CARE COORDINATION

Mom wants to come back home after she gets out of the hospital, but she refuses to let anyone come in and help. Dad's doctors don't seem to know what the others are doing. Dad isn't eating his meals at the nursing home, and the staff doesn't seem to know what medications he is taking.

Too often we hear our clients or their families express their utter frustration over trying to figure out how to fulfill the multitude of requirements specified by doctors and other care providers, pharmacists, and facilities, while trying to make sure their loved ones are getting both what they need and what they want. It can become terribly difficult to do the right thing when feeling pulled in every direction. They often look to us to help them navigate these tricky issues and find solutions. Our Geriatric Care Coordinator is happy to step in and help you determine not just what they need, but who should provide it and where.

A Care Coordinator is a geriatric professional with a background in social work, nursing or mental health. Our Life Care Planning clients meet with our Geriatric Care Coordinator immediately after we start working together and makes a complete assessment of the client's specific needs. Then, she creates the plan that fills those needs. She monitors your loved one's care closely and makes or recommends appropriate changes to the care plan as needed. She also serves as the front line advocate seeing to it that your loved one always receives the best care regardless of whether it is at home, in an assisted living facility or in a nursing home.

Our Geriatric Care Coordinator is also an expert who knows our local nursing homes, assisted living and other care facilities, and will advise you on the quality, availability and costs of long term care in Riverside and surrounding areas.