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October 30, 2015
Age-associated financial vulnerability often overlooked
A recent Annals of Internal Medicine report says doctors and consumers both tend to overlook one of the most common and devastating problems of aging: a decline in ability to manage one’s financial affairs. Researchers hope that giving this problem a name—“age-associated financial vulnerability”—will get physicians to bring the subject up with their older adult patients in the same way they have begun asking about advanced directives and driving safety.
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October 30, 2015
Age-associated financial vulnerability often overlooked
A recent Annals of Internal Medicine report says doctors and consumers both tend to overlook one of the most common and devastating problems of aging: a decline in ability to manage one’s financial affairs. Researchers hope that giving this problem a name—“age-associated financial vulnerability”—will get physicians to bring the subject up with their older adult patients in the same way they have begun asking about advanced directives and driving safety.
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