Services
Let Aging Matters LLC help you. We offer two Service Programs:
Coaching the Caregiver (Available Nationally)
We can provide one-on-one support to help Caregivers develop a Care Plan for the older person they love and to develop a support network to reduce caregiver stress and overwhelm.
- Assist & support the Caregiver in identifying care needs
- Help the Caregiver develop and implement a Care Plan
- Crisis planning
- Creation of a village of health care providers, personal supports and professional advisors
- Provide Time management and Self-Care Resources and Education for Caregivers
- Prepare for Family Meetings, Medical Appointments and Care Conferences
- Selecting Health Care Providers and Managing relationships
- Assistance determining when home is no longer the best care option and assessing what alternatives are available
- Help the Caregiver to develop a Roadmap to help navigate the medical, legal and financial issues obstacles to securing care
- Identify Benefit Programs and other sources of financial support
- Provide Ongoing Support as new issues arise
- Assistance and Support for Long Distance Caregivers
- Support and Instruction Navigating Care Transitions such as hospital discharges, rehabilitation stays, and moves to assisted living or skilled nursing facilities
Geriatric Care Management Services (Available in Northeast Ohio)
We provide an extensive assessment of the older person’s current situation, often providing an in-home assessment, to identify the medical, social, safety, financial and legal needs that must be addressed. Terry’s training as a nurse and attorney allows her to develop, with the older person and his/her support network, a personalized Care Plan that identifies the older person’s needs, the actions that should be taken to address those needs, and who will be taking responsibility for those actions. Once in place, we can assist the Caregiver to monitor and adapt the Care Plan as the older person’s situation changes over time.
- Assessment of Medical, Social, Safety, Financial, and Legal Needs
- Development of a written Care Plan to address Identified Needs
- Discussion of results of the Assessment and Care Plan with the older person and family
- Training with respect to Caregiving Tasks and Implementation of the Long-Term Care Plan
- Assistance locating quality Medical or Non-Medical Home Care
- Information on Local Programs and Services
- Assistance evaluating quality Residential Care Options
- Help activating Long-Term Care Insurance Benefits
- Assistance with care transitions – Hospital admissions and discharge, Rehabilitation, Assisted living, Nursing home, and Return to Home
- Help with Medical Billing/Insurance questions
- Information on Discharge Appeals
- Coordination of Care
- Evaluate need for Local or Governmental Programs to assist with the Cost of Care: Medicaid, Veteran’s Pensions, Grants and Family Caregiver Programs