LIMITED RECOURSE? The Alzheimer Disease Association said dementia patients were losing property to financial institutions, family members and scams, among others
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 08, 2019
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
A person who loses property might do so because they are affected by dementia, the Taiwan
From left, Ministry of Health and Welfare Long-term Care Services Division official Chou Tao-chun, Democratic Progressive Party legislators Chen Ching-min and Wu Yu-chin, Control Yuan member Chiang Chi-wen, Financial Supervisory Commission Chairman Wellington Koo, Taiwan Alzheimer Disease Association executive director Hsu Wen-chih, association financial security task force convener Li Mei-yin and others gesture at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA
A survey analyzed 74 cases in which people with dementia reported the loss of their property and found that 34 cases occurred prior to diagnosis, implying that property loss could be an early warning of dementia, said Li Mei-yin (李梅英), the association’s financial security task force convener.
The survey showed that 65 people had not declared commencement of assistance or guardianship when they were deprived of property, Li said.
Twenty-five people lost property to family members, 17 to scams, 10 to friends or colleagues, 10 to strangers, six to financial institutions, four to carers, one to legal personnel and one to social welfare personnel, she said. [FULL STORY]
