• Have you created a plan for your retirement with a contingency plan should you need additional assistance?
• Are you worried about your personal safety where you live? 
• Do you have difficulty coordinating and getting to doctors’ appointments, getting errands done, grocery shopping, preparing meals, getting housekeeping done, paying bills? 
• Would you feel relieved if someone was nearby or helped you shower to prevent a fall?
• If you had some help with bathing, dressing, light housekeeping, and laundry would it preserve energy for you to do the things you love to do?  

If the answer to these questions is yes then you would benefit from care management to assess your needs and preferences to create a plan and assemble the resources you need.  Sometimes the solution is moving to a more ideal living situation to meet your needs.

Initiating a Care Management Consultation offers your loved one the opportunity to problem solve the challenges they are experiencing with an expert. The care manager is an advocate for the client, providing options with associated costs and benefits. 

A care manager can take on the responsibility of coordinating and accompanying the client to medical appointments and communicate the results to you, implement the healthcare plan, managing medication, and recommending care giving services as needed (for help with bathing, dressing, toileting, meals, light housekeeping, laundry, etc.)  As your loved one has pleasant and helpful interactions with others, they will feel better and you will feel less stressed and guilty.

Each situation is different.  Here are some options to consider.

The death or medical crisis of a friend or family member presents an opportunity for a conversation.

When you create your own plan — is a good time to ask your parents—what are your plans?

Asking parents for the gift of providing direction regarding their decisions is another approach.  Many adult children don’t even know if their parents have long term care insurance when it is needed and the parent can no longer remember to mention it.  Having a plan and sharing it with you decreases  stress, saves time and frustration, and streamlines the implementation of your parent’s plan. 

National Healthcare Decisions Day – April 16, was established  to facilitate education and action on decision with resulting legal documents.  This National initiative is a starting point for conversation.

Five Wishes, published by Aging with Dignity, is a tool to guide conversations, document advanced directives and express directions about end of life decisions.

We offer our services to all adults with medical, cognitive and functional conditions.  25% of our clients are 55 or younger.

On the contrary, there is an inherent conflict of interest.  When a care manager does not have the freedom to bring in the best company  to meet the clients’ needs, the client does not get the best care.

Placement services companies establish contracts with willing senior care communities and are compensated for bringing you to them. This placement fee can range up to $10,000 and more. Care managers do not accept placement fees.

Care managers will always place your loved one in the community that fits their needs without compensation from the community. Sometimes a care manager can negotiate reduced rates and better amenities for their clients because we don’t take placement fees from the communities.