Mr. Marshall, You're Not a Charity

Please send us a note leaving contact details if you have been affected by elder financial abuse.Psychiatrist Dr. Becker writes a single sentence on hospital letterhead that should change everything: Albert Cooper is incapable of financial decision-making. For a moment, Brooke and Nancy believe they've finally won. But Mark is already at work, convincing Bert that his daughter orchestrated the diagnosis to seize control of his money. Within weeks, Bert refuses to travel anywhere with Brooke, and their relationship is in tatters. Featured expert: Dr. Josh Budlovski explains the four C's of a clinical capacity assessment, why everyone is assumed to have capacity unless evidence shows otherwise, and why there is nothing special about being eighty that makes a bad decision an incapable one.Beware Mysterious Mark is a Radio Sidney production. This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada's New Horizons for Seniors Program.Show notes, episode transcripts and resources: mark.radiosidney.caContact: [email protected]