Title
Risk Factors Within Families Associated With Elder Financial Exploitation by Relatives With Powers of Attorney
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 2018
Abstract
This phenomenological study focused on understanding possible risk factors within families that contribute to later Elder Financial Exploitation (EFE) by a relative who is granted power of attorney (POA). The data were primarily collected through interviews by three co-investigators on the research team, using an adaptation of Seidman’s (1998) phenomenological approach. Using a peer-debriefing process, researchers’ interpretations of interview transcripts were informed by field notes and discussions of the data until consensus was achieved on coding of particular excerpts salient to understanding family members’ experiences and grouping of codes into categories and then themes. Preliminary results indicate that elders seemed to be more vulnerable because of problematic family relationships, including enabling behaviors prior to EFE, and unresolved conflict, trust issues, and unhealthy power dynamics among family members, such as coercion, acquiescence, and power struggles.
Publication Title
Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences
Volume
110
Issue
1
First Page
19
Last Page
27
DOI of Published Version
10.14307/JFCS110.1.19
Recommended Citation
Betz-Hamilton, Axton and Vincenti, Virginia B., "Risk Factors Within Families Associated With Elder Financial Exploitation by Relatives With Powers of Attorney" (2018). Consumer Sciences Faculty Publications. 46.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/consumer-sci_pubs/46