Individuals or families receiving a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, or brain-damage from a stroke face daunting questions: how to provide for care when the patient can no longer manage his or her own affairs, what to do to protect their rights and property, where to go for help, and how to cope with the day-to-day challenges of fading memory and diminished cognition. Here is a comprehensive guide specifically for Nevadans embarking on this difficult journey, and for family members, professional caregivers, and health-care workers who help them.    The authors—a certified Nevada elder-law attorney and a Las Vegas specialist in geriatric-care management—offer readers useful advice from the perspective of Nevada resources and Nevada law, addressing such topics as finding the right physician and dealing with a diagnosis; legal and financial steps that patients and their families can take to protect themselves and their assets, pay for long-term care, provide advance directives for health care, and arrange for guardianship; and tending to the details that follow the death of a loved one; as well as practical suggestions for helping someone afflicted with one of the geriatric dementias, dealing with such matters as eating, personal hygiene, medication management, emotional changes, and communication. There is also information about locating support groups, nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, and other resources in each section of the state, as well as examples of pertinent legal forms consistent with Nevada law.

Alzheimer's And Dementia: A Practical And Legal Guide For Nevada Caregivers PDF

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