**ZOOM ONLY**
Older adults face many critical decisions regarding financial matters which could have a profound impact upon independence and wellbeing. Poor financial decision making in older age can have far-reaching consequences for family members, caretakers, and communities. Relatedly, scam, fraud, and financial exploitation of older adults is a devastating and widespread societal problem resulting in billions of dollars lost annually.
Recent work has implicated poor financial decision making as a potential early marker of Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD). Understanding impaired financial decision making in older age is therefore an important public health imperative with significant clinical and public policy implications; however, the causal factors, contextual circumstances, and assessment considerations of impaired financial decision making in older age are poorly understood.
This seminar will: (1) provide an overview of research to date on financial decision making in older age, which spans neuropsychological, neuroimaging, behavioral economics, demography, qualitative, cognitive neuroscience, and other empirical approaches; (2) discuss limits of existing approaches to assess financial decision making in older age; (3) highlight the significance of cross-cultural and other contextual factors as important assessment considerations.
This event is presented in partnership with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine's Medical Faculty Council.
Featuring:
Duke Han, PhD, ABPP-CN
Professor of Psychology,
Family Medicine, Neurology, and Gerontology
University of Southern California
Director, Han Research Lab
Board Certified Clinical Neuropsychologist
Fellow, American Psychological Association
Fellow, National Academy of Neuropsychology
Fellow, International Neuropsychological Society
Cost: Free
