Conceptual Model and Map of Financial Exploitation of Older Adults

This article describes the processes and outcomes of three-dimensional concept mapping to conceptualize financial exploitation of older adults. Statements were generated from a literature review and by local and national panels consisting of 16 experts in the field of financial exploitation. These statements were sorted and rated using Concept Systems software, which grouped the statements into clusters and depicted them as a map. Statements were grouped into six clusters, and ranked by the experts as follows in descending severity: (a) theft and scams, (b) financial victimization, (c) financial entitlement, (d) coercion, (e) signs of possible financial exploitation, and (f) money management difficulties. The hierarchical model can be used to identify elder financial exploitation and differentiate it from related but distinct areas of victimization. The severity hierarchy may be used to develop measures that will enable more precise screening for triage of clients into appropriate interventions.     

Tests of Covariance Matrices for High Dimensional Multivariate Data Under Non Normality

Ahmad and von Rosen (2014 Ahmad, M. R. (2014). A U-statistic approach for a high-dimensional two-sample mean testing problem under non-normality and Behrens-Fisher setting. Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics 66:33–61.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) presented test statistics for sphericity and identity of the covariance matrix of a multivariate normal distribution when the dimension, p, exceeds the sample size, n. In this note, we show that their statistics are robust to normality assumption, when normality is replaced with certain mild assumptions on the traces of the covariance matrix. Under such assumptions, the test statistics are shown to follow the same asymptotic normal distribution as under normality for large p, also when p > >n. The asymptotic normality is proved using the theory of U-statistics, and is based on very general conditions, particularly avoiding any relationship between n and p.     

The future from the top: Presidential perspectives on planning—Part two

This is the second part of Dr. Rosen's article and follows on from the section published in the April 1974 issue of Long Range Planning. This section is concerned with examining and selecting the most suitable form of the variety of possible approaches to planning, balancing the involvement of the Chief Executive and relating forecasts to the development and life of the company.     

A network of services for severely disturbed adolescents.

A centralized network of facilities offering a comprehensive package of treatment modalities avoids the difficulties involved in the coordination of scattered services.     

Child and adolescent bereavement

Clinical social workers in non-medical settings often are presented with child and adolescent clinets who are bereaved, or with adults who experienced the loss of a significant other in childhood or adolescence. This article attempts to pull together the most relevant and significant issues relating to loss in childhood and adolescence. It provides an overview of the theoretical and treatment issues that inform practice with clients who have sustained a significant loss during the pre-adult years. Case material provides an illustration of some of the issues as they appear in clinical practice.