Legal and financial affairs A running theme through this Guide is one of planning; helping the person with dementia to plan their wishes, set out their life history and make a plan for legal and financial considerations before their capacity to do so changes.
You can’t expect the person with dementia to be logical and rational.
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In an ideal world, the person with dementia received an early diagnosis. In these circumstances plans can be made, involving family and professionals in the discussions. The best approach is considered to be to plan together while you still can, wherever possible enabling the person with dementia to lead the discussions. However, it is quite likely that you’ll be coming to this planning process once symptoms have progressed. Even so, there are mechanisms in place to help the person with dementia to make decisions or to support you to make the right decisions in their best interests. These may be in relation to managing finances, property and welfare.
WHAT IS MENTAL CAPACITY? Mental capacity is about having the ability to make decisions. This includes being able to understand the decision that needs to be made, and its implications, when it needs to be made.
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