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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Conservator of the Person - Treatment of Dementia

Taken from the Conservator's Handbook published by the Superior Court of California...

"Treatment of Dementia - A conservator must obtain specific authorization from a judge to give exclusive consent for the treatment of dementia by the use of psychotropic drugs. These may be prescribed by a psychiatrist or by the conservatee's regular physician.   It is important for the conservator to conduct a regular review of this type of treatment, with all the conservatee's doctors, to monitor carefully the effect that such drugs may have on the conservatee."