the Nova Scotia Securities Commission will be sharing investor education content relevant to seniors and their families by delivering presentations to seniors’ groups. Here is a closer look at some of the content and presentations we have scheduled.
Before You Invest Blog
In June our Before You Invest Blog will deliver a new blog series on Protecting Seniors. This three-part series will focus on:
- Investor education presentations and a new initiative called Fraud Bingo available to seniors’ organizations and seniors’ living facilities.
- Financial elder abuse prevention for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD).
- Investment fraudsters that target seniors, and prevalent investment frauds.
Social Meda Posts:
Follow NSSC on Social Media where we’ll be sharing new and evergreen content aimed at older investors. This will include our Investing Information for Seniors webpage, videos on financial elder abuse, and our investing guides and information sheets developed for seniors.
Investor Education Videos:
The Nova Scotia Securities Commission YouTube channel has two video series that share information on financial elder abuse.
Financial Elder Abuse video series:
Part 1 – Are you or a loved one vulnerable to financial elder abuse?
Part 2 – What are the warning signs of financial elder abuse?
Part 3 – Start the conversation. Talking about financial elder abuse
What does financial elder abuse look like video series:
Part 1 – Taking advantage of a loved one
Part 2 - Financial and identity theft
Part 3 - Investment adviser abuse
Nova Scotia Securities Commission Presentations
The Commission has three presentations scheduled during Seniors’ month:
On Thursday, June 13 from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Commission staff will be visiting the Chebucto Links Active Living for Seniors group at Faith City Church, 6225 Summit St, Halifax, to talk about financial elder abuse and investment fraud.
On Thursday, June 13 from 7-8 p.m. Commission staff will be visiting the Halifax Central Library to talk about financial elder abuse and investment fraud.
On Monday, June 17 from 3:00-4:30 p.m. Commission staff will be visiting the Flourish 55+ Centre in Bridgewater for a presentation on recognizing investment fraud and scams.
For information on how to attend these presentations please contact the program hosts directly using the links provided.
UPDATE: The presentation at the Flourish Centre originally scheduled for June 17 has been rescheduled to July 15.