Elder Law

Last week, in my blog entitled “Red Flags of Incapacity”, I mentioned that certain barriers and physical changes associated with aging can be mistaken for signs of incapacity. As professionals, we need to be able to separate these from actual signs of incapacity, and work to reduce or eliminate their effect as much as possible. These barriers include vision impairment, hearing impairment, and the beginning stages of dementia.  As people….

As professionals, we need to be alert to signs of incapacity in our clients, and we need to remember that some barriers to communication may look like signs of incapacity…..