The Day Your Parent Is Diagnosed with Dementia Is Also the Day the Legal Clock Starts
When Carol Simmons's mother was diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer's at her neurologist's office in Plano, Carol drove home and cried. She did not know that the window to protect her mother's estate, designate a trusted decision-maker, and preserve years of Medicaid eligibility was already narrowing — and that waiting even a few months could close it entirely.
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