Declining Financial Capacity in Cognitive Aging and Dementia with Dr. Daniel Marson

29/04/2025 39 min

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Episode Synopsis

Dr. Daniel Marson is a clinical neuropsychologist, licensed attorney, and Emeritus Professor of Neurology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he directed the Division of Neuropsychology (1995–2016) and the Alzheimer’s Disease Center (2005–2015). He has published extensively and led numerous NIH-funded studies on decisional and functional capacity in aging and neurocognitive disorders, with his work on financial capacity in older adults receiving national media attention. A past president of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Dr. Marson is also an expert witness and ethics committee member, and he enjoys playing blues and jazz harmonica in his personal time. This episode explores the decline in financial capacity associated with cognitive aging and dementia, highlighting its clinical, legal, and ethical implications.

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