Saturday, February 9, 2008

Mild Alzheimer's Patients Show Rapid Decline In Financial Skills Over One Year

Mild Alzheimer's Patients Show Rapid Decline In Financial Skills Over One Year
New research from UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) shows that patients with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) have a dramatic decline in their ability to make financial decisions over a one year period. The findings, published Feb. 8 online in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, have strong implications for caregivers and health care providers in the areas of estate planning and fraud prevention.

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