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DECIDING TO NAVIGATE ELDER CARE
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Chapter 1: PLANNING AHEAD FOR A LIFETIME
• Contemporary Planning Issues for Older Persons and Caregivers
• Planning for Incapacity • Incapacity, Memory Loss and Dementia (Neurocognitive Disorder)
Chapter 2: GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND ALTERNATIVES TO GUARDIANSHIP
• Guardianship
• Conservatorship • Alternatives to Guardianship and Conservatorship • Powers of Attorney and the Uniform Power of Attorney Act (UPOAA) • Money Management
• Trusts
Chapter 3: PLANNING FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT, HEALTH CARE DECISIONS AND DECISIONS AT THE END OF LIFE • Medical Treatment and Informed Consent • Advance Health Care Directives
• Other Health Care Documents
• Financing Health Care
• Medicare • Medicaid, Including Medicaid for Long-Term Care
Chapter 4: DECIDING WHO CARES AND PROTECTS
• Chances Are... • Elder Abuse • Laws to Protect Older Persons
• Hiring a Caregiver
• Checklis for Employers
• Coping with Death and Dying
• Finding an Attorney
• Dementia-Capable Layers • Navigating Elder Care
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