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• Author: Klaralee R. Charlton, J.

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Alzheimer's and the Law: Counseling Clients with Dementia and Their Families

Vol. 44, No. 8 [Page 89]

The Colorado Lawyer

August, 2015

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Alzheimer's and the Law: Counseling Clients with Dementia and Their Families

Klaralee R. Charlton, J.

Alzheimer's and the Law: Counseling Clients with Dementia and Their Families

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Alzheimer's and the Law: Counseling Clients with Dementia and Their Families

by Kerry Peck and Rick L. Law

380 pp.; $129.95

ABA Publishing, 2013

321 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60654

(800) 285-2221; www.americanbar.org

Reviewed by Klaralee R. Charlton

Klaralee R. Charlton Is an associate at Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. She practices primarily In the firm's estate administration and taxation divisions—(303) 832-1900, kcharlton@thedenveriawyers.com.

With one in eight Americans over the age of 65 suffering from Alzheimer's, your chances of representing a client who is or has a family member afflicted with this disease is quite high. Your chances will only increase in the future; the number of new cases annually is anticipated to double by 2050. As recent news stories of spouses facing jail time for having intimate relations with their afflicted partners have shown,^[1] it is not just elder law and estate planning attorneys who need to understand Alzheimer's. Criminal law attorneys, for example, must explore the impact this disease could have on a patient's ability to consent.

In their book Alzheimer's and the Law: Counseling Clients with Dementia and Their Families, elder law attorneys Kerry Peck and Rick Law explain the impact Alzheimer's can have on countless day-to-day activities and how patients and their families can prepare and deal with the debilitating symptoms. The authors cover all of the...