TigersEye,
I think your mother’s doctor is correct. I’ve had the occasion of taking depositions of many doctors that work with older patients. The most trained will confirm what your mom’s doctor says. A Doc worth his/her salt will say that since Alzheimer’s can’t be certain until after death, the proper designation before death is Alzheimer’s Type Dementia.
I think the NBA is opening a can of worms it doesn’t want to be in. I read an article in legal publications weeks ago that stated Sterling had retained 12-18 private investigators to dig into the lives/history/biases of other owners. If it bore fruit, Owners would be reluctant to take his property away. Especially since their own dirty laundry would be exposed.
Having put similar language in trusts, I can assure you that Sterling would still be able to institute legal actions to delay any sale.
Gwjack
One other thing. If someone is talking/disclosing Sterlings medical info/records, they have legal exposure as well.
Thank you for that confirmation. I didn’t like her doctor much but I had no reason to think he was uninformed or incorrect about that. They don’t need a CT or PET scan to make a general diagnosis of dementia either. In fact I don’t believe that is possible but I’m open to correction there. A five minute Q&A test and five minutes of “grading” it is all that is necessary and it is quite accurate if the tester is trained to give it.
Retaining a bunch of PIs to investigate the competition doesn’t sound like an act by someone with dementia unless he’s been doing it for years.