Table 2.
Lifetime Prevalence, Self-Reported Seriousness Ratings, One-Year Period Prevalence, and Self-Reported Frequency Ratings of Financial Exploitation of Older Adults (FEOA) According to Domain (Type) of Event
| Exploitation domains | Lifetime prevalenceb,c | Seriousness | One-year period prevalenceb,c | Frequency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not | Somewhat | Very | Totala | Once | Two to Ten | > Ten | Totala | |||
| Money stolen | 66 (33.8) | 8 (12.5) | 21 (32.8) | 35 (54.7) | 64* | 34 (30.0) | 14 (41.2) | 17 (50.0) | 3 (8.8) | 34 |
| Property Stolen | 75 (38.5) | 12 (16.2) | 21 (28.4) | 41 (55.4) | 74* | 44 (38.9) | 21 (47.7) | 19 (43.2) | 4 (9.1) | 44 |
| Property used | 5 (2.6) | 4 (80.0) | – | 1 (20.0) | 5 | 3 (2.6) | – | 1(33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 3 |
| Information stolen | 4 (2.1) | 1 (25.0) | – | 3 (75.0) | 4 | 3 (2.6) | 2 (66.7) | 1(33.3) | – | 3 |
| Mail opened | 3 (1.5) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 3 | 3 (2.6) | 1(33.3) | – | 2 (66.7) | 3 |
| Medication stolen | 3 (1.5) | – | 1(33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 3 | 3 (2.6) | 1(33.3) | 1(33.3) | 1(33.3) | 3 |
| Not classified | 22 (11.3) | 1 (4.8) | 8 (38.1) | 12 (57.1) | 21* | 13 (11.5) | 6 (46.2) | 6 (46.2) | 1 (7.6) | 13 |
| Stolen/misappropriated money or property #,a | 153 (78.4) a | 25 # (16.8) a | 44 # (29.5) a | 80 # (53.7) a | 149 #* | 88 (77.8) a | 43 (48.9) a | 37 (42.0) a | 8 (9.1) | 88 |
| Credit card/ATM stolen | 12 (6.2) | – | 5 (41.7) | 7 (58.3) | 12 | 6 (5.3) | 3 (50.0) | 1 (16.7) | 2 (33.3) | 6 |
| Forced to change will | 1 (0.5) | 1 (100) | – | – | 1 | 0 (0.0) | – | – | – | – |
| Forced to pay | 6 (3.1) | 1 (16.7) | 3 (50.0) | 2 (33.3) | 6 | 3 (2.6) | 2 (66.7) | 1(33.3) | – | 3 |
| Not classified | 19 (9.7) | 4 (23.5) | 4 (23.5) | 9 (53.0) | 17* | 9 (8.0) | 5 (55.6) | 1 (11.1) | 3 (33.3) | 9 |
| Forced or misled into surrendering rights a | 38 (19.5) a | 6 (16.7) a | 12 (33.3) a | 18 (50.0) a | 36* | 18 (15.9) a | 10 (55.6) a | 3 (16.7) a | 5 (27.7) a | 18 |
| Identity stolen | 11 (5.6) | – | 3 (27.3) | 8 (72.7) | 11 | 8 (7.0) | 3 (37.5) | 5 (62.5) | – | 8 |
| Not classified | 10 (5.1) | 1 (10.0) | 2 (20.0) | 7 (70.0) | 10 | 3 (2.6) | 2 (66.7) | 1(33.3) | – | 3 |
| Impersonated to obtain property or services a | 21 (10.8) a | 1 (4.8) a | 5 (23.8) a | 15 (71.4) a | 21 | 11 (9.7) a | 5 (45.5) a | 6 (54.5) a | 0 a | 11 |
| Others not pay share | 14 (7.2) | 6 (42.9) | 6 (42.9) | 2 (14.2) | 14 | 11 (8.8) | 4 (36.4) | 4 (36.4) | 3 (14.2) | 11 |
| Others not pay debt | 3 (1.5) | – | 2 (66.7) | 1(33.3) | 3 | 2 (1.8) | – | 2(100) | – | 2 |
| Others gave less/none | 13 (6.7) | 4 (33.3) | 5 (41.7) | 3 (25.0) | 12 | 8 (7.0) | 2 (25.0) | 3 (37.5) | 3 (37.5) | 8 |
| Not classified | 10 (5.1) | 3 (30.0) | – | 7 (70.0) | 10 | 4 (3.5) | 1 (25.0) | 2 (50.0) | 1 (25.0) | 4 |
| Inadequate contributions toward household expenses a | 40 (20.5) a | 13 (33.3) a | 13 (33.3) a | 13 (33.3) a | 39* | 25 (22.1) a | 7 (28.0) a | 11 (44.0) a | 7 (28.0) a | 25 |
| Left broke/destitute | 4 (2.1) | – | – | 4 (100) | 4 | 3 (2.6) | – | 2 (66.7) | 1(33.3) | 3 |
| Not classified | 11 (5.6) | 1 (9.0) | 5 (45.5) | 5 (45.5) | 11 | 9 (8.0) | 1 (11.2) | 4 (44.4) | 4 (44.4) | 9 |
| Destitute and did not receive necessary assistance from family/friends a | 15 (7.7) a | 1 (6.7) a | 5 (33.3) a | 9 (60.0) a | 15 | 12 (10.6) a | 1 (8.3) a | 6 (50.0) a | 5 (41.7) a | 12 |
| Total a | 195 (4.7) (95 % CI: 4.05–5.34) | 113 (2.7) (95 % CI: 2.29–3.29) | ||||||||
aBold indicates total number of subjects
bDomain counts add up to more than the subject totals, since some subjects reported multiple unique events within a domain
cOf the 195 subjects who reported FEOA events, 98.5 % (192) endorsed “yes” to having an FEOA event on the quantitative questionnaire, 87.2 % (170) endorsed “yes” to having an FEOA event on the quantitative questionnaire and also offered corroborating narrative data, and 1.5 % (3) did not endorse a quantitative FEOA item, but offered narrative data consistent with an FEOA event
*Some respondents did not report seriousness
#Some respondents reported multiple types of events in a single domain