010 How to Know if Your Aging Parent Should Still be Making Decisions

November 16, 2022 00:18:37
010 How to Know if Your Aging Parent Should Still be Making Decisions
Helping Older Parents Podcast
010 How to Know if Your Aging Parent Should Still be Making Decisions

Nov 16 2022 | 00:18:37

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Show Notes

In This Episode:

Dr. K explains what all family caregivers should know about decision-making capacity, especially if there's a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or another type of dementia. Plus how incapacity is confirmed to activate a power of attorney.

She covers:

  • How to recognize signs of mental incompetence
  • 4 decision-making abilities needed for capacity
  • Why capacity is decision-specific
  • Incapacity vs incompetence
  • How to get an older person’s decision-making capacity assessed by professional
  • How to activate a springing power of attorney

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009 If Your Aging Parent is Resisting a Memory Loss Evaluation

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