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The financial abuse of older people
— a review from the literature carried out by the Centre for Policy on Ageing on behalf of Help the Aged; with an introduction and recommendations by Help the Aged | | Author(s) | Gillian Crosby, Angela Clark, Ruth Hayes, Kate Jones, Nat Lievesley |
| Corporate Author | Centre for Policy on Ageing - CPA; Financial Exclusion Programme, Help the Aged |
| Publisher | Help the Aged, London, 2008 |
| Pages | 36 pp |
| Source | Help the Aged, 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ. E-mail: info@helptheaged.org.uk Website: www.helptheaged.org.uk Also available at: http://www.cpa.org.uk/information/reviews/reviews.... |
| Keywords | Financial services [older people] ; Elder abuse ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Financial abuse is one of the most prevalent forms of elder abuse, but the lack of a clear understanding became evident at a seminar hosted by Help the Aged in October 2006. While definitions and studies on the abuse of older people often include financial abuse, focused studies are less common and there is no agreed definition of financial abuse. This review aims to examine all aspects of financial abuse: definitions; its pervasiveness; interventions recognising and preventing abuse; advice, education and information for older people; the legal framework; and the regulatory framework. The Centre for Policy on Ageing (CPA) completed the research for this report in March 2007. Additional material from the Comic Relief study, "UK Study of Abuse and Neglect of Older People", was added during summer 2008. The information on which all this is based is a literature review that was international in scope, including studies in English covering the broad areas of older people, social care, criminology, psychology, legal cases, and current affairs. A detailed methodology and full listing of sources is provided in a separate appendix. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080320001 E |
| Classmark | J: QNT: 64A |
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