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Incapacity:
Plan For It Now
Incapacity means the inability to make sound decisions
regarding one’s financial affairs and personal care. It can
befall anyone who enters a coma or suffers from a mentally debilitating
illness, but it largely affects seniors coping with Alzheimer’s.
When not planned for in advance, incapacity can create severe
consequences for seniors and their loved ones. For example, if a person
who has lost capacity never appointed anyone to make legal decisions
for them, family members may have trouble paying that person’s
bills, or doctors may be forced to choose between family members who
disagree about the best medical treatment for a patient. The best way
to deal with incapacity is to plan for it while one is still of sound
mind.
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