Addressing Financial Exploitation Among People Living with Cognitive Impairment and Their Caregivers: Role of the Public Health and Aging Services Networks

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• Alternative Title:
  CDC Brief: Addressing Financial Exploitation Among People Living with Cognitive Impairment and Their Caregivers: Role of the Public Health and Aging Services Networks
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• Description:
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Alzheimer’s Association have developed The Healthy Brain Initiative: The Public Health Road Map for State and National Partnerships, 2013-2018. This Road Map features a set of 35 actions to increase the quality of life for people with cognitive impairment. An action item in the “Educate and Empower the Nation” area is: E-10. Promote awareness of abuse and exploitation, and support related prevention efforts as they relate to a person with dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease. This action item recognizes the need to ensure that individuals with cognitive impairment do not become victims of abuse and exploitation, including financial exploitation. The need to address financial fraud and exploitation has not been a traditional area for public health focus, but increasingly, the potentially devastating effect—on physical, mental, and financial well-being—is being recognized. In many cases, exploitation occurs at the hands of family members or caregivers, creating further devastation for the individual being exploited. Through collaboration with appropriate partners such as elder law attorneys, financial professionals, and primary care professionals, public health and aging services professionals at the state and local levels can play a key role in assisting those with cognitive impairment to avoid the potentially devastating impact of financial exploitation and abuse.
• Content Notes:
  Publication date approximated from file properties
• Subjects:
  Aged Alzheimer Disease Chronic Disease Cognitive Dysfunction Dementia Health Services For The Aged
• Keywords:
  Alzheimer's Disease And Dementia (Chronic Health Topic) Healthy Brain Initiative
• Series:
  CDC Brief
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Handout
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)
• Division:
  DPH - Division of Population Health
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  Chronic Diseases and Conditions
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/252275/cdc_252275_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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