More on Voting and Alzheimer’s Patients
October 22, 2008 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
VOTING & ALZHEIMER’S PATIENTS
This seems a popular topic, particularly at this time of year. Readers are responding to my post, with their thoughts about whether people with dementia or Alzheimer’s should be allowed to vote…and at what stage.
Alicia, from Mental Health Notes left this comment:
Wow, what a thought-provoking bunch of questions!
I don’t know that there should be any kind of legal deciding factor in when an Alzheimer’s or dementia patient can no longer vote, but I do think that as long as the patient can say, “I want to vote for [candidate] this year,” the patient should be allowed to do …read more




