Elder Care Services

How Can a Care Manager Help Our Family?

• Share our extensive knowledge about the quality, costs and availability of services in the Greater Rochester, NY area.
  
  
• Conduct care planning assessments, right in your parent's home, to identify concerns and provide workable solutions.
  
  
• Provide one trusted and accessible professional to coordinate services and communicate with physicians and service providers.
  
  
• Act as a liaison to families at a distance, overseeing care and alerting families to problems.
  
  
• Use our expertise with Dementia Care to establish a safe and dignified care plan for older adults coping with Alzheimer Disease.
  
  
• Assist with identifying "just the right" housing and help with moving an older person from their long time home to an assisted care residence or nursing home.
  
  
• Offer counseling and support.
  
  
• Provide understandable information about how your parents' health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid and Long Term Care Insurance pay for needed care.
  
  
• Help you through the claims process for your parents' Long Term Care Insurance.

Before choosing a Geriatric Care Manager ask about their qualifications:

• What are your professional credentials?
  
  
• Are you licensed in your profession?
  
  
• Are you a member of the National Association of Geriatric Care Managers?
  
  
• How long have you been providing care management services?
  
  
• Can you provide professional references?
  
  
• Are you available for emergencies?
  
  
• How many care managers are there in your practice?
  
  
• Does your practice accept or pay referral fees?