Caring is a gift of love, obligation or default because there is no one to share the care. With family care often also comes exhaustion, frustration, anger, depression, or disappointment at the same time as loving concern. In our wedding vows, most of us promised to care for our partner in sickness and in health. Read More
Western Region Geriatric Care Management New Board Member – Vince Brim
Congratulations to Vince Brim, our Clinical Director, who won his nomination to the Western Chapter Board of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (NAPGCM). He will sit on the board starting in January. Most people who are not known to the entire membership usually don’t win the first time they put their names Read More
Being an Advocate for Your Own Health
The greatest thing you can do about your quality of life is to become your own best and prepared advocate. This article can help you ask the right questions Agency for Health Care Research and Quality. The next best thing you can do, is to make sure you have an “agent” who can be Read More
Utilizing Professional Care Managers in Special Needs Trusts
I was honored to be a panelist for this presentation with Stephen Dale, Attorney at Law on “Utilizing Professional Care Managers in Special Needs Trusts” on June 25, 2014. We discuss the importance of including a Care Manager in a Special Needs Trust to assess the needs of the beneficiary and develop a distribution plan that Read More
Life is a Sacred Journey – In Home Care Services
Guest speaker, Linda Fodrini-Johnson, MA, MFT, CMC, Founder and Executive Director of Eldercare Services discusses how you can maintain your interdependence and stay at home for as long as possible on MPR Blog Talk Radio Hosted by Micheal Pope of Alzheimer’s Services of the East Bay on June 12, 2014. To listen to the audio interview, click here. Read More
Dirty Dancing at Any Age – A Lesson to do What you Love!
The national organization I am part of, National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers, recently emailed this video to me and the other Care Managers in our office. The video of this older woman, doing what she is most passionate about, is what we continually educate and advise our clients and their family members to Read More
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