Topic: care management
You’ve reviewed senior housing options, narrowed down the choices, toured your short list, then toured with your parents, enjoyed meals, taken notes and pictures, asked questions of staff and residents, and you’ve made your decision.
Now what? …
What is your role at Aging Wisdom?
I am a Care Manager.
What made you want to work in the field of aging? …
What is your role at Aging Wisdom?
I am a Care Manager.
What made you want to work in the field of aging?
My maternal grandma lived with Alzheimer’s and as her disease progressed, I became the only person she would trust to help her with tasks. When I was in college, I worked at an Adult Day Program with adults with dementia and other disabilities and further solidified my love for working in the field of aging.
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The depth and breadth of what care management can provide for clients is best answered by the needs and goals of each individual client. This is what we mean by person-directed, tailored care.
Let’s take a deeper look at the holistic range of services and supports that can be provided and coordinated by Aging Life Care professionals like our Care Managers. …
If you like to plan ahead, you understand the value of having the right resources in place when life inevitably brings changes. Consider choosing to make professional care management part of your proactive life plan in the same way you chose to rely on trusted legal and financial counselors. …
What is your role at Aging Wisdom? Director of Marketing and Communications
What made you want to work in the field of aging? …
What is your role at Aging Wisdom?
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? …
Proactive Planning: (7/11): Who will coordinate your life?Read More »
Care Management (aka Aging Life Care) is something that can benefit families at various stages and times of life. Some of the more common scenarios that bring individuals, partners, families, and friends to us for guidance and ongoing support include: …
It’s natural for disagreements to occur, even in families with strong functional relationships. However, when parents and other older adults you care about are experiencing memory and health changes, it can create tension. Rare is the family who are all on the same page and managing decisions and tasks smoothly. …