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Nurs Clin North Am
; 49(2): 201-12, 2014 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24846468
ABSTRACT
As the number of older adults increases, the incidence of financial exploitation is also expected to rise. This prevalent older adult maltreatment often goes undetected and unreported and may result in poor physiologic and/or psychological health outcomes that are not perceived as abuse-related by healthcare providers. This article focuses on financial exploitation of older adults as a health care problem, as it often occurs when vulnerable older adults are receiving help and/or health care services from trusted caregivers.