Affordable Geriatric Care Management Services
As a non-profit organization, and first point of contact for caregivers of those diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia or other neurocognitive disorder, we are dedicated to providing affordable and comprehensive Geriatric Care Management Services to the community.
Our geriatric care managers, social workers and registered nurse consultants, provide professional expertise, guidance and support, throughout the dementia caregivers journey.
They help assess individual needs, thoughtfully craft appropriate care options, and empower caregivers and families to make choices to enhance their loved ones safety and quality of life through the creation of a personalized Geriatric Care Navigation™ plan.
Identifying the Problems. Finding the Solutions.
The Alzheimer's Geriatric AssessmentThe primary goal of the Alzheimer’s Geriatric Assessment is to clearly identify the problems and recommend appropriate, realistic solutions that improve the quality of life for the Alzheimer’s caregiver and the care receiver.
The clinical assessment includes a review of the patients physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs as well as cognitive function; ability to complete their activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living, as well as a complete fall prevention and home safety evaluation.
Based on the assessment, the Geriatric Care Manager develops a custom Plan of Care. She then works with the Caregiver and the family every step of the way to implement, monitor and update the plan as needed.
- Alzheimer's Geriatric Assessment & Care Plan
- Coaching for Caregivers
- Managing Difficult Behaviors
- Home Care Services
Families can become overwhelmed with the challenges that accompany caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease, and they often don’t know where to begin.
The primary goal of our Geriatric Care Management service is to clearly identify the problems, and recommend appropriate, realistic solutions, that improve the quality of life for the Alzheimer’s caregiver and the care receiver.
Our Alzheimer’s Geriatric Assessment is extremely comprehensive and begins with an in-depth telephone call to review your concerns as well as your current caregiving challenges. Learn more!
Coaching for Caregivers provides one-on-one support and professional guidance, to patients, caregivers, family and friends, to help them cope and adjust to issues related to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
Clients receive all of the benefits that come with attending a support group or caregiver workshop, but on an individualized basis, and in a warm and comforting environment.
Be sure to check out our Coaching for Kids™ program too!
Communication Challenges & Managing Difficult Behaviors
If you’re having difficulty communicating with your loved one or are struggling to manage difficult behaviors, such as refusing to shower; unwillingness to take medications; loss of appetite; wandering and/or repetitiveness, our Geriatric Care Navigators can help you find a solution that works!
As Alzheimer’s disease progresses, the Alzheimer’s Care Resource Center will help you navigate through the changes and the challenges!
We can help you select, coordinate and manage all of your loved ones in-home care needs.
From creating and implementing a care plan that enhances and improves your loved ones quality of life, to assuring that the hired care providers are providing exceptional care.
Caregivers and family members of those with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia or other cognitive impairment never have to go through a crisis alone.
We provide local caregivers and families with counseling, coaching, guidance, support, and dementia specific resources to help you cope with the challenges of caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.
Properly managing the medications for someone with Alzheimer’s disease is a difficult task made even more complex when the patient is under the care of numerous physicians, all of whom are prescribing one, two or even three different medications.
Couple this with the fact that most caregivers find it difficult, if not impossible, to convince the person with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia to take their pills, in the correct dose, and at the correct time, caregivers can become angry, frustrated, and sometimes, just give up. We can help!
The Alzheimer’s Care Resource Center provides education and training to individuals, caregivers, and family members, both online and in person.
Our Learning Lighthouse Resource Library is also available to the Alzheimer’s community and is filled with books, DVD’s, brochures and other dementia specific information and resources all designed to help you provide the very best care to your loved one.
As Alzheimer’s disease progresses, the Care Navigators at the Alzheimer’s Care Resource Center continue to work with caregivers to keep their loved one at home, while maintaining their desire to allow the person with dementia to live in the least restrictive, yet safest environment possible.
- Assistance with Placement
- Long Distance Caregiving Solutions
- Bill Paying & Household Management
- Professional Education
Most families want to do everything they can to keep the person with Alzheimer’s disease at home; but if the time comes when living at home is no longer an option, your Care Navigator will help you select the very best assisted living facility or nursing home based on your needs and the needs of your loved one.
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Everything’s fine – and then something happens. A doctor calls in the middle of the night to say that your older parent 3,000 miles away has fallen and has been hospitalized. Or your mother, who lives several states away, calls to say she can no longer cope with your father’s dementia.
Many adult children must help from a distance when their older parents and other relatives need help. The task can be difficult, stressful, and time consuming. Our Care Navigators can help!
Our Care Navigators can help you manage all of your loved ones home management needs.
- Pay bills, balance checkbook, and assist with correspondence
- Review medical bills, insurance claims and reimbursements
- Manage all payroll and reporting responsibilities for privately hired workers
- Arrange and supervise home repairs and modifications
- Assist with entitlement applications
Our Level I and Level II Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Training Courses are approved by the Florida Department of Elder Affairs.
Level I and Level II Alzheimer’s Training courses meet the education requirements for administrators and staff working with dementia patients in the home, at assisted living facilities, in long term care facilities and in skilled nursing facilities.
Our classes are the most sought after in Palm Beach County! Upbeat, enthusiastic, interactive and fun!
For Caregivers. For Families. For Friends
Whenever you reach out on your caregiving journey...
Managing Difficult Behaviors
If you’re having difficulty communicating with your loved one or are struggling to manage difficult behaviors, such as refusing to shower; unwillingness to take medications; loss of appetite; wandering and/or repetitiveness, our Geriatric Care Navigators can help you find a solution that works!
As Alzheimer’s disease progresses, the Alzheimer’s Care Resource Center will help you navigate through the changes and the challenges!
Assessment and Care Planning
The primary goal of the Alzheimer’s Geriatric Assessment is to clearly identify the problems and recommend appropriate, realistic solutions that improve the quality of life for the Alzheimer’s caregiver and the care receiver. The care management assessment includes a review of the patients physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs as well as cognitive function; ability to complete their activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living, as well as a complete fall prevention and home safety evaluation.