OFFERING A COVID care plan product with Long Distance Care Providers
The first step for the Long-distance family members (LDF) worried about elder exposure and hospitalization of Covid-19 can be to take a team approach. This can be a call with a geriatric care manager for a consultation that will help long-distance families work as a team to keep elder family member safe while you are at a distance This Care management consultation can be done with a HIPAA-compliant video conferencing services
The first thing that the geriatric care manager works on is to find out if the older person has the required legal documents – Advanced directives, POA/HCPOA & GCM HIPAA release because of the risk of both hospitalization and death due to age-related COVID-19. If these documents are not present, the care manager will have a discussion with senior and the long-distance family regarding their wishes, explaining older adults over 65 are at higher risk for severe illness. The care manager will discuss who is to be the health care decision-maker with the older adult and suggest they consult a family attorney or elder law attorney to complete. If they choose not to use an elder law attorney, as time is of the essence in the pandemic, they can suggest access AARP advanced directives documents for any state which can be executed quickly.
If documents are completed, locate in the home and provide explanations to the family that they must give a copy to emergency contacts and physicians as required and place in planning binder. In the planning “Go binder” list all emergency contacts with phone numbers/e-mail addresses – family, friends, physicians, pharmacy, professionals providing in-home services. Also, list all medications and prescribing physicians in “Go Binder”. Upload documents into caregiving applications like caring village.com so the long-distance from always has the updated documents.
Other problems that geriatric care managers who offer consultation can solve for long-distance family members
Create a Household plan of action for prevention and possible infection with COVID 19.- Identification of technology tools to keep client and LDF in contact
- Evaluate the presence of required cleaning/safety products as recommended by CDC
- Evaluate the area of home appropriate for quarantine in the event of suspected COVID infection of client or caregiver
- GCM can also focus on the quality of life of seniors and provide a comprehensive plan to ensure the individual is living a quality of life while providing consistent communication with the Long Distance family-like Hummingbirdproject.net
- Development of client-specific communication tool for possible hospitalization to individualize client needs, status and care planning post hospitalization
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This research was done by my geriatric care management student GCM Maryann Prudhomme. My students are working on Covid-19 products in both all of my two new online classes in blackboard right now. If you are interested in joining our class and
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