While dementia is often associated with old age, science shows that prevention begins decades earlier—with habits you form in your 40s and 50s playing a major role in long-term brain health.
Although you can’t prevent every catastrophic scenario, you can better manage the consequences by figuring out what you want to happen if you become incapacitated or pass away.
You need to keep it up-to-date and make changes after certain events occur to ensure that your assets will be distributed according to your wishes when you pass.