Damage Prevention and Control for Financial Incapacity

In an aging society, all professionals serving older adults have an obligation to understand diminished decisional capacity, especially with respect to financial issues, and to acquire the basic skills to identify it and respond constructively to it. Failure to meet the challenge will only increase...

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Published in:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 305; no. 7; pp. 707 - 708
Main Author:	Sabatino, Charles P
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States American Medical Association 16-02-2011
Subjects:	Alzheimer Disease - complications Alzheimer Disease - physiopathology Child Cognition Disorders - etiology Cognition Disorders - physiopathology Dementia - complications Dementia - physiopathology Financial planning Financing, Personal - ethics Financing, Personal - legislation & jurisprudence Gerontology Health care expenditures Health care policy Humans Legal Guardians Mental Competency Physician's Role Professional Role Public Policy United States United States
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Summary:	In an aging society, all professionals serving older adults have an obligation to understand diminished decisional capacity, especially with respect to financial issues, and to acquire the basic skills to identify it and respond constructively to it. Failure to meet the challenge will only increase the potential for financial abuse and exploitation. Here, Sabatino discusses the need for effective steps in policy and practice in tackling financial capacity issues.
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ISSN:	0098-7484 1538-3598
DOI:	10.1001/jama.2011.187