Cross-Validation of the Financial Exploitation Vulnerability Scale.

Objectives: The present study is a cross-validation of the Financial Exploitation Vulnerability Scale (FEVS), a measure of contextual risk for financial exploitation.

Methods: The sample was drawn from both the community and the SAFE program, a service for older adults who have been financially scammed. FEVS was administered within a larger assessment battery.

The WALLET Study: Examining Early Memory Loss and Personal Finance.

Background And Objectives: This feasibility study tests a new approach for assessing personal finance in older persons with early memory loss. The project examines 2 primary outcomes that gauge the financial viability and well-being of older adults: wealth loss and financial exploitation. The overall objective is to determine the association of financial literacy and management, financial decision-making, and cognition with wealth loss and financial exploitation.

Implementing a Financial Decision-Making Scale in APS Financial Exploitation Investigations: Use of the PARIHS Conceptual Framework.

Background And Objectives: Adult protective services (APS) agencies investigate cases of financial exploitation, and a critical aspect of such investigations is often the assessment of decision-making abilities. This study examined APS workers' implementation of a 10-item financial decision-making screening tool, the Financial Decision Tracker (FDT), across a 34-month period: pre-COVID-19, throughout COVID-19 restrictions, and for 1 year following the restrictions.

Research Design And Methods: Using the Promoting Action in Research Implementation in the Health Services implementation science conceptual framework, we examined aspects of context, facilitation, and evidence to determine how well APS workers were trained, certified, and skilled in using the FDT.

Financial Stressors and Resources Associated With Financial Exploitation.

Background And Objectives: The prevalence of older adult financial exploitation (FE) is increasing. Population-based survey estimates of FE in the older adult population range from 5% to 11%. Given the growing prevalence of FE victimization in older adult populations, understanding the population's vulnerability to FE has increased in importance.

The Relationship Between Financial Decision-Making and Financial Exploitation in Older Black Adults.

This study examined the relationship between contextual measure of financial decision-making and the financial exploitation experiences of older Blacks, and the convergent validity of mental health measures of contextual decision-making items. This cross-sectional study of 104 older Black adults included 52 cases of confirmed financial exploitation. Participants were matched on age and gender.

Empirical Evaluation of the "Caregivers Passage through Dementia" on African American Caregivers.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to empirically examine a new psychoeducational intervention that was designed for African American caregivers.

Methods: African American caregivers (N = 49) to older adults with dementia were recruited from the community to participate in Universal Dementia Caregivers' (UCD) Bootcamp. Participants completed a pre- and post-assessment of dementia and caregiving knowledge, and a 30-day follow-up interview.

Examining the Validity of the Financial Exploitation Vulnerability Scale.

Objectives: Lichtenberg, Campbell, Hall, and Gross used a contextual framework for financial decision-making to create and provide evidence for a new scale to assess risk for financial exploitation, the Financial Exploitation Vulnerability Scale (FEVS). This study examined the criterion validity of self-reported memory complaints and living alone on FEVS risk scores. Participants were the first 258 individuals reporting as 60 years or older and who completed the FEVS on the https://olderadultnestegg.