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Geriatric Care Management Services:
- Care-planning
assessments to identify problems, eligibility for assistance, and need
for services;
- Screening,
arranging, and monitoring of in-home help or other services;
- Referral to
appropriate professionals for financial, legal, or medical issues;
- Crisis intervention;
- Acting as a liaison
to families at a distance, making sure things are going well and
alerting families to problems;
- Assistance in moving
an older person to or from a retirement complex, care home, or nursing
home;
- Consumer education
and advocacy;
- Counseling and
support to clients and families.
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Services may be provided on a one-time basis, as a
consultant, or on a short term or long term basis. Services are uniquely
tailored to meet the specific needs of each client and his or her family.
Many GCM’s work with their clients for years. Care managers are often able
to provide personal touches such as taking the client to lunch, arranging
home repairs, and sending holiday/birthday cards. Often the care manager
assumes the role of ‘surrogate adult child.’
Medicare does not pay for care management, though it may pay for some of
the recommended services. Usually, families and long-distance caregivers
pay the fees for the care manager.
Noble Care Solutions provides different services depending on the
individual client/family needs but also has several packages available that
include commonly needed services, such as:
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