Category Archives: Dementia
Dementia & Estate Planning: What to Remember
Experiencing something personally often has a much different feeling than reading about it, observing it, or talking about it. Unfortunately, when people are increasingly becoming connected to how a diagnosis of dementia can impact estate and legal planning. The progression of dementia can range from one patient to another. However, while a plan for… Read More »
What is the Connection Between Legal Capacity & Dementia?
In many situations in which an individual with dementia is able to understand the importance and the meaning of any given legal document, he or she most likely has the legal capacity to execute such a document. Legal capacity refers to appreciating and understanding the consequences of your actions. As long as an individual… Read More »
Growing Dilemma: Financial advice for those with dementia
Both government regulators and financial advisors are facing a growing dilemma: what to do for and about people with memory loss. Sometimes, according to a recent American Association of Retired Persons online article, it is a person at a financial firm who first notices signs of dementia in clients, but that doesn’t mean there… Read More »
Growing Dilemma: Financial Advice For Those With Dementia
Senior woman with her caregiverBoth government regulators and financial advisors are facing a growing dilemma: what to do for and about people with memory loss. Sometimes, according to a recent American Association of Retired Persons online article, it is a person at a financial firm who first notices signs of dementia in clients, but… Read More »
Industrial Designer Found Way To Help Grandmother
A San Francisco-area industrial designer whose grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease did something rather remarkable. Sha Yao, who attended the Academy of Art University, created Eatwell, which an article on the website mentalfloss described as “a seven-piece tableware set with 20 unique features specifically designed to meet the needs of those with physical,… Read More »
Early Planning Permits Those With Dementia To State Wishes
Grown Up Son Consoling Senior Parent It must be grim, but it also must be done. For people who fear they are experiencing the first signs of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, making legal plans is essential, because anytime now may be too late, according to the website alz.org. “It’s important for everyone to plan… Read More »
Caregivers Need Care Themselves
The emotional and sometimes physical stress of caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or some other form of dementia is intense. (Photo credit: British Red Cross.) A recent blog on The New York Times by Jane E. Brody highlights a book by San Jose, Calif., psychologist Judith L. London that focuses on… Read More »
Denial of dementia can cut both ways, have real consequences
Practically everyone knows of examples where older people refused to acknowledge obvious signs of approaching dementia until it was simply too late. It doesn’t help the situation at all that the individual’s friends and family members are just as hesitant to ignore a growing problem. This becomes a double-edged sword. “Nobody wants to admit… Read More »
Post-traumatic stress, sadly, isn’t exclusive to young soldiers
Although their numbers are sadly and rapidly dwindling, veterans of World War II, the Korean War and even of the War in Vietnam are increasingly coming to realize they suffered and are still suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome. “Who knew much about post-traumatic stress syndrome in 1945? The term didn’t enter the official manual… Read More »
Diagnosis of Dementia Isn’t an End to Making Legal Decisions
Alzheimer’s is insidious. The definitions of that somewhat old-fashioned term in the Meriam Webster Dictionary include “awaiting a chance to entrap” and “developing so gradually as to be well established before becoming apparent.” Those all perfectly describe Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, and it is the subtle onset of loss of memory and cognitive abilities… Read More »