Awareness of Deficits in Financial Abilities in Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment: Going Beyond Self-Informant Discrepancy

Patients with MCI are not fully aware of deficits in their financial abilities. Both cognitive impairment and depression impact MCI patients' self-reported functioning. In addition, MCI informants misestimate patients' financial abilities. This raises concerns about the widespread use of informant report as the gold standard against which to evaluate patient self-report of functioning.