Caring for a loved one is a joyful but demanding privilege. It may include making tough decisions and coping with crisis.  We often find families need help planning, coordinating, or supervising the care for their mother or father, especially when family support is sandwiched between the challenges of careers, young children, or distance.   Generation Solutions can assist with the changing needs and decisions that accompany this role.  The Geriatric Care Manager (GCM) offers professional expertise, extensive information and compassionate support.

What is a Geriatric Care Manager
A GCM is a professional who specializes in assisting seniors and their families with long- or short-term care arrangements. At Generation Solutions, our Geriatric Care Managers have training in gerontology, social work, nursing or counseling and are members of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers.  GCM members can make contributions in providing comfort and quality of life for the elderly, while relieving stress for the family caregivers.  Call to schedule an in-home appointment to learn complete details.

How Care Managers Can Help

Communication:

• Act as a liaison to families, in or out of town, by providing constant communication and alerting families to any concerns
  
• Provide strategies for coping with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia

• Conduct care-planning assessments to identify problems and develop a care plan for assistance and needed services
• Review financial, medical or legal issues, offering referrals to specialists to avoid any problems

• Assist with decisions about living arrangements and all types of placement
  
• Arrange and monitor in-home help and other services needed to stay safely at home
  
• Monitor home maintenance and repair services to ensure seniors receive the services
• Assist in a safe transition to home from a hospital or nursing home
  

• Assist with bill paying, personal bookkeeping and provide notary services
• Control costs by reducing inappropriate institutional care and overused services