Access to assets: Older people with impaired capacity and financial abuse

The Journal of Adult Protection

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-32

  Mccawley, Anne Louise ^a   Tilse, Cheryl ^a   Wilson, Jill ^a   Rosenman, Linda ^a   Setterlund, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asset management; Elder abuse; Enduring powers of attorney; Financial abuse; Impaired capacity; Older people

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548582947     PISSN: 14668203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14668203200600004     Document Type: Review

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