I have a relative who's in a similar situation. He ran his own painting business, sold insurance, owned real estate(apartments-condo's), antique cars, etc etc. He was also a fitness nut /bodybuilder, and at the age of 60 could probably kick the butts of most 25 year olds. He was my idol as a kid. He had a series of small strokes a few years ago and then a major one that cost him the use of one side of his body. The mental damage was not that apparant to people who didn't know him. He can no longer run a business or even manage his own budget. His wife and sister have to watch him closely. If they don't, he will likely spend his entire disability check on glass figurines being sold on a info-mercial. He will get on the internet and look up people he knew 40 years ago and then start calling them - all day long- and all over the country. It's pretty tough on a family to constantly watch over and control the actions of a once proud, independent, and successful man. It's doubly hard to watch them lose everything they worked for and cherished. In my relative's case, he had been doing weird things long before the major stroke- like dropping insurance coverage on himself and his properties -ignoring other business responsibilities, etc. His wife learned this after the major stroke. Oxygen deprivation and resulting brain dysfunction can occur in small increments over an extended period of time. I suspect that may be the case with George as well.
