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Financial Capacity Assessment and Financial Exploitation in Greek Older Adults: Past, Present, and Future

Mar. 28, 2023 | 9:30 - 10:30am (ET)

presented by:

Vaitsa Giannouli, PhD
Fulbright Scholar
Postdoctoral Researcher
School of Medicine,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

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Abstract
Are financial capacity and financial exploitation assessments a gordian knot in geropsychology? The observed shift of the distribution of the global population towards older ages is accompanied by a number of challenges. As we grow older, major or minor cognitive impairments may appear as well as physical health problems and social issues. These biological, psychological, and social factors may place older adults at risk of financial fraud and/or abuse. Although financial capacity refers to the ability to manage one’s affairs in a way that is consistent with an individual’s self-interest and longstanding values, this type of assessment is still a taboo issue not only in Greece, but in many European countries, and no shared assessment protocols exist in order to assist healthcare professionals, legal experts and family members. I will describe a series of relevant studies focusing on the assessment of financial capacity in elderly in Greece and in addition to that, new questions for future research related to assessment of financial exploitation will be discussed.

Speaker Bio
Vaitsa Giannouli is a postdoctoral researcher in Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and serves as adjunct lecturer at the European University Cyprus, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Department of Psychology, University of Western Macedonia. Her research interests are focused on, but not limited to neuropsychology, geropsychology, biopsychology, and cognitive psychology. She received a B.S. and M.S. in Psychology from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and a M.S. in Health Care Management from Hellenic Open University. Prior to her current position she was a postdoctoral researcher at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Neurobiology and School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Greece.

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