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Research Showcase – Evaluating Financial Capacity in Neurocognitive Disorders
September 23 @ 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
How do clinicians determine whether someone can still manage their finances. And can biomarkers help improve the assessment of financial decision making in people with neurocognitive disorders.
This livestream is part of the Dementia Researcher weekly Showcase series. Each week we host a 45 minute online session bringing researchers together to share their work, methods, and ideas.
In this session, Dr Vaitsa Giannouli will explore the clinical evaluation of financial capacity in older people living with neurocognitive disorders. Her research examines how clinicians assess financial decision making, the challenges involved in distinguishing cognitive decline from financial vulnerability, and the emerging role biomarkers may play in supporting these assessments.
The session will discuss current approaches to evaluating financial capacity, consider how advances in dementia biomarkers could complement clinical judgement, and reflect on the ethical and practical implications for healthcare professionals, patients, and families.
Dr Vaitsa Giannouli is a psychologist in the Department of Psychology at Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. Her research focuses on financial capacity, decision making, neuropsychological assessment, and cognitive disorders in older adults.
Attendees can expect a research focused session with time for questions and discussion.
