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Geriatric Care Managers
are professionals who specialize in assisting
older adults and their extended families in
planning, accessing, and arranging for a variety
of elder care resources. Geriatric Care Managers (GCMs):
- Possess
extensive knowledge about the cost, quality,
availability, and process for accessing services
in the community
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Provide
direct services, such as individual therapy or
family counseling
Services
Geriatric Care
Management and Family Counseling Services
include:
- Conducting
care-planning assessments identifying
eligibility for assistance, need for services,
potential problem areas, and community supports
- Acting as a
liaison and point person for families living
away from their parents
- Providing
consumer education and advocate for effective
services
- Organizing,
screening, and monitoring in-home care and other
services
- Providing
crisis intervention
- Conducting
home safety evaluations
- Offering
individual and family counseling and support
- Consulting
with families considering alternative living
situations such as assisted living, disabled
housing, respite care, or long-term nursing home
care
- Reviewing
financial, legal, or medical issues (such as
advance directives) and offering referrals to
qualified professionals in these areas
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Coordinating the
sometimes difficult transitions along the
continuum of care through acute care settings,
rehabilitation centers, home care agencies,
medical care providers, and other community
agencies
Delivery
We
deliver a range of services from:
- Single
consultation, including a comprehensive
assessment and a written service plan
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Ongoing
care coordination, consultation, and support
There is no fee for our
initial informational telephone conversation,
after which an agreement will be prepared
outlining the specific services desired. Services
include:
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Initial
interviews
- Preparation
of an assessment and service plan
- Ongoing
client and family contacts
- Family
conferences
- Telephone
calls on behalf of the client
- Consultations with
other professionals
- Correspondence
- Clinical
counseling services
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Travel time
Training
We have
advanced clinical training in:
Contact Us
Please
email us
or call 781-641-3083 with any
questions about geriatric care management or family counseling services.
Content © 2011 Inter-Generations Geriatric Care
Management, Inc.
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