The Essential Eldercare Handbook for Nevada

Acknowledgments

xv a c k n o w l e d g m e n t s • We gratefully thank many people for their inspiration and help in writing this book. We thank Charles Bernick, MD, neurologist, associate medical director at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, for sharing his time and expertise with us. We also thank Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, MDIV, professor of gerontology at the graduate school of the College of New Rochelle; Lutheran minister; senior consultant to the Hospice Foundation of America; and editor of HFA’s Living with Grief book series, its Journeys newsletter, and numerous other books and publications, who has long been a mentor to Mary. We thank Phyllis Militello, MPA, former assistant director at Nevada Geriatric Education Center. Matt Becker, senior acquisitions editor at the University of Nevada Press, has been a joy to work with. His guidance and good counsel helped see this book through to its completion and publication. Our editor, Melanie Mallon, provided invaluable advice and guidance. Many thanks to Benjamin Drown, Joyce Brozovich , Laura Gover, Matthew and Gregory Valko, Caitlyn Drown, Holly Jeffries, Luisa Heizer, and Catherine Marquez for their continuous patience, encouragement, and excellent comments as we wrote and revised our manuscript. We acknowledge our families, friends, and the entire team at Boyer Law Group for being motivators and cheerleaders whenever we stressed about the book. We could not have done it without you. Most of all, we could not have written this without all the families who have honored us by sharing their concerns, confusion, and joy as they journeyed through the aging and caregiving process. T h e E s s e n t i a l E l d e r c a r e H a n d b o o k f o r N e v a d a • ...