Connecting Families, Clients & Care
What is Care Management?
As we age levels of care become more complex. No longer is it simply a routine physical. It’s coordinating multiple appointments. It’s navigating the complexities of living facilities - from independent living to assisting living to memory care. It’s ensuring that care providers and families are fully aware of changing conditions and medications. It’s consulting with elder care attorneys. It’s monitoring service levels of home health, palliative care and hospice providers.
And along with navigating these changes, comes inevitable stress and confusion for families and patients.
Adding a care manager to your care team alleviates the stress of the unknown and serves as a resource to help connect the dots and ensure quality care at every step of the way.
Benefits of Care Management
We wholeheartedly believe there are
5 Key Benefits of Care Management.
Each of these relieve the pain points and stress in providing care to aging loved ones.
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Streamlined communication in geriatric care management ensures efficient coordination among healthcare providers, caregivers, and family members. This facilitates timely sharing of crucial information, reduces errors, and enhances continuity of care for elderly patients. With clear channels of communication, everyone involved stays informed about the patient's needs, preferences, and medical history, leading to improved decision-making and better outcomes.
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Fast answers to care concerns are crucial in geriatric care management because older adults often face complex health issues requiring swift interventions. Rapid responses prevent health conditions from worsening and enhance overall well-being. Timely resolutions also alleviate stress for both the elderly and their families, fostering trust in the care management process. This swift action ensures that seniors receive the necessary support promptly, optimizing their quality of life and promoting better health outcomes.
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Insights on vetted care providers are crucial in geriatric care management to ensure seniors receive high-quality, tailored support. With an aging population, access to trustworthy professionals like nurses, therapists, and home health aides becomes paramount. Carefully vetted providers offer specialized services, ensuring seniors' unique needs are met with expertise and compassion. This minimizes risks of neglect or inadequate care, promoting seniors' well-being and enhancing their quality of life.
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Stronger family decisions are a key benefit of geriatric care management because it fosters cohesion and clarity in navigating complex eldercare issues. With a professional guiding the process, families can make informed choices about their loved one's healthcare, living arrangements, and financial matters. This minimizes conflict and stress, ensuring the elderly receive optimal care while respecting their wishes and maintaining family harmony.
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Long-term cost savings are a key benefit of geriatric care management because it focuses on preventive measures and efficient use of resources, reducing the likelihood of expensive medical interventions or emergency care. By providing proactive support, monitoring health conditions, and coordinating care, geriatric care management can help prevent complications, hospitalizations, and unnecessary treatments, ultimately saving both financial resources and improving the quality of life for elderly individuals.
Your Care Management Leaders
Learn more about our team and their experience to serve you.
DANNY SUTTON
Managing Partner / Care Consultant
Danny has spent the past 15 years in elder care including hospice, palliative care, home health, assisted living, skilled nursing, and direct client care management. He is the founder and Managing Partner of Cooperative Care Management and works closely as the lead care manager for our clients.
You would be hard pressed to find someone as magnetic and whole-hearted as Danny. He enjoys working with families and patients navigating the many life adjustments and challenges that bring clients to our firm. Danny is known for diving deep with clients and care providers to ensure the highest quality of care.
LISA KAUFMAN, MSRS, CMC, CTRA
Care Consultant
in collaboration with Senior Care Options
Lisa is a Fellow/Certified Professional Aging Life Care™ Manager, and has worked specifically with the specialized allied health needs of the older adult since 1993. She has owned and operated SeniorCare Options since 2001, and she is an active member of the Aging Life Care Association™, and is one of only a handful of certified care managers in Georgia. In addition to her degrees and national certifications in her fields, Lisa’s credentials include a Certificate of Gerontology from Kennesaw State University, and she is a Certified Trainer and Consultant of Teepa Snow’s “Positive Approach to Care.” She has newly been elected to the ALCA™ Board of Directors, she is a Past-President of the ALCA™ South Eastern Chapter, a member of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association, and is the only Fellow / Certified ALCP™ in Georgia.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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For the same reason you would need an accountant for your taxes, a mechanic for your car, or a general contractor to build your house. Could you do it yourself? Yes. But frustration, lack of clarity and time can be saved with an expert care manager to navigate the continuum of care for both you and your loved one.
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While the specifics vary from client to client, there are some services that are standard across the board:
Healthcare oversight and monitoring
Consultation on the aging process and ongoing needs
Ensuring needs are met in alignment with patient goals
Advocating for patient dignity
Assessing levels of care provided by medical professionals, residential teams and home healthcare providers
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Care management is not covered by insurance (including Medicare and long-term care insurance). For this reason, Cooperative Care Management provides reasonable rate for high-quality care management services. Prices may vary depending upon specific circumstances. Please contact us to discuss your needs.
Our clients have told us that the peace of mind provided knowing that their loved one is advocated for every step of the way is well worth the cost.
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We’ve found there are several scenarios that are more common than not.
Geographic distance between families and the patient.
A stop-gap is needed when a family’s loved one is going through a change in condition (i.e. moving from independent living to assisted living, dementia onset, health challenges, etc.).
When you have more questions than answers regarding care for aging family members and no gameplan.