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What is Geriatric Care Management

Geriatric Care Managers (GCM's) are social workers, nurses or counselors who specialize in assisting elders and their families to formulate, implement, and monitor long-term care arrangements. Care managers perform one or more of the following activities:

Conduct assessments to identify problems, develop care plans including eligibility and need for care services

Screen, arrange and monitor in-home health or companion services

Act as a liaison between elders and family members living at a distance, monitoring their situation and identifying problems

Transition the elder to a new living situation including a retirement community, assisted living or a skilled nursing facility

Provide crisis intervention on a 24 hour basis

Review financial, legal, or medical issues and refer specialists to assist in developing long term financial or estate plans

Provide independent advocacy to the elder and their family concerning health care products and services

Offer counseling, support and psychotherapy as may be required · Provide or refer money management services

Act as or refer conservators of the person or estate

Provide expertise on quality and availability of resources within the community

 

One call to a GCM can connect you with all the services an older person may need.

"One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful. "
Thomas Arnold (1795 - 1842)
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