Three-minute screening can identify fraud in elderly patients
Physicians in 23 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico will receive training to spot financial fraud in their elderly patients as part of a partnership with the Pennsylvania Securities Commission.
As Carolyn Beeler reports for WHYY, the trust between geriatric patients and their physicians can make for easier detection of cognitive impairment for financial fraud.
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