Mild Cognitive Impairment?

I certainly agree with the Power of Attorney. Even with one, you find that it can be difficult to navigate some medical professionals but it certainly helps especially if lack of capacity make decisions impossible.

I am so sorry you are going through this trial - it’s very hard to accept a verdict that this has already developed into a problem. You laid out very revealing symptoms.

With the help of family and medical personnel AND if caught in the early stages (dementia), there may still be help to cope with the issues you listed.

If the car keys are withheld it will strip him of independence so expect his push-back. It is for everyone’s safety. Please do seek counsel on what you need to prepare for.
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Still can. Whatever it was. I tried to get my husband to get his parents to do them, he wouldn't, and when they were finally able to persuade them to do so it was too late for him and that caused them no end of difficulty until the end of their lives. Whether or not it's dementia or something else. To me I could see there was something wrong, and as I suspected it was (vascular) dementia, but no one listened to me, the driving was dreadful, honestly someone might not be bothered about injuring themselves but the risk to other road and pavement users is too high to risk it

For Power of Attorney you have to be of sound mind. Unless you get a sympathetic doctor he will not be able to take this out .

My OH and I organised powers of attorney when we were early 60s. It was a huge blessing when he became so ill. I was able to deal with the finances; and to take the hard decisions about his care.

Floradora9, that isn't true. With Dementia, capacity is fluctuating and one day you may not be able to take in the ramifications and the other day you will. My Aunt had dementia but she could remember her children and that she wanted to leave money to them so was allowed to make a will. She was also able to give a Power of Attorney to them because whilst she couldn't remember what day of the week it was, she knew she trusted them to do what she would have wanted. It just needs those with the ability to discern whether they have capacity to be able to do those things.

That’s absolutely right icanhandthemback, one day capable and the next not. That’s why it’s so important to use a solicitor who can confirm that on the day in question the person had capacity.

I asked DH’s Parkinson’s consultant to assess his ability to drive safely as I knew that he, always an excellent driver, was losing the ability to make rapid decisions. She allowed him to drive home from his hospital appointment and we got rid of his beloved BMW within 48 hours. It was painful but he was proud to have an unblemished licence so I made much of that, and though he hated not driving he accepted the fact, though giving me a great deal of unwanted advice!

The first thing that alerted me to driving problems was when OH could not remember which turning to take off the roundabouts, even after reading the huge sign a few yards back.