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The challenges of banking and bill-paying can increase with age, but incapacitation by accident or sudden illness can strike anyone at any age. Incapacity is not just about mental cognition, accident, or illness. You may have a loved one who cannot drive themselves to the bank or has a distinct visual or hearing impairment.

It is common for an aging parent to lose the ability to think clearly and make informed and meaningful decisions about their life as they age. This growing inability may occur due to Alzheimer’s disease, other forms of dementia, mental illness, stroke, brain injury, or other severe health or disability conditions.