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“When ornery Uncle Cleve admitted that Mr. Neiburger wasn’t so bad, I knew Ben must be a good people-person as well as a good lawyer. Ben helped Cleve when Aunt Carol was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. And now he’s helping me protect my assets for my family.”
Alzheimer's Family Legal Support
When the diagnosis is Alzheimer’s disease or other age-related dementia, the first and best thing you can do is to learn as much as possible. And then to plan for the future. While the disease is in its early stages, you may be able to complete important documents that will give you and your loved ones peace of mind and save your family money and anguish down the road.
Neiburger Law Can Help
Alzheimer’s Disease leads to a number of life adjustments, including the need to make a wide range of decisions that pose possible serious legal and financial consequences.
We have created “The Alzheimer's Family Legal Support Guide” to answer your questions, explain the major legal issues your family may face over time, and to suggest ways to deal with them. Order this Guide
The Guide contains information and answers about the following topics:
- The first five legal steps families should take
- Long-range financial planning suggestions
- Safe driving issues
- Health care services
- Government benefits
- Medicaid Planning for long-term care
Here's a glimpse of what you will find in the Guide:
As a first legal step for every Estate Plan, but most especially when faced with the diseases and effects of aging like Alzheimer's, it’s important to put these three documents in place as soon as possible:
Power of Attorney for Property
This document grants legal rights and powers to another person. Individuals should choose someone they implicitly trust, such as a spouse or adult child, to act as an agent (sometimes, this person is called an attorney-in-fact). If the individual becomes incapacitated, a durable power of attorney lets the agent act for them in financial and business matters.
Power of Attorney for Health Care
With this document, one person can make a broad range of health care decisions for another, if that person can’t make health care decisions for him or herself. These decisions cover virtually everything to do with medical matters such as selecting doctors, hospitals, treatments, procedures or medications.
Health Care Treatment Directive - aka "Living Will"
This document directs health care providers not to take “heroic” measures to prolong a person’s life if that person is terminally ill.
If your family is searching for legal assistance with Alzheimer's issues, we have the expertise you need. Please contact us.
