How to Know if Your Aging Parent Can Still Make Decisions

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  • Опубліковано 22 сер 2024

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  • @BetterHealthWhileAging
    @BetterHealthWhileAging  Рік тому +2

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  • @elainegoad9777
    @elainegoad9777 Рік тому +4

    A lot of us "seniors" have no family or anyone who cares about them. We're on our own. Speak to this situation.

  • @BetterHealthWhileAging
    @BetterHealthWhileAging  Рік тому +2

    *Video Chapters*
    00:00 If your aging parent is making bad decisions
    00:37 How to recognize signs of “mental incompetence” or incapacity?
    03:11 The basics of decisional capacity and what it is
    05:23 4 decision-making abilities needed for capacity
    05:52 What’s the difference between capacity and cognition?
    06:45 Why capacity is decision-specific
    08:04 Why capacity can fluctuate
    09:19 FAQ: How to know if an older person is losing decision-making capacity?
    10:05 What to do if you're worried about your aging parent’s decisions
    10:48 Example: An elderly woman refuses to see the doctor for falls
    11:58 Incapacity vs. Incompetence: what’s the difference?
    13:42 How does one get a parent's decisional capacity assessed?
    15:25 Can primary care doctors assess decision capacity?
    14:20 How to assess incapacity to activate “springing” power of attorney document
    16:43 Recap of the episode

  • @butwhytho4858
    @butwhytho4858 3 місяці тому +2

    What if they have always been what I wild consider incompetent? Like my mother-in-law has no idea how to check their bank account or how to fill up her own gas tank. It’s insane and hard to gauge what even is going on in that family.

  • @nicolemestas7629
    @nicolemestas7629 11 місяців тому +1

    thank you
    thank you
    you have been a blessing! Ive been following you now for 2 years and have been proactive in trying to get my mom to get on board, unfortunately shes had 1 too many fall after fall; she insists on living alone, and recently was able to go back home under certain circumstances; After 6 plus months in and out of hospital. I did make aware to my other siblings of the UCSF dept of Geriatrics as well as the Center for Aging Adults. better late than never, One of my siblings is looking into this. Again Thank you u have been a blessing, i listen to your podcasts. Ive read the 36 hour day, do u have any other books u reccomend?
    I just passed the book onto my 79 year old mother to read as well as let my other adult siblings about it too.

  • @BetterHealthWhileAging
    @BetterHealthWhileAging  Рік тому

    Dr. Kernisan is not an attorney or a neuropsychologist. The information provided in this video is not legal advice. If you have concerns about an older person's capacity, especially in regards to legal or financial transactions, we recommend consulting a qualified attorney in your state to discuss your concerns. See the full disclaimer here: betterhealthwhileaging.net/disclaimer/

  • @mirjanan.1963
    @mirjanan.1963 Рік тому

    Thank you for the video. Is there anything wrong with the thinking-if a person (he or she) can "take out the garbage" then he or she should be given the right to be helped by the lawyers of HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES?

  • @jamesmatthews304
    @jamesmatthews304 Рік тому +1

    what is the fix for dementia or alzheimers beyond nursing home or suicide especially when it runs in the family along with basil cell cancer and heart disease.

    • @ecopley9013
      @ecopley9013 8 місяців тому

      Suicide is not a fix for anything, please don't say that. Killing people is never a good thing. Christ came on earth to save us, surely we can suffer a few years for Him.