Planning for Dementia
Tim Nay, JD will present "Planning for Dementia." The Alzheimer’s Association estimates that over 5.8 million Americans and over 65,000 Oregonians currently live with AD, increasing to 84,000 by 2025. One in ten persons over age 65 and half of those over 85 have AD. AD is the 6th leading cause of death, and the most expensive disease condition, exceeding the annual cost of cancer and cardiac care, combined. People with dementia will be seen increasingly by attorneys, accountants, financial planners, insurance professionals and other professional service providers. Join attorney/clinical social worker Tim Nay in an interesting and useful presentation to understand and better serve individuals, couples and families challenged by AD and other dementias.
Tim Nay has combined decades of clinical social work experience and legal expertise to develop an insightful, innovative and people-friendly approach to assisting his clients. He held professional clinical social work licensure in Texas, Idaho and Oregon. He has conducted thousands of mental status examinations and hundreds of civil commitment evaluations.
He is licensed to practice law by the Oregon State Bar and the Washington State Bar Association. He is a Nationally Certified Guardian. In 1997 Tim successfully sued the United States Attorney General, Janet Reno (who Tim greatly admires) nullifying the “Granny Goes to Jail Law.” Tim has advised and counseled thousands of families challenged with dementia.
He is the founding president of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), a Fellow of the Academy and winner of the 2019 Theresa Award. He is the past Chair of the NAELA Amicus Brief Committee, member of the NAELA Medicaid Task Force; founding member and past Chair of the Elder Law Section of the Oregon State Bar, past President of the Oregon Gerontological Association and the Alzheimer’s Association, Oregon chapter. He is the president of two non-profit organizations: Aging Concerns and the Carol and Velma Saling Foundation.
Tim was one of four founding members of the National Alliance of Medicare Set Aside Professionals (NAMSAP), and served as NAMSAP’s first Secretary. He is an Advisory Board member of the Academy of Special Needs Planners (ASNP). Tim is the founding President of Guardian Partners. Since 2018 Tim has been a Super Lawyer.
