Identifying and Protecting Against Cognitive Aging
Those of us fortunate enough to enjoy a long life will find some body parts don’t work quite as well as they used to. There’s nothing abnormal about having a stiff back or a bum knee in our older years, and most people find ways to adapt and get help with tasks they can no longer handle themselves. The brain is also a body part, subject to the same effects of time as any other. It’s not a pleasant thought, but cognitive decay is a real possibility as we age. For that reason, everyone should prepare themselves for the possibility of a change in their ability to make financial decisions. Identifying warning signs in yourself and the people you care about can mitigate the risk of poor investment decisions or exploitation by scam artists. Now, what some call “cognitive aging” others term…
