The link is to a good article about the problems with the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. The problem is that the system is so expensive to operate that the people processed by it have little chance of getting sensible responses (although the court of appeal on this occasion almost uniquely has allowed a second opinion).
Trudiagnostic change PACE leaderboard algorithm - was in position 40, now position 44 - does it matter?
Trudiagnostic have changed the way they handle the Rejuvenation Olympics Leaderboard algorithm. The result of this initially was that I was globally no 40 and have now dropped to 44. Trudiagnostic are a US company that get samples of blood and they look at the DNA to see which parts of the DNA have methyl groups (CH3) attached to them. These modifications to DNA are called methylation markers. DunedinPACE is an algorithm which uses DNA methylation markers in white blood cells to work out how quickly or slowly someone is aging. I had three results on this. The odd thing about the results was that whilst my epigenetic age calculated from the same methylation markers was going down, the speed at which I was aging was going up. I find this somewhat counterintuitive. It is, however, I think relevant that in a global contest my approach on biochemistry which is quite different to many other people's does seem to keep up with others working in the same area. To that extent it...
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The importance of obtaining a lasting power of attorney has been highlighted by the case of an elderly couple who were charged £44,400 by lawyers after developing Alzheimer's disease.
According to the Daily Mail, Feliks and Rosemary Zakrzewski both suffered from dementia, but because they had not appointed anyone to make financial decisions on their behalf, responsibility for their money was given to a solicitor.
Charges of £200 an hour added up to almost £19,000 in just ten months, while the couple themselves were given just £100 of their own money to spend over a four-month period.
Since solicitors are only answerable to their clients, the couple's daughter Antoinette Tricker, whom they lived with from 2005 until their deaths in 2007 and 2009, was powerless to intervene.
Had the family obtained a lasting power of attorney prior to the couple's Alzheimer's diagnosis, Ms Tricker, or another friend or relative, would have been able to act on their behalf.
Offering words of advice for other families, she said: "Dementia can strike at any time. Plan ahead and get a lasting power of attorney before you too are sucked into this costly world."
Posted by Gemma Roskell
• Power of Attorney News: Expert lasting power of attorney guidance from a solicitor plus lasting power of attorney forms http://www.lawpack.co.uk/power-of-attorney/news/article4826.asp
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http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/14250