Conclusions
Judging financial abuse risk will always be surrounded by imperfect, incomplete information and “noise”; this study has shown that training novice professionals can help. Specifically, it has shown that an educational intervention can counter a tendency to say “no risk” by shifting (appropriately) novices’ tendencies towards making “at risk” judgement calls. Whilst this study may help improve a single cohort of future professionals’ risk detection, far more work in this important area is needed in order to enhance detection expertise and to protect elders from financial abuse.