What is a Geriatric Care Manager?

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Geriatric Care Managers are skilled professionals who specialize in assisting older adults and those responsible for their care in addressing the challenges of late life. Geriatric care managers offer family members, individuals and older adults the advice, support and inspiration needed to provide compassionate care and make intelligent decisions. A non-profit agency often charges fees on a sliding scale, based on one's income.

Geriatric Care Managers offer advice and support needed to make compassionate and wise decisions, while at the same time affirming the older adult's dignity and worth. The mark of a quality care manager is one who is compassionate toward those served, knowledgeable about resources, and readily available to clients. Most geriatric care managers have training in gerontology, social work, nursing, and/or counseling.

Geriatric care managers at nonprofit agencies generally charge for care management services based on one's ability to pay; those in private practice have set fees. Some long-term care insurance policies also provide coverage for such services. In addition, more and more employers are offering eldercare benefits to employees who are adult children involved with care for their parent(s).

Geriatric Care Managers offer family members, individuals and older adults the advice, support and inspiration needed to provide compassionate care and make intelligent decisions. Geriatric Care Managers are committed professionals who stay abreast of ongoing developments in the relatively new field of geriatric care management.