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Financial management in patients with dementia — their adult children's knowledge and views
Author(s)	Andrew Al-Adwani, Wahid Nabi
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 13, no 7, July 1998
Pages	pp 462-465
Keywords	Children [offspring] ; Parents ; Dementia ; Awareness [services] ; Financial services [older people] ; Legal services [elderly] ; Court of protection ; Social surveys.
Annotation	A questionnaire survey of the children of 74 consecutive patients referred with dementia and living on their own, to a district general hospital psychogeriatric department, was conducted to investigate their awareness with regard to managing their parents' financial affairs. All 74 interviewees believed that older people needed assistance with managing their finances, but only 38 (51.4%) had taken any steps to help their parents. In general, they were poorly informed as to the legal status of their parents' financial position, although they felt that they required assistance and would welcome the help of interested professionals. Much needs to be done to raise people's awareness of the problem, as neglecting the issues involved are to the detriment of both patients and their families. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-980810006 A
Classmark	SS: SR: EA: QLA: J: JV: JVC: 3F
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