A Penn Institute on Aging retreat this week addressed cognitive aging and financial decision-making and what can be done to protect elders from fraud and abuse. Co-sponsored by the Penn Healthy Brain Research Center, the speakers included experts in dementia, brain research and age-friendly banking.
Jason Karlawish, MD, acting co-director of the Penn Memory Center, introduced IDA – the Interview for Decisional Abilities – which offers Adult Protective Services workers a tool to gather information about a client’s decision-making abilities. Dr. Karlawish developed IDA in collaboration with faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College, who also presented at the IOA retreat.
To read the Philadelphia Inquirer’s coverage of the event, click here.