SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:DX90755 / BLDSC - British Library... more SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:DX90755 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited Kingdo
Although developed to explain why people fail to act in emergencies, the bystander intervention m... more Although developed to explain why people fail to act in emergencies, the bystander intervention model has considerable potential to help us understand decision-making in relation to the detection and prevention of elder financial abuse. There are five stages to our modified 'professional bystander intervention model'. (1) noticing relevant cues to financial abuse, (2) construing the situation as financial abuse, (3) deciding the situation is a personal responsibility,(4) knowing how to deal with the situation, and (5) deciding to intervene. In the same way that a number of stages must be negotiated in cases of bystander intervention in emergencies, in non-emergencies such as elder financial abuse, the same stages must also be negotiated. Although policies and guidelines might indicate what should be done and who should take responsibility once elder financial abuse is identified, the identification of elder financial abuse itself involves complex judgements which are also part of the decision-making process. This paper will present findings from a two-year UK study on decision-making by health, social care, and banking professionals in detecting and preventing financial elder abuse.
The Court of Protection: Using Court of Protection data to explore financial abuse as a feature o... more The Court of Protection: Using Court of Protection data to explore financial abuse as a feature of family life 5 Discussion Findings Conclusion and Recommendations References Appendices 1 The issue of prevalence 2 Individual case studies 1-3 3 Media interest in financial abuse 4 ACNOWLEDGEMENTS The Dawes Trust This study was funded by the Dawes Trust. We would like to thank the Trust, the Trustees and the Trust Advisors for funding this project and for the advice provided throughout the project. The views and recommendations presented in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Trust.
Presents an analysis of Court of Protection cases dealing largely with applications to revoke las... more Presents an analysis of Court of Protection cases dealing largely with applications to revoke lasting powers of attorney (LPA) often where financial misbehaviour is implicated. In particular it focuses on the role of intra-family dynamics showing how family disputation can play a significant part in relation to the financial abuse that takes place. While financial abuse is frequently committed by strangers, in certain circumstances the perpetrators may be members of an older person’s own family. The research described here was part of a wider project exploring the financial abuse of adults of all ages who lack capacity, examining the role of various agencies in preventing or dealing with it. It used a mix of methods including the analysis of national and local statistics, interviews with professional experts in the law, banking and health and social work, together with a local area case study.
The twelve years preceding the introduction of the community care reforms in 1993/4 saw an increa... more The twelve years preceding the introduction of the community care reforms in 1993/4 saw an increased demand for health and social services generated by the increase in numbers of older people (particularly the over 85s) and reflected in the rapid growth of residential and nursing home places over a twelve year period (from 224,000 in 1983 to 427,000 in 1994). While the move into the residential and nursing home sector was partly driven by the perverse incentives offered by social security in the early 1980s, it may also have reflected a real increase in the levels of dependency experienced by older people coming into contact with the services during the period. This has fuelled concern about rising costs. However, there are competing forecasts of how big a burden the costs of care will be. One of the difficulties is in determining how far the burden will fall on statutory services or formal services (provided by either the statutory or independent sectors) and how far the pool of in...
IAGG 2017 World Congress between prevalence estimates and the studies' demographic and methodolog... more IAGG 2017 World Congress between prevalence estimates and the studies' demographic and methodological characteristics. A total of 50 studies were included in the meta-analysis. The combined prevalence for overall elder abuse in the past year was 14.1% (95% CI: 11.0-18.0). Pooled prevalence for psychological abuse was 11.8% (95% CI: 9.2-14.9%), neglect was 4.1% (95% CI: 2.7-6.3%), financial abuse was 3.8% (95% CI: 2.5-5.5%), sexual abuse was 2.2% (95% CI: 1.6-3.0%), and physical abuse was 1.9% (95% CI: 1.2-3.1%). The studies included for meta-analysis for overall abuse were heterogeneous indicating that significant differences among the prevalence estimates do exist. Significant associations were found between prevalence estimates and the following covariates: WHO regions, countries' income classification and studies' sample size. Together, these covariates explained 37% of the variance. More work is needed to understand the variation in prevalence rates and implications for prevention.
Older people, particularly those lacking capacity, are often subject to financial abuse. While su... more Older people, particularly those lacking capacity, are often subject to financial abuse. While such abuse is frequently committed by strangers, in certain circumstances the perpetrators may be members of an older person’s own family. Such abuse is often hard to identify and even more difficult to prove. The research described here was part of a wider project exploring the financial abuse of adults of all ages who lack capacity, examining the role of various agencies in preventing or dealing with it. It used a mix of methods including the analysis of national and local statistics, interviews with professional experts in the law, banking and health and social work, together with a local area case study. This article presents an analysis of Court of Protection cases dealing largely with applications to revoke lasting powers of attorney (LPA) often where financial misbehaviour is implicated. In particular it focuses on the role of intra-family dynamics showing how family disputation can play a significant part in relation to the financial abuse that takes place.
SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:DX90755 / BLDSC - British Library... more SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:DX90755 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited Kingdo
Although developed to explain why people fail to act in emergencies, the bystander intervention m... more Although developed to explain why people fail to act in emergencies, the bystander intervention model has considerable potential to help us understand decision-making in relation to the detection and prevention of elder financial abuse. There are five stages to our modified 'professional bystander intervention model'. (1) noticing relevant cues to financial abuse, (2) construing the situation as financial abuse, (3) deciding the situation is a personal responsibility,(4) knowing how to deal with the situation, and (5) deciding to intervene. In the same way that a number of stages must be negotiated in cases of bystander intervention in emergencies, in non-emergencies such as elder financial abuse, the same stages must also be negotiated. Although policies and guidelines might indicate what should be done and who should take responsibility once elder financial abuse is identified, the identification of elder financial abuse itself involves complex judgements which are also part of the decision-making process. This paper will present findings from a two-year UK study on decision-making by health, social care, and banking professionals in detecting and preventing financial elder abuse.
The Court of Protection: Using Court of Protection data to explore financial abuse as a feature o... more The Court of Protection: Using Court of Protection data to explore financial abuse as a feature of family life 5 Discussion Findings Conclusion and Recommendations References Appendices 1 The issue of prevalence 2 Individual case studies 1-3 3 Media interest in financial abuse 4 ACNOWLEDGEMENTS The Dawes Trust This study was funded by the Dawes Trust. We would like to thank the Trust, the Trustees and the Trust Advisors for funding this project and for the advice provided throughout the project. The views and recommendations presented in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Trust.
Presents an analysis of Court of Protection cases dealing largely with applications to revoke las... more Presents an analysis of Court of Protection cases dealing largely with applications to revoke lasting powers of attorney (LPA) often where financial misbehaviour is implicated. In particular it focuses on the role of intra-family dynamics showing how family disputation can play a significant part in relation to the financial abuse that takes place. While financial abuse is frequently committed by strangers, in certain circumstances the perpetrators may be members of an older person’s own family. The research described here was part of a wider project exploring the financial abuse of adults of all ages who lack capacity, examining the role of various agencies in preventing or dealing with it. It used a mix of methods including the analysis of national and local statistics, interviews with professional experts in the law, banking and health and social work, together with a local area case study.
The twelve years preceding the introduction of the community care reforms in 1993/4 saw an increa... more The twelve years preceding the introduction of the community care reforms in 1993/4 saw an increased demand for health and social services generated by the increase in numbers of older people (particularly the over 85s) and reflected in the rapid growth of residential and nursing home places over a twelve year period (from 224,000 in 1983 to 427,000 in 1994). While the move into the residential and nursing home sector was partly driven by the perverse incentives offered by social security in the early 1980s, it may also have reflected a real increase in the levels of dependency experienced by older people coming into contact with the services during the period. This has fuelled concern about rising costs. However, there are competing forecasts of how big a burden the costs of care will be. One of the difficulties is in determining how far the burden will fall on statutory services or formal services (provided by either the statutory or independent sectors) and how far the pool of in...
IAGG 2017 World Congress between prevalence estimates and the studies' demographic and methodolog... more IAGG 2017 World Congress between prevalence estimates and the studies' demographic and methodological characteristics. A total of 50 studies were included in the meta-analysis. The combined prevalence for overall elder abuse in the past year was 14.1% (95% CI: 11.0-18.0). Pooled prevalence for psychological abuse was 11.8% (95% CI: 9.2-14.9%), neglect was 4.1% (95% CI: 2.7-6.3%), financial abuse was 3.8% (95% CI: 2.5-5.5%), sexual abuse was 2.2% (95% CI: 1.6-3.0%), and physical abuse was 1.9% (95% CI: 1.2-3.1%). The studies included for meta-analysis for overall abuse were heterogeneous indicating that significant differences among the prevalence estimates do exist. Significant associations were found between prevalence estimates and the following covariates: WHO regions, countries' income classification and studies' sample size. Together, these covariates explained 37% of the variance. More work is needed to understand the variation in prevalence rates and implications for prevention.
Older people, particularly those lacking capacity, are often subject to financial abuse. While su... more Older people, particularly those lacking capacity, are often subject to financial abuse. While such abuse is frequently committed by strangers, in certain circumstances the perpetrators may be members of an older person’s own family. Such abuse is often hard to identify and even more difficult to prove. The research described here was part of a wider project exploring the financial abuse of adults of all ages who lack capacity, examining the role of various agencies in preventing or dealing with it. It used a mix of methods including the analysis of national and local statistics, interviews with professional experts in the law, banking and health and social work, together with a local area case study. This article presents an analysis of Court of Protection cases dealing largely with applications to revoke lasting powers of attorney (LPA) often where financial misbehaviour is implicated. In particular it focuses on the role of intra-family dynamics showing how family disputation can play a significant part in relation to the financial abuse that takes place.
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