Professional Services and Resources : Care Management
You Don’t Have to do it Alone!
Todd StorkAs a primary caregiver, advocate or family member there is much to know about the needs of seniors. How is anyone supposed to understand all the complexities of “Aging in Place” options or...
Successfully Navigating Through a Broken System
Marie ConnollyHow a Patient Advocate can ensure the highest level of care for the lowest possible cost. ...
Professional Geriatric Care Managers
Todd Chambers, L.C.S.W.Family caregivers possess an enormous amount of knowledge about what their elderly relatives need, but sometimes making decisions about services and coordinating them over time can be overwhelming. In...
What is Geriatric Care Management and How Can It Help
Karen Buchanan RN, BSN, CMC, RGGeriatric care management focuses on the unique needs of the senior. Typically, the senior needing care management will have some type of problem with their memory which may be the early signs o...
Introducing: The Geriatric Care Manager
Taryn Pearce, owner of Age Well UtahSeniors and care givers shopping for necessary services quickly discover how complex this process can be. There is an incredible amount of information available on innumerable services, but the...
How to Tell When a Senior Needs Care and Assistance
Charles Fairweather & Herb Ronde of BrightStarSometimes it’s easy to know when a family member needs care and assistance. For instance, maybe he or she has a major disability or requires additional help following a hospital stay. ...
Geriatric Care Management
Care MississippiIf you are an elderly mom or dad, or an adult son or daughter of an elderly parent and you live far apart from one another, you may like to know about a Geriatric Care Manager (GCM). A GCM...
A Model Approach to Health Care
Rona S. Bartelstone, LCSW, MSW, CMC.AARP’s April Bulletin focused on the “New Face of Health Care” as it’s lead article. The story focused on the successful efforts of several healthcare systems...
Why an Outside Care Consultant
Donna BrumbaughAlthough aging is a natural process, the business of aging is not something we understand intuitively. Most senior adults want to stay in their own homes. We know statistically that elders...