Legal experts issue families warning over dementia explosion

Black Country law experts have called on families to face up to a huge explosion in dementia so they can safeguard loved one’s finances.Waldrons Solicitors said thousands of families in the UK each year endure bureaucratic nightmares, because they can’t help with paperwork. “Many people experience dementia when they are older, leaving families unprepared,” said Dawn Cash of Waldrons, who have several offices in the Black Country. “With the Alzheimers Society saying figures of dementia sufferers are expected to top a million in the next decade this isn’t a problem which will go away,”