Category Archives: Dementia and Legal Capacity

This is the third and final installment of my series on the dementia specific advance medical directive. This one is about the nuts and...

This is the second installment of my series. If you’re reading this post you might be one of the few people willing to talk...

There has been a lot of heat generated in the last couple years by groups protesting abuses of guardianship proceedings in several states. In...

Did you know that the first recognition of this month was in 1963, when President Kennedy declared it to be Senior Citizens Month to honor those 65...

Those of us who practice in the field of conservatorships and guardianships (this is Colorado terminology; their precise titles vary from state to state)...

This may seem like a pretty basic and simple question, maybe too simple for some – but it lies at the heart of a...

I’m beginning a series of posts about guardianship reform and its relationship to elder abuse. What is known as “guardianship reform” is a very...

I’m taking a look at the alternatives to unrestricted or plenary guardianship as a result of reading my latest issue of the ABA’s Bifocal...

This is the last post (for now at least) on the topic of capacity and incapacity. In my field of practice, I must be...

As a growing portion of our population continues to age, we are more frequently forced to confront the question of capacity. What is capacity...