Open AccessImpaired Financial Capacity in Late-Life Depression: Revisiting Associations with Cognitive Functioning
Author(s) -
Ruth Morin,
Mitzi M. Gonzales,
David Bickford,
Daniel Catalinotto,
Craig Nelson,
R. Scott Mackin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of the international neuropsychological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.074
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1469-7661
pISSN - 1355-6177
DOI - 10.1017/s1355617719000705
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , dementia , late life depression , psychology , neuropsychology , finance , rating scale , cognition , executive dysfunction , cognitive skill , cognitive decline , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , developmental psychology , disease , economics , macroeconomics
Impairment in financial capacity is an early sign of cognitive decline and functional impairment in late life. Cognitive impairments such as executive dysfunction are well documented in late-life major depression; however, little progress has been made in assessing associations of these impairments with financial incapacity.