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The role of the Public Guardianship Office in safeguarding vulnerable adults against financial abuse
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, BURNS Sophie, WILSON Barry
- Publisher:
- Public Guardianship Office
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 51p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This research project was commissioned by the Public Guardianship Office and took place between 2001 and 2002. Although the research was specifically designed to assist the PGO to better understand and respond to financial abuse in its own context, much of what was revealed has wider implications and applicability.
'Doing the right thing': the information and support needs of receivers and attorneys: report to the Public Guardianship Office
- Authors:
- RAY Sujata, THOMPSON Pauline, SHARP Ellen
- Publisher:
- Age Concern England
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Age Concern carried out some qualitative research on behalf of the Public Guardianship Office, looking at the information needs of Receivers and Attorneys. It focussed on the information available to Receivers/Attorneys at the time, and identified areas of improvement. This is a summary of the research report.
Awareness of financial skills in dementia
- Authors:
- VAN WIELINGEN L. E., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 9(4), July 2004, pp.374-380.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The present study examined the relations among levels of cognitive functioning, executive dysfunction, and awareness of financial management capabilities among a sample of 42 community-dwelling persons with dementia. Financial tasks on the Measure of Awareness of Financial Skills (MAFS) were dichotomized as simple or complex based on Piaget's operational levels of childhood cognitive development. Severity of global cognitive impairment and executive dysfunction were significantly related to awareness of financial abilities as measured by informant-participant discrepancy scores on the MAFS. For persons with mild and moderate/severe dementia, and persons with and without executive dysfunction, proportions of awareness within simple and complex financial task categories were tabulated. Significantly less awareness of financial abilities occurred on complex compared with simple tasks. Individuals with mild dementia were significantly less aware of abilities on complex items, whereas persons with moderate/severe dementia were less aware of abilities, regardless of task complexity. Similar patterns of awareness were observed for individuals with and without executive dysfunction. These findings support literature suggesting that deficits associated with dementia first occur for complex cognitive tasks involving inductive reasoning or decision-making in novel situations, and identify where loss of function in the financial domain may first be expected.
Positive steps: using the court of protection to prevent financial abuse of older people
- Author:
- ELEY Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 3(1), March 1998, pp.29-32.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Discusses how the Mental Health Act 1983 provides for the Court of Protection to protect and manage the property and affairs of people who, by reason of their mental disorder, are incapable of managing and administering their own property and affairs.