Guiding Families Through Change.

Services

What is Geriatric Care Management?

A geriatric care management (GCM) program is a business that helps families coordinates care for their elderly loved ones. Duties include assessing the elder’s living situation and formulating a plan of care, referring families to appropriate services and specialists, mediating between the elder and his family if there is disagreement as to what services are needed, helping the elder transition to a new living arrangement such as an assisted living facility or nursing home, and offering the elder and his family counseling and emotional support.

Our Services:

  • Personalized assessment in the older adults current living situation.
  • Individualized life plan that encourages the older adult and their family members to set and communicate goals for the immediate and long term future.
  • On-going care management and/or one-time consultations.
  • Suggestions to help achieve agreed upon goals.
  • Educating the older adult and their family about Medicare and other financial options for paying for long term care needs.
  • Provide assistance navigating and accessing local resources.
  • Referrals to trusted resources in the community.
  • Facilitating transitions in living situation.
  • Mediation with family members when there is conflict.
  • Educating families about growing older in today’s society.
  • Assisting the family through difficulties they may have accepting changes in their loved ones life, health, and mental capacity.
  • Supporting family caregivers.
  • Options counseling.
  • Long distance care and oversight for families living far from their loved ones
  • Improving the quality of life for the older adult and the ones who love and care for them so they may Age with Grace.