Information and Referral
ELDERPLANNING has developed a giant base of information and referral sources after nearly 20 years in the long term care system. We can help you to determine what services will benefit you and objectively connect you to the services that you need. These services range from community organizations to professional services (physicians, attorneys, financial consultants,etc) to residential and home care options.
Central New York Agencies

Financial Information:
ELDERPLANNING is able to help you to determine your Medicare and/or Medicaid eligibility. We also simplify the process for you by offering step by step guidance in application completion as well as representing you in the application interviews. You can be sure that your rights will be respected and that you will get the benefits you are entitled to. This may include Veteran's benefits, retirement benefits and other benefits you may not even know about.

ELDERPLANNING also offers long term care insurance. We represent more than a dozen companies and will work with you to find the very best policy to meet your long term care needs.
Financial Planning Assistance
Long Term Care Insurance Services

Placement Services:
ELDERPLANNING has a solid understanding of every nursing home and assisted living residence in the Central New York area, as well as many of the independent living options. Our knowledge comes firsthand, which makes it possible to match you with the residential options that will best meet your needs and preferences. CNY Elderplanning's reputation also can give our clients leverage when seeking admission to their preferred facilities.
Residential Care Placement
Nursing Home Care Placement

Home Care Coordination
ELDERPLANNING works carefully with you to assess your comprehensive geriatric needs. This may be through public and private companion care programs, meal programs, home care programs,or countless ancillary services. We have many reliable referral sources that provide our clients with excellent care and we are happy to provide you with direction as well as coordinating those services for you.
Home Health Care Coordination
Respite Care Coordination
Day Care Coordination

Advocacy
ELDERPLANNING provides every client with advocacy. Our client comes first in all cases. We help clients to understand their rights: for example with the Medicare process and appeals process, or as a resident in a nursing facility. We teach our clients what they can expect and advocate for them when circumstances demand special attention. We are protective and empowering at the same time. As a "coach" we guide you every step of the way and advocate for you to ensure that you can access the options most preferable to you.

Advance Directives/Legal and Financial Planning
ELDERPLANNING encourages every client to establish advance directives and to plan for their long term future. We assist with completion of these documents and have a healthy referral base of attorneys and other professionals who can assist you with Trust, Estate Planning and other issues.
More info: Living Wills, Health Care Proxies...

Support and Counseling Services
ELDERPLANNING offers counseling to clients and their families whenever needed. This sometimes comes in the form of therapy; other times it is in the form of family mediation. In every context we support our client and his or her family, treating the family as a unit -- considering the feelings and thoughts of each member, while advocating for the older client first and foremost.

Personalized Care Planning
ELDERPLANNING offers geriatric assessment and comprehensive care planning. The goal of elderplanning is to set goals and create ways of reaching those goals based on the needs of the older individual. There are six primary elderplanning areas for establishing these goals which are: Medical, Psychiatric, Physical, Financial/Legal, Social and Spiritual. We help you to put an effective plan in place that will consider each and every one of these areas.
Assistance with Medical, Physical, Psychological, Financial/Legal, Social, and Spiritual needs.

Consultation and Education
ELDERPLANNING is continually educating and teaching the public and special-interest groups on the importance of planning for the future. We have done this via radio and television appearances, corporate seminars, professional programs and public presentations. We provide consultation to area nursing facilities and speak routinely on resident rights and quality of care issues.

Ongoing Geriatric Care Management Services
If adult children and other supports reside out-of-town, a care manager will function as surrogate family to oversee the needs of the older person. The care manager serves as a liaison who can provide objective progress reports and facilitate communication between client, family and healthcare professionals. The care manager also provides any of the above services within this role. Each client's needs are met in a way that preserves health, safety and well-being.

Other Services As Requested
There are no limits to what ELDERPLANNING can do to help you. We are designed to simplify the long term care system for you, as well as to save you from having to locate information and process it. If we don't have an answer, we will find it for you. It is our strong network of providers and contacts that make our job easier.
We have developed a consistently strong network of service providers to make finding the care you need
and want possible.
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