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| Money worries | | Author(s) | Jill Manthorpe |
| Journal title | OpenMind, no 99, September/October 1999 |
| Pages | pp 10-11 |
| Keywords | Financial services [older people] ; Elder abuse ; Rights [elderly]. |
| Annotation | There is much evidence that people who are not able to look after their own finances are not being adequately safeguarded from financial abuse. A National Audit Office (NAO) report indicates that the system fails at a number of levels. A study from Northern Ireland highlights shortcomings of the appointee system, a formal procedure for transferring responsibility and accountability where the benefits claimant is unable to act. The enduring powers of attorney system seems to provide a comprehensive and tighter system than less formal methods, but the NAO report expressed concern that financial abuse could be occurring in such instances, too. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080818001 A |
| Classmark | J: QNT: IKR * |
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