Advance Directives, Durable Power of Attorney, Wills, and Other Legal Considerations

Written by Laura Town and Karen Kassel

Narrated by Bill Fike

A diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or dementia is devastating. Not only is it devastating for the person who has the disease, it is also devastating for the caregiver. Caregivers carry emotional, financial, and legal burdens.

The Alzheimer's Roadmap series was designed by a caregiver for caregivers. Each book provides checklists on a given topic to help caregivers know what they need to do as they travel through their difficult journey.

Checklists include:

• How to to talk to your loved one about legal documents
• Responsibilities of a power of attorney
• Responsibilities of a health care agent
• Possible stipulations of living wills
• List of considerations when writing a will and creating a trust

• Language: English
• Publisher: Omega Press
• Release date: Oct 12, 2017
• ISBN: 9781943414376

Laura Town

Laura Town is an experienced author and editor who has contributed to many books for the academic, professional, and lay populations. Laura has written on a variety of topics of special interest to the aging population. She has expertise in the field of finance, and she has contributed to several online nursing courses and texts. Her work has been published by John Wiley and Sons and the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and she has also written for the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA). As an editor, Laura has worked with Pearson Education, Prentice Hall, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, John Wiley and Sons, and the University of Pennsylvania.Laura is the founder and president of WilliamsTown Communications, a company that creates educational courses and texts for publishers, universities, and non-profits. She is also the past president of the Indiana chapter of AMWA.