Care Management

What is Geriatric Care Management?

A geriatric care manager is a professional who specializes in assisting older people and their families with long-term care arrangements. Most have advanced degrees in gerontology, social work or nursing.

Geriatric care management includes evaluating the needs of the client, determining progress and prescribing a course of action. This often involves the geriatric care manager acting as a liaison between the family members, physician, attorney, financial advisor or anyone else involved with their clients’ welfare.

Most people have heard by now that those over 65 years are the fastest growing segment of the population and they are a very independent group. They prefer to live in their own homes for as long as possible but few want to depend on their children to do so. Geriatric care management allows clients to maintain their dignity and the ability to stay at home for as long as possible.

Call Eileen Dunn at (518) 796-0603 for information on how Trinity ElderCare can help families with geriatric care management services in Glens Falls, Queensbury, Saratoga Springs NY.

An Answer for the Sandwich Generation

Geriatric care management is particularly helpful in today’s fast-paced society where Struggling with the demands of a career and family life are difficult. Add to that a caregiver crisis and the stress can be overwhelming. Often, the adult children don’t live in the same town, or even the same state, as their parents. Even if they do, they still don’t know what services might be available.

The services and housing options available to seniors have increased and so has the need for assistance in sorting out which are appropriate and how to access them. These services and the eligibility requirements can vary not only state to state, but county to county as well. Since the geriatric care manager is familiar with the ins and outs of the local health care systems and the available community resources, they can quickly evaluate and initiate a plan of action.

“I’m worried that my 82 year old mother is becoming increasingly forgetful. Can she still live alone? Could there be a medical reason for this and who do I refer her to? Is she safe?” — These are troublesome questions for most adult children to answer. It’s very difficult to suddenly be in the role of parenting your parents. But for most, that time comes at some point. The question is, where do you turn when it does?

Trinity ElderCare Consulting & Management offers comprehensive evaluations and future care planning including but not limited to:

• Care-planning assessments to identify problems, eligibility for assistance and need for services.
• Screen, arrange and monitor in-home help or other services.
• Review financial, legal or medical issues and offer referrals to specialists to avoid future problems and conserve assets.
• Provide crisis intervention
• Act as a liaison to families at a distance, making sure things are going well and alerting families to problems.
• Evaluate the availability and affordability of long-term care insurance
• Assist with moving an older person to or from a retirement complex, care home or nursing home
• Provide consumer education and advocacy
• Offer counseling and support

Trinity ElderCare Consulting & Management will find solutions that maximize the available community resources to ensure the safety and well-being of our clients. Our goal is to consider the dignity and rights of the older person while balancing the needs and eliminating the stress from the caregivers.

Who uses the services of a care manager?

• Families
• Banks and Trust Officers
• Physicians
• Attorneys
• Hospitals
• Social Service Providers
• Senior Housing Communities