The efforts of attorneys, health care providers, and others are informed by numerous sources of professional and personal guidance with relevance to elder law and dementia.
Resources
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Professional Guidelines and Standards
- Criteria for Diagnosis and Staging of Alzheimer’s Disease
- Elder Law Aspirational Standards
- Ethics Guidelines for the Practice of Forensic Psychiatry
- Geriatric Medicine Clinical Recommendations and Guidelines
- Guidance on New Treatment for Early Alzheimer’s Disease
- Guidelines for Assessment and Intervention with Persons with Disabilities
- Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Older Adults
- Guidelines for the Evaluation of Dementia and Age-Related Cognitive Change
- Guidelines for the Management of Cognitive and Behavioral Problems in Dementia
- Guidelines on Risk Reduction of Cognitive Decline and Dementia
- LOA Code of Ethics
- National Elder Law Foundation Rules and Regulations
- Model Rules of Professional Conduct
- Practice Guideline for the Forensic Assessment
- Practice Guideline for the Forensic Evaluation of Psychiatric Disability
- Practice Guideline for the Psychiatric Evaluation of Adults
- Practice Guideline on the Use of Antipsychotics to Treat Agitation or Psychosis in Patients with Dementia
- Practice Guideline Update: Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychology
Individual and Other Supportive Resources
- Aging in Place
- Alzheimer’s Prevention Registry
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Avoiding Scams and Fraud for Older Adults
- Benefits Check Up
- Brain & Life Resources
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Cleveland Clinic: Healthy Brains Resource
- Community Resource Finder
- Dementia Care Practice Recommendations
- Eldercare Directory
- Helping Family and Friends
- I’m Caring for a Person with Dementia
- Keeping Loved Ones Safe and Happy at Home
- Making it Easier for Older Americans to Vote
- Medline Plus: Alzheimer’s Disease
- Services for Elder Adults Living at Home
- SNAP Resources
- Support for People with Dementia, including Alzheimer’s Disease
- Resources for Low-Income Seniors
- Tips for Caregivers and Families of People with Dementia
- Voting and Cognitive Impairments (2024)
- What to Do When a Person Dies