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Decision making in detecting and preventing financial abuse of older adults
— a study of managers and professionals in health, social care, and banking | | Author(s) | Mary Gilhooly, Deborah Cairns, Miranda Davies, Libby Notley |
| Corporate Author | New Dynamics of Ageing Programme - NDA; Brunel Institute for Ageing Studies |
| Publisher | New Dynamics of Ageing - NDA, Sheffield, 2011 |
| Pages | 8 pp (NDA Findings 7) |
| Source | NDA Research Programme, Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, Elmfield, Northumberland Road, Sheffield S10 2TU. http://www.newdynamics.group.shef.ac.uk |
| Keywords | Financial services [older people] ; Elder abuse ; Social workers ; Medical workers ; Banks ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | With substantial and increasing numbers of frail and cognitively impaired older people living in the community, there are growing challenges associated with money handling. Financial abuse of people with dementia or declining cognitive and physical functioning is of growing concern. It is equally important to protect professionals and carers from unfair allegations of financial abuse as it is to safeguard the assets of vulnerable older people. These findings report on a project which aimed to examine real world judgment and decision-making in relation to professional detection of elder financial abuse. The focus was on professionals in health, social care, and banking. Study participants took part in interviews, as well as judging case scenarios. Policy documents were analysed to explore how suspected abuse was defined and managed within local authority, NHS and banking procedures. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-120903002 P |
| Classmark | J: QNT: QR: QT: WNM: 3A:6KC * |
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