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Beware - It’s Still Possible!<br />
By: Rana Goodman / On My Soapbox<br />
With so many new seniors relocating to Las<br />
Vegas and Henderson from all over the<br />
United States, we have, once again, been asked to<br />
present the award-winning documentary, The Guardians. Publisher<br />
Dan and I were honored to participate in the film.<br />
We were also asked to resume our seminars on how to avoid the<br />
guardianship trap. So far this year we have given three seminars<br />
(see photo from last<br />
month’s presentation<br />
at Carnegie Heights<br />
at Henderson) and<br />
have committed to do<br />
several more over the<br />
next few months. Our<br />
presentations will be<br />
in Summerlin as well<br />
as in Henderson.<br />
It appears that<br />
some of the people<br />
who worked so hard<br />
on the guardianship issue a few years ago have moved on to other<br />
projects and issues. They all “assumed” that the reform laws we all<br />
worked so hard to pass have solved the problems.<br />
Sadly, that is not the case. Nevada has (thankfully) far fewer private<br />
guardians than in the past. The Clark County Public Guardian however<br />
is now taking those cases, so the problems are still there.<br />
A call placed to Legal Aid of Southern Nevada was answered by a<br />
receptionist that told us they are no longer handling guardianship<br />
cases. I found that hard to believe.<br />
Could it really be true, especially after all the work former Nevada<br />
Assembly Speaker, Barbara Buckley, (who is the head honcho there)<br />
put into guardianship reform?<br />
For those of you<br />
that have not yet<br />
filed a Guardianship<br />
Nomination Form<br />
with the Secretary of<br />
State, you can find it<br />
on our Vegas Voice<br />
(www.thevegasvoice.<br />
net) website. Click<br />
the tab at the top that<br />
says “Guardianship.”<br />
To date, the<br />
Secretary’s office<br />
tells us more than<br />
4,000 have been filed. Why not let yours be added to that list? For more<br />
information on the form and more importantly what it does for you,<br />
feel free to contact me: Rana@thevegasvoice.net.<br />
One last thing: I would also like to remind you not to be too quick<br />
to sign any documents without having an attorney or someone<br />
with “no dog in the fight” that you can trust look it over.<br />
As infuriating as it might be to know that we seniors are very often<br />
too trusting (and sometimes too gullible) we unfortunately make an<br />
easy mark for someone waiting to take advantage of us.<br />
Please never, never, NEVER let anyone rush you to sign on the dotted<br />
line for ANYTHING!<br />
Guardianship Presentation<br />
At the invitation of Las Vegas City Councilwoman Victoria Seaman,<br />
The Vegas Voice held a Guardianship Update seminar last month at<br />
the Sahara Library. Led by Any Content Editor (ACE) Rana Goodman<br />
& publisher Dan Roberts, discussions included the guardianship<br />
reforms accomplished, the “how & why” of the Nevada Guardianship<br />
Nomination Form and Rana’s new project, “Concerned Neighbors &<br />
Friends Program.”<br />
Pictured with Rana prior to the presentation is host Councilwoman<br />
Victoria Seaman<br />
Friends and<br />
Concerned<br />
Neighbors...<br />
We have received a number of calls from concerned<br />
readers asking “what can they do?” when they see a<br />
neighbor “disappear.”You can call Rana at The Vegas<br />
Voice and she will take the info and serve as liason<br />
with authorities! More Info? Call today<br />
702/251-4441<br />
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