SERVICES…FOR AGING LOVED ONES

Caring Concierge offers a variety of services to employees designed to alleviate the stressful time in their life that accompanies the need to provide care for senior loved ones. Additionally, certain Caring Concierge service offerings are applicable to employees who wisely wish to prepare now for their future needs when they become seniors. The following are specific specialized services that Caring Concierge has available.

CASE MANAGEMENT

There are times when more that single solutions need to be addressed. Broad knowledge of senior related issues is required. Caring Concierge has Certified Senior Advisors and Geriatric Care Managers that can provide depth of knowledge and individual case management guidance.

Certified Senior Advisors (CSA)®

   With Caring Concierge, you work with professionals who have added the CSA designation to 
   their achievements. CSA’s are the only professional who have met the personal integrity
   requirements of Society of Certified Senior Advisors’ (SCSA), and also demonstrated a
   knowledge of the key health, financial, and social issues of the most importance to seniors.
   Additionally, CSA’s have agreed to follow the CSA Code of Professional Responsibility, which
   promotes high ethical business practices.

Geriatric Care Manager (GCM)


Professional Geriatric Care Managers (GCM) are health and human services specialists who help
families who are caring for older relatives. The GCM is trained and experienced in any of several
fields related to care management, including nursing, gerontology, social work, or psychology.

Perhaps your senior loved ones have known specific needs. The following solutions are
available by calling Caring Concierge.

INDIVIDUAL SOLUTIONS

Home Care Assistance

Assistance with custodial care including all Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s) which include transferring to and from beds, chairs, or coaches along with toileting, bathing, dressing, meal preparation, and continence. Caring Concierge can provide clients with the highest quality home care agencies to provide service for your seniors.

Ancillary Independent Living Requirements

IADL’s includes assisting seniors with the use of the telephone, shopping, handling finances. This ADL+ service is available comprehensively or as separate service offerings.

Elder Law Attorney’s

Attorney’s that focus on the legal needs of the elderly and use a variety of legal tools and techniques to meet the goals and objectives of their clients. Elder Law attorney’s typically work with other professionals in various fields to provide clients with quality service and assure that their needs are met.

Advance Care Planning

Assistance with preparation of 3 essential documents: Health Care Power of Attorney, Living Will, and Do Not Resuscitate (DNR). Additionally, an Organ Donation document can be included in Advance Care Planning.

 
Senior Move Management

Senior Move Managers, professionals who specializes in assisting older adults and their families with the emotional and physical aspects of relocation and/or "aging in place."
Senior Move Managers can help with some developing an overall move or "age in place" plan; assistance with organizing, sorting and downsizing; customized floor plans; arranging for the profitable disposal of unwanted items through auction, estate sale, buy-out, consignment, donation, or a combination of the above; interviewing, scheduling and overseeing movers; arranging out of town shipments and short term storage; professional packing; unpacking and setting up the new home; related services, such as cleaning, waste removal, shopping, senior escort, assisting with selection of a realtor and helping prepare the home to be sold.

Home Remodeling for Elderly

The ability of seniors to age in place is directly related to the suitability of the home to enable the senior to safely move about in the home. Trained professional’s including certified aging-in-place specialists (CAPS) make the necessary modification to enable safe movement in the home including, doorways, bathrooms, and other aging-in-place home modifications
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Funeral Advance Planning Directive

Determining the optimum information necessary to plan and execute the funeral wishes of a senior is facilitated by knowing what to ask and how to categorize this sensitive information.

SERVICES…FOR EMPLOYEES

Support Groups

Employees that serve as family caregivers have to deal with a myriad of issues that result in considerable stress. Support Groups are vehicles that can be leveraged to provide relief and assurance that avoids feelings of isolation and depression. Caring Concierge can assist in identifying the right group or groups that employees need to address their specific issue(s).

Estate Planning

An estate plan is essential in order to consider the needs and desires of the individual doing the plan and their loved ones. The Estate Plan is a set of documents that include legal and medical powers of attorney, a will, trusts, and beneficiary designations. Caring Concierge helps employees develop an estate plan that:

• Provides for personal health care and manage personal affairs and assets should the employee become incapacitated;

• Leave a legacy as well as memories, life experiences, care and support for loved their loved ones and any special causes the employee may have; and

• Manage and reduces federal and state taxes so the maximum amount of assts is transferred to heirs and beneficiaries.

Long-Term Care Insurance

Long-term care insurance helps provide for the cost of long-term care beyond a predetermined period. Long-term care insurance covers care generally not covered by health insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid. Individuals who require long-term care are generally not sick in the traditional sense, but instead, are unable to perform the basic activities of daily living (ADLs) such as dressing, bathing, eating, toileting, continence, transferring (getting in and out of a bed or chair), and walking.
Age is not a determining factor in needing long-term care. About 60 percent of individuals over age 65 will require at least some type of long-term care services during their lifetime. About 40% of those receiving long-term care today are between 18 and 64. Once a change of health occurs long-term care insurance may not be available. Early onset (before age 65) Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease are rare but do occur.