Care Management
If you’re engaged in proactive planning, an Aging Life Care professional (aka Care Manager) can help. We help you with personalized planning, goals, thinking ahead, considering options, and anticipating needs and costs.
We often take for granted all the coordination that we do for ourselves in life. And if you’re taking care of your parents, this is probably a topic with which you’re familiar. Who will coordinate your life?
What does an Aging Life Care Professional do (aka geriatric care manager)? As Lisa shares with Suzanne, “We are a group of professionals who serve as consultants to individuals and their families who are navigating changes in health and changes in memory.”
We’re professionals that individuals and families can hire to help guide them through the complicated, overwhelming, and confusing system of long-term care choices and how best to choose what works best for their unique situation from so many options.
<To listen to the podcast, CLICK HERE> This is the third in a series of four podcast discussions with Lisa Mayfield, Aging Wisdom’s principal and founder, and Suzanne Newman, founder and CEO of Answers for Elders. There’s power in planning for your own aging. It helps you to realistically prepare for what to anticipate as […]
The answer to when and if Care Management is the best option is dependent on the individual client, their unique needs, goals, and situation.
In our work, we take a holistic, client-centered approach to guiding individuals, couples, and families navigating options for living well, caring well, and aging well.
We usually outlive our ability to drive safely by six to ten years. As we age, we naturally modify how we drive to address physical changes: Stiff joints, poor vision, slow reflexes. But a day will come when it’s unwise to continue behind the wheel.Unfortunately, if you don’t have a plan to eventually retire the keys, and your driving becomes a safety issue, others will make the decision for you.
In this second podcast episode of What happens when you contact Aging Wisdom?, Sheila and Keri talk about what happens after the get-acquainted (inquiry) call when the caller wants to take the next step. Following the get-acquainted (inquiry) call, the next step is to schedule a consultation. During the initial consultation, you meet with an […]
“That first inquiry call is a time of discovery. They’re telling us a little bit about what’s going on. We’re listening and then we’re offering in general terms how we can provide assistance,” shares Sheila McKannay, New Client Services, Certified Care Manager.
An Aging Life Care Professional (aka geriatric Care Manager) is a health and human services specialist who acts as a guide and advocate for families who are caring for older relatives or disabled adults.