010 – How to Know if Your Aging Parent Should Still be Making Decisions
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010 – How to Know if Your Aging Parent Should Still be Making Decisions
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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
Related episode:
009 – If Your Aging Parent is Resisting a Memory Loss Evaluation
Related Resources:- Dr. Kernisan’s book: When Your Aging Parent Needs Help: A geriatrician’s step-by-step guide to memory loss, resistance, safety worries & more
- Incompetence & Losing Capacity: Answers to 8 FAQs
- What You Can Do if You’re Worried About “Incompetence”
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