Crisis Care Patient Advocacy, Geriatric Care Management, & Healthcare Surrogacy
Have you noticed your parent or senior loved one needs more care than they’re currently receiving? Are you attempting to care for a loved one from out of town and feel hopeless? Figuring out what to do next can be confusing. What are their true health and day-to-day needs? Who can help provide care? Where do you even start?
A Florida’s Choice Certified Geriatric Care Manager can help you sort through the options. Learn more about services geriatric care managers offer, how they can help families negotiate senior care plans in hospitals, rehabilitation care centers and with primary care physicians…and when to involve them in your own family’s decisions.
What is geriatric care?
Geriatric care means medical care related to older adults. A senior’s unique health care situation, rather than a particular age, determines whether they need geriatric care. Medical concerns for older adults — including chronic conditions more common with aging, immobility, impaired vision, cognitive decline, and inability to perform activities of daily living — are often different from the needs of others and therefore require specific treatment