ELDER FINANCIAL ABUSE: AN RCT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONLINE TRAINING TOOL FOR PROFESSIONALS

摘要

Professionals in health, social care and banking must make complex decisions when they suspect financial exploitation of older adults. Two online training tools were developed, one for the health and social care sectors and one for banking professionals. The training aids involve viewing a series of short case vignettes about elder financial abuse and making judgements as to how they would deal with that case if they encountered it at work. A randomized control trial was conducted to measure the effectiveness of the training aide and to provide evidence that professionals who used the training were able to make decisions more like those with experience. Findings from the RCT will be outlined. For example, it was found that novices who received training were able to make decisions more like those of identified experts and they were more consistent in their judgements after training. Symposium participants will be provided with information on how to locate these free online training aids.