Citation

Campbell RJ, Gross E, Lichtenberg PA. J. Elder Abuse Negl. 2019; 31(1): 25-37.

Affiliation

Institute of Gerontology , Wayne State University , Detroit , MI , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/08946566.2018.1531098

PMID

30406729

Abstract

Adult Protective Services (APS) professionals are often called on to assess decision-making capacity when investigating financial exploitation. Previous research found that in consecutive APS cases, a decision-making screening scale (LFDSS) also detected financial exploitation. The purpose of this study was to apply the clinical cutoff scores derived from the previous study to a new sample of APS cases. Using a sample of 105 participants, from APS workers across 5 counties this study investigated the clinical utility of the LFDSS to detect financial exploitation based on ratings by APS professionals using the scale.

RESULTS demonstrate that the LFDSS has excellent internal consistency and clinical utility properties. This paper provides support for use of the LFDSS as a reliable and valid instrument. Instructions for use of the LFDSS are included in the article, along with information about online support tools.

Language: en

Keywords

Adult Protective Services; Financial decision-making; financial exploitation