Financial Exploitation and Psychological Abuse Measures for Elderly Individuals

A research project developed and tested questionnaires for screening financial exploitation and psychological abuse in adults aged 60 or older. The final field test involved data collection from 227 substantiated elder abuse clients and 22 corresponding investigators. The work produced conceptual frameworks, data collection procedures, and empirically tested self-report measures.

Use Cases

• Developing screening algorithms for financial exploitation based on the described self-report questionnaires.
• Training models to detect psychological abuse patterns using the client-reported data constructs.
• Analyzing correlations between abuse subtypes using the conceptual frameworks and measures developed in the study.

Strengths

• Field-tested on 227 substantiated elder abuse cases, providing a real-world validation context.
• Measures were developed with input from 16 domain experts and refined through focus groups and cognitive interviews.
• Includes parallel questionnaires for both clients and staff, allowing for multi-perspective analysis.

Limitations

• Row count for the underlying dataset is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Kendon J. Conrad

Collection Method

Data collection involved concept mapping with experts, feasibility studies with focus groups, and a full-scale field test with client and investigator questionnaires.