An unaddressed grey area is situations where elderly patients experiencing this delerium retain legal control of their affairs. I've seen various elderly people

An unaddressed grey area is situations where elderly patients experiencing this delerium retain legal control of their affairs. I've seen various elderly people go in-and-out of hospitals and descend into cognitiive decline, and yet institutions still hold them responsible for managing assets and liabilities; as well as life-changing decisions that affect both them but also their care takers. The grey area gives individuals and their families the flexibility to make the best choices, but the opposite also occurs. I've seen people with dimentia and alzhimers lose fortunes because society allowed them to remain in control instead of transferring power of attorney to anyone who could have helped.