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Quality of Life, Preventing Elder Abuse, and Fostering Living Well After a Dementia Diagnosis: Proceedings of a Workshop - in Brief
Quality of Life, Preventing Elder Abuse, and Fostering Living Well After a Dementia Diagnosis: Proceedings of a Workshop - in Brief
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SETTING THE STAGE Committee Chair Tia Powell, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, opened this workshop with words of welcome and an introduction of members of the study committee. She also introduced members of the Advisory Panel to the committee -- people living with dementia and care partners of people living with dementia -- and thanked them for supporting the work of the committee and ensuring the voices of those living with the disease are reflected in the final report.
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study, which explores how financial exploitation occurs and whether early detection can be utilized to reduce instances of financial exploitation. He and his team are performing a thorough review of bank records and then interviewing individuals diagnosed with dementia or those who self-report perceived memory impairment over age 60.
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Huling Hummel began her presentation speaking about her experience as a pastor, and how she learned about the level of control abusers have over their victims. She also shared the Alzheimer's Association resources outlining the types of elder abuse including emotional abuse, neglect, confinement, financial abuse, sexual abuse, willful deprivation, and self-neglect.
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A few months ago, Huling Hummel recalled that she received a threatening email saying that the person who emailed her knew all of her passwords and unless she sent him $2,500 in 24 hours, he would release humiliating sensitive information to her family, friends, and business colleagues. Huling Hummel was affected by the message enough to change all of her passwords and run a virus check on her computer and cell phone.
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Evertson also noted that, when seeking additional sources of support for their patients living with dementia, providers often fail to look outside of the medical model, and so rely heavily on resources they are aware of, when other modes of support might benefit patients and care partners alike. Lastly, Evertson noted doctors are often unable to treat care partners' symptoms of depression and other physical and mental effects of caregiving arise, because they are unable to treat someone unless he or she is a patient.
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Maintaining a high quality of life after a dementia diagnosis should be discussed in a provider/patient setting as a reflection of that individual's values and desires, Evertson suggested. An optimal approach would be to begin by asking the person living with dementia what a high quality of life means for them, Evertson explains, and then ask the same of the care partner and/or family members.
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. Cognitive decline and household financial decisions at older ages.
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. Quality of Life, Preventing Elder Abuse, and Fosterin Living Well After a Dementia Diagnosis: Proceedings of a Workshop -- in Brief.Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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