Kerry Donahue was the producer for the Marketplace Index with David Brancaccio until early 2012.
Besides the physical and emotional strains of caring for an elderly parent, there are the financial effects.
Anna Mae Franklin, 83, describes how she learned about elder financial abuse the hard way.
To date more than 60 people have been arrested for schemes and illegal trades as part of the Fed's so-called "Operation Perfect Hedge"
