PROBLEMA DEMENSIA DALAM PERSPEKTIF YURIDIS

Ratna Winahyu Lestari Dewi (Fakultas Hukum, Universitas Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya, Jl. Dukuh Kupang XXV No. 54, Surabaya)

Perspektif : Kajian Masalah Hukum dan Pembangunan
Vol 7, No 2 (2002): Edisi April

Someone who contracts “Demensia” or “senile” will lose his intellectual ability and his social function, as well as decrease his personality and behavior. The scope of decreases include memory, abstract, moral value, impulse control and other cortical disorder. In term of law, a “demensia” patient can be included as law disability (onbeckwam).