John Smith – Elder Law Reno

Guardianships

A guardian is a person appointed, with Court approval, to be responsible for someone’s personal daily living needs (a guardian of the “person”) and/or someone’s financial matters (a guardian of the “estate”). The person for whom a guardian is appointed is called the “Protected Person.” For a guardian to be appointed, a Court must find that the Protected Person lacks the capacity to make responsible decisions for themselves due to some doctor-diagnosed condition.

Long Term Care Planning

Current information tends to indicate that up to 80% of seniors will spend the last 2-5 years in some type of care facility. If this information is accurate, then all seniors should make their best effort to plan for this consequence as best they can today. This booklet is a supplement to my “Orange Booklet” which covers the financial opportunities that married seniors can take advantage of under the Spousal Resource Allocation provisions and Decree of Separate Maintenance provisions recognized by Nevada Medicaid law.

Medicaid

If Medicare insurance runs out or is not sufficient to meet the medical or daily care needs of an individual, Medicaid may be available. Medicaid is a Federal Government program now administered by states but funded by both Federal and state support. Like most government-oriented programs, the bureaucratic process of application and approval is daunting and complex. It is not recommended that an individual undertake this process on their own.

Hi, I'm John Smith

I joined the Nevada Bar in 1977, and the Arizona and California Bars in 1978. I also holds a masters degree from the Stonier Graduate School of Banking as well as degrees from CoachU in 2000 and Corporate CoachU also in 2000. From 1981 to 1989 I was with First Interstate Bank of Nevada serving as Senior Vice President General Counsel and General Auditor.

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