Is vulnerability related to the experience of fraud in older adults?

Lichtenberg, Peter A.

Is vulnerability related to the experience of fraud in older adults? Peter A. Lichtenberg, Laurie Stickney & Daniel Paulson - Taylor & Francis, 2013 - Clinical Gerontologist .

Clinical Gerontologist, 2013, 36(2): 132-146

In this study the authors: determined the national (US) prevalence of older adults who report having been a
victim of fraud, created a population-based model for the prediction of fraud, and examined how fraud is experienced by the most psychologically vulnerable older adults. The older adults studied were 4,400 participants in a Health and Retirement Study substudy, the 2008 Leave Behind Questionnaire. The prevalence of fraud across the previous 5 ears was 4.5%. (from aurthors' abstract) Record #4119


ELDER ABUSE
DEPRESSION
FINANCIAL ABUSE
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
RISK FACTORS


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