The Importance of a Lasting Power of Attorney
The recent news announced yet another person this time famous actress Barbara Windsor named as suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia, which is a collective term for symptoms including problems with language and thinking, and commonly memory loss. If you lose mental capacity you may need a trusted person […]
Mental Capacity or Not ?
Mental capacity or not? Mental Capacity Act 2005 The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) sets out what happens when people are unable to make decisions i.e. when they lack the capacity to make decisions. The MCA came into full force on 1 October 2007 in England & Wales. The MCA is supported by a Code […]
Football, Dementia and Me Alan Shearer.
I’m confident many of you would have seen Alan Shearer’s documentary ‘Football, Dementia and Me’ on the BBC over the weekend. Dementia is seemingly rife in ex-retired footballers, so much so that studies are being conducted into the possible link between heading the football and later life dementia. Alan Shearer, who over the course of […]
