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Today's Terms
Elder Law Attorney
Definition:
An attorney who specializes in the laws that deal with the rights and issues of the health, finances, and well-being of the elderly and the power of other individuals and the government to control them.
Trustee
Definition:
A legal term referring to a person who holds legal title to property in order to administer it for a beneficiary.
Dementia
Definition:
A clinical term used to describe a group of brain disorders that disrupt and impair cognitive functions -- thinking, memory, judgment -- personality, mood, and social interaction. Also, see Senility in this Glossary.
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