What is a
Geriatric Care Manager?

Why spend your energy, time and money running from nursing home to nursing home,
contacting government agencies, surfing the internet and making countless phone calls?

One phone call may be all you need . Call or e-mail us if:
-You have a parent or other loved one who needs help
-You need to find a geriatric care manager in another
  geographical location
-You are in crisis and you don't know where to start
  looking for help
-You have any kind of eldercare or elderplanning question
  which will help you to plan for your aging family's future.

Initial telephone or e-mail consultation
Sometimes it just takes a phone call to get the direction you need or to help you to structure your priorities. Don't hesitate to call or email us for this free initial consultation. If your family member does not reside in a local area, we can also help to guide you to a care manager nearest you.

Initial Consultation/Assessment
We will work with you to create an eldercare plan best suited to your personal goals, preferences, needs and financial situation. You will be provided with a written plan complete with the information you need to pursue the options available to you. We can also help you to coordinate and monitor those options if you wish.

Comprehensive care plan/Geriatric Assessment
The Care Plan is a tool which puts any and all services and programs in place to meet the older person's comprehensive needs. These needs encompass medical, psychological, financial, legal, social and spiritual areas. We help you to create a plan and then process the plan for you. The goal is to keep the older person at home as long as and as safely as possible; or to find the residential alternatives best suited to the persons needs and preferences.

Ongoing care management
We fill the role of "surrogate" family for those who have no able or available family. This can be scheduled weekly, monthly, quarterly, as-needed--whatever schedule best meets your needs. We monitor home help services, quality of life issues and are the liaison between client, family, doctor, homecare and other service professionals. While the goal of care management is to prevent crisis ---we also are your coach and advocate when transitions occur.

Medicare and medicaid do not reimburse for care management services.
If have a long term care policy, care management/coordination is covered by long term care insurance.