Care Co-ordination 101
Your Care Co-ordinator (Independent Geriatric Care Manager) is a doctorate-prepared, registered nurse-gerontologist (Certified Senior Advisor®), and Certified Life Coach. He helps Adult Children of Aging Parents just like you to navigate the extremely challenging and complex world of eldercare.
We Can Help You With
Care Transition Coordination
Coordinate Multiple Services
Oversee In-Home Care
Care Transition Coordination
A transition of care is when a patient moves between care settings, such as when a patient leaves the hospital and returns home or goes to a rehabilitation facility. Care transitions also occur when a patient’s condition or situation changes.
We provide the coordination during care transitions that helps prevent problems such as medication errors or failure to transfer important information.
Coordinate Services With Other Members Of The Health Care Team
Research shows that patients who receive treatment under a coordinated care system such as the patient-centered care model our care managers use experience better outcomes across the full spectrum of aging issues. A few examples:
Emergency Room visits and hospital admissions are reduced by at least 50% among high-risk elderly patients.
The reduced functionality usually associated with hospital discharges of the elderly is mitigated.
Agitation in Alzheimer’s patients is reduced with a correlated reduction in caregiver stress.
Locate & Coordinate Community Resources
Families often contact Dr. Kasmir when the best course of action to take for an ill or injured senior adult is unapparent. One of our primary objectives is to ensure the best possible care for every patient while involving community resources to alleviate caregivers’ stress and financial burdens.
These professional resources may include government, non-profit, and private programs. We often find that our fees are offset by the community resources and entitlement benefits we discover for our patients.
Coordination & Supervision Of In-Home Care & Companion Services
When home care is required for elderly or disabled persons, we are happy to refer families to trusted providers.
Regardless of the referral source, however, home caregivers are entrusted to work otherwise unsupervised in patients’ homes.
To ensure peace of mind, Dr. Kasmir can conduct regular, unannounced visits to accurately review the quality of care being provided.