Aging and Money: Reducing Risk of Financial Exploitation and Protecting Financial Resources
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Facts and Figures -- Overview -- Aging in the United States and Risk of Financial Exploitation -- Definitions of Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation -- Landmark US Studies of Elder Abuse Prevalence and Incidence -- The Many Faces of Financial Exploitation - A Profile of the Victims -- The National Impact of Elderly Financial Exploitation -- Conclusions and Future Directions in Curbing Financial Exploitation in the Elderly -- References -- Chapter 2: One Piece of the Puzzle - Financial Exploitation and Elder Abuse -- Introduction -- Scope of the Problem -- Pure Financial Abuse Versus Hybrid Financial Abuse -- Types of Elder Financial Abuse -- Victims and Perpetrators -- Victims -- Perpetrators -- Undue Influence and the Psychodynamics of Exploitation -- Combatting Elder Financial Abuse as Part of an Overall Strategy Against Elder Abuse -- Detection -- Protection -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Barriers to Recognition -- Who Reports -- Barriers to Self-Reporting -- Barriers to Reporting -- Eliminating Barriers -- References -- Chapter 4: Risk Factors for Patient and Caregiver -- Risk Factor Recognition -- Victim's Risk Factors -- Age: Ms. Jones Is an 82-Year-Old Frail Woman… -- Gender: Ms. Jones Is an 82-Year-Old Frail Woman… -- Race and Ethnicity -- Frailty: …as Ms. Jones Became More Dependent… -- Cognitive Impairment: ...as Ms. Jones Became More…Cognitively Impaired… -- Physical Dependency: ….as Ms. Jones Became More …Disabled -- Mental Illness -- Lack of Social Support: …She Had Been Living Alone… -- Substance Abuse -- Fear -- Low Income -- Perpetrator Characteristics -- Personality of the Abuser -- Victim Perpetrator Relationship -- Financial Dependence -- Substance Abuse -- Social Stressors -- Mental Illness -- The Environment -- Living Situation.