I work in cybersecurity, but my mom lost 3,000 to online scams. Now, I do 3 things to keep her safe.
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Jen Eaves became her mother's digital caregiver after repeated online scams. She shares how she monitors accounts and teaches scam awareness.
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Jen Eaves works in cybersecurity and her mom still lost thousands to scams.Courtesy of Jen EavesJen Eaves' mother is 79 and lost more than $3,000 to online scams.Eaves now monitors her mother's finances and says that was a hard conversation.Digital caregiving is an important part of supporting aging parents, she says.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jen Eaves, Digital Caregiving & Elder Fraud Advocate at Aura. It has been edited for length and clarity.It's an odd shift in dynamic when you start caring for the people who always cared for you. My mother is 79, and lives with my brother, who handles most of her day-to-day physical care. I'm the one who handles the administrative side of care, like scheduling doctor appointments and keeping her safe online.About six years ago, my mom had a stroke, and while she recovered fairly well, she wasn't the same cognitively as she had been before. Around that time, I began noticing her falling for scams online.Once, she…