{"id":128506,"date":"2022-05-12T12:23:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506//?p=128506"},"modified":"2022-10-18T14:28:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T18:28:16","slug":"ucf-developing-scam-screener-for-the-elderly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506//ucf-developing-scam-screener-for-the-elderly/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506//","title":{"rendered":"Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ Developing Scam Screener for the Elderly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ researchers are developing a tool for primary care providers that could help them protect senior citizens from scammers who steal everything from the elderly/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506/u2019s life/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506/u2019s savings to their identity./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506/n

The team led by Psychology Assistant Professor Nichole Lighthall is working on exploitation susceptibility tool kits that could screen seniors/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506/u2019 cognitive abilities. These abilities influence their ability to think critically, a necessary skill for avoiding scams and falling victim to fraud./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506/n

The FBI estimates fraud complaints cost adults over 60 more than a $1 billion in 2020, an increase of $300 million over 2019. Common schemes like non-delivery of services, phony tech support and identity theft are especially a problem in Florida, with 20% of the population over the age of 65./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506/n

The research project will focus on identifying the factors that make victims most vulnerable, including pre-clinical stages of Alzheimer/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506/u2019s disease. The research is funded by a four-year $742,833 grant from the Florida Department of Health./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506/u201cIt/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506/u2019s important that we focus on older adults with mild cognitive impairments because they/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506/u2019re typically operating on their own,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506/u201d Lighthall says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506/u201cThey/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506/u2019re living independently but may have trouble remembering things, which increases their vulnerability to deception and exploitation./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/128506/n

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