Main description:

Increasingly, we hear of more and more elders falling victim to financial exploitation. Although this form of elder abuse has been recognized for years, its incidence, prevalence, and impact on the common individual has been only more recently brought to the spotlight. Despite these circumstances, recognition of risk factors and indicators of financial exploitation are not widely disseminated. Additionally, once situations are identified and confronted, the knowledge of what to do next is lacking. These gaps are present within the medical community, law-enforcement, and the finance community – areas where opportunities for recognition and intervention are common. Our elders often have no idea of what to do when they see their own risk or when they fall victim. Aging and Money: Reducing Risk of Financial Exploitation and Protecting Financial Resources helps clinicians to integrate identification of such indicators of abuse into their geriatric assessment as well as guide them in performing an assessment of an individuals’ financial decision making capacity when appropriate.

Aging and Money: Reducing Risk of Financial Exploitation and Protecting Financial Resources is an essential new text that provides the practicing clinician with information on identifying risk factors and clinical clues associated with financial exploitation and how to incorporate these steps into their practice.

Feature:

​Comprehensive, first-of-its kind title in the field

Important new resource for clinicians

Provides guidelines for recognizing abuse

Back cover:

Increasingly, we hear of more and more elders falling victim to financial exploitation. Although this form of elder abuse has been recognized for years, its incidence, prevalence, and impact on the common individual has been only more recently brought to the spotlight. Despite these circumstances, recognition of risk factors and indicators of financial exploitation are not widely disseminated. Additionally, once situations are identified and confronted, the knowledge of what to do next is lacking. These gaps are present within the medical community, law-enforcement, and the finance community – areas where opportunities for recognition and intervention are common. Our elders often have no idea of what to do when they see their own risk or when they fall victim. Aging and Money: Reducing Risk of Financial Exploitation and Protecting Financial Resources helps clinicians to integrate identification of such indicators of abuse into their geriatric assessment as well as guide them in performing an assessment of an individuals’ financial decision-making capacity when appropriate.

Aging and Money: Reducing Risk of Financial Exploitation and Protecting Financial Resources is an essential new text that provides the practicing clinician with information on identifying risk factors and clinical clues associated with financial exploitation and how to incorporate these steps into their practice.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Financial exploitation of the elderly: Review of the epidemic— its victims, national impact and legislative solutions
 Ann T. Riggs
 Paula M. Podrazik

Chapter 2: One Piece of the Puzzle – Financial Exploitation and Elder Abuse
 Sherif Soliman
 Jason Beaman

Chapter 3: Barriers to Recognition
 Ronan M. Factora

Chapter 4: Financial Abuse of the Elderly - Risk Factors
 Arifa Abid
 Natalie Kayani
 Aileen Jencius

Chapter 5: Screening Older Patients for Risk Factors Associated with Financial Exploitation

 Robert E. Roush
 Aanand D. Naik

Chapter 6: Clinical Assessment of Financial Decision Making Capacity
 Thomas Price

Chapter 7: Next Steps: Documentation and Accessing Community Healthcare Resources
 Georgia J. Anetzberger
 Farida Kassim Ejaz
 Ashley Bukach
 David M. Bass

Chapter 8: Financial Exploitation – The Legal Perspective
 Adam M. Fried
 Franklin C. Malemud
 Page B. Ulrey

Chapter 9: Financial and Legal Methods to Protect Individuals from Financial Exploitation
 Ronan M. Factora

Chapter 10: Critical Documents Associated with Aging: An Organized Guide to Personal Files
 James S. Powers
 Carolyn K. Smith
 Gretchen Napier Geagan
 Tim Takacs
 Barbara B. McGinnis

Chapter 11: Who Can You Turn To – the Role of Adult Protective Services (APS) and Other Community Resources
 Kathleen M Quinn

Chapter 12: Being the Advocate – Disseminating Knowledge About Financial Exploitation to the Community
 Kimberly Angelia Curseen
 Priya Mendiratta
 
Chapter 13: Future Directions: Public Policy and Advocacy
 Jennifer Drost
 Satinderpal K. Sandhu
 Aileen Jencius