Abstract
Objective: Many older adults who are cognitively intact experience financial exploitation (FE), and the reasons for this are poorly understood. Methods: Data were gathered from 37 older adults (M age = 69.51, M education = 15.89, 62% female) from the Finance, Cognition, and Health in Elders Study (FINCHES). Twenty-four older adults who self-reported FE were demographically-matched according to age, education, race, and MoCA performance to thirteen older adults who denied experiencing FE. Participants completed the Tilburg Frailty Inventory. Results: FE participants reported greater total frailty (t = 2.06, p = .04) when compared to non-FE participants. Post-hoc analyses revealed that FE participants endorsed greater physical frailty (U = 89, p = .03), specifically poorer sensory functioning (hearing and vision). Discussion: Findings suggest frailty is associated with FE in old age and may represent a target for intervention programs for the financial wellbeing of older adults.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-5 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine |
| Volume | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s).
Funding
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Elder Justice Foundation and the Cathay Bank Foundation awarded to SDH, National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health Grant T 32 AG 000037 to GHW, as well as the Department of Family Medicine of the University of Southern California.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Cathay Bank Foundation | |
| Elder Justice Foundation | |
| National Institutes of Health | T 32 AG 000037 |
| National Institute on Aging | |
| University of Southern California |
Keywords
- Abuse/neglect
- cognition
- frailty