Is vulnerability related to the experience of fraud in older adults? Peter A. Lichtenberg, Laurie Stickney & Daniel Paulson
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ArticleSeries: Clinical GerontologistPublication details: Taylor & Francis, 2013Subject(s): Online resources:
In: Clinical Gerontologist, 2013, 36(2): 132-146Summary: 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
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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