a Institute of Gerontology and Department of Psychology , Wayne State University , Detroit , MI , USA.
b Institute of Gerontology , Wayne State University , Detroit , MI , USA.
J Elder Abuse Negl. 2019 Jan-Feb;31(1):25-37. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2018.1531098. Epub 2018 Nov 8.
Adult Protective Services (APS) professionals are often called on to assess decision-making capacity when investigating financial exploitation. Previous research found that in consecutive APS cases, a decision-making screening scale (LFDSS) also detected financial exploitation. The purpose of this study was to apply the clinical cutoff scores derived from the previous study to a new sample of APS cases. Using a sample of 105 participants, from APS workers across 5 counties this study investigated the clinical utility of the LFDSS to detect financial exploitation based on ratings by APS professionals using the scale. Results demonstrate that the LFDSS has excellent internal consistency and clinical utility properties. This paper provides support for use of the LFDSS as a reliable and valid instrument. Instructions for use of the LFDSS are included in the article, along with information about online support tools.
成人保护服务（APS）专业人员在调查金融剥削时，经常被要求评估决策能力。先前的研究发现，在连续的 APS 案例中，决策筛选量表（LFDSS）也能检测到金融剥削。本研究的目的是将先前研究中得出的临床临界分数应用于 APS 案例的新样本。本研究使用来自 5 个县的 APS 工作人员的 105 名参与者样本，调查了 LFDSS 根据 APS 专业人员使用该量表的评分来检测金融剥削的临床实用性。结果表明，LFDSS 具有极好的内部一致性和临床实用性。本文为使用 LFDSS 作为可靠和有效的工具提供了支持。文章中包含了 LFDSS 的使用说明，以及有关在线支持工具的信息。
