Founder and Executive Director Linda Fodrini-Johnson, MA, MFT, CMC
I had a call this month from a local hospital discharge planner complimenting us on our professional advocacy (Geriatric Care Management) for clients, our team spirit and wise counsel. She was also very impressed with our caregivers in the hospital setting – whom she said were kind, helpful and an asset to the client. We actually provide classes on how to work with clients who are in the hospital for our caregivers.
The voice mail from this nurse actually surprised me because this is what we do all the time for our clients. We, professional Geriatric Care Managers, are “team” players and want our clients to get the best medical care possible, to see that they are compliant with new orders at discharge and most of all, to convey history, likes, and values to the treatment team inside the hospital. These hospital teams are wonderful, but it can be very frustrating to find answers to a problem when you don’t have the whole picture!
The Geriatric Care Manager is the conduit of information that can mean the difference between life or death in the hospital and most definitely all the difference in the discharge on the “home end”!
