093 How isolation is driving financial scams, with Professor Keith Brown
I am delighted to welcome Professor Keith Brown back to the podcast. Keith is a government adviser on mental capacity as well as adult care and safeguarding. To that end Professor Brown sits on the Department of Health Adult Safeguarding Advisory Board and appeared in episode 89 just a few weeks ago to explain more about mental capacity. Keith also leads the national research into financial fraud and scams and joins me to share his very personal story of how his own mother’s experience made him so passionate about helping protect older people from the growing prevalence of financial scams. Professor Brown explains that whilst anyone can become a victim of financial fraud, isolation and loneliness are the biggest indicators and what practical steps we can all take to protect ourselves and our loved ones.