There are people saying as long as someone is deemed to have capacity they should be free to make choices even if they are unwise
This is the bit that gets me, as before the onset of dementia many people would not be taken in by these things or have spent large amounts of money. So how can they be deemed to still have full capacity.
They understand some of it, but not all of what they are doing and would not have done it when they were well so I think it is copping out to say they have capacity.