10 Reasons to Ditch Paper and Reap the Advantages of a Database
GCM ‘s Using Paper Bad Business Decision
What are the advantages of a database for care managers?Some care managers still function on paper instead of using a care management database. That is a bad business decision. A paper record is easily exposed, letting anyone see it, transcribe details, make a copy or even scan or fax the information to a third party. In contrast, electronic records 0r a database can be protected with robust encryption methods to keep crucial patient information secure from prying eyes. Keeping your patients’ records secure involves much more than controlling access to confidential information. You also need to make sure that the data will be available under worst-case scenarios.
The Advantages of a database- easy to give clients gold standard service to make more money.
The advantage of a database to care managers, is you retain clients by arming your care management staff with the most user-friendly fully loaded client database. This makes their gold standard concierge care so much easier to deliver. This gives your business a more profitable bottom line in running your business. So spending money on a client database makes you 
more money and saves you time while making that money.
What are the advantages of a database for care managers?
1. Using a database rather than paper will increase your revenue by 30%. You enter case notes and billing in real-time rather than hours later when you get back to the office when you forget the exact billing time.
2. Improves the quality of care… for your client by being able to quickly document and used the saved time for working with your client.
3. Speed and Efficiency. ..when a team member needs to share client information with other team members, it should be easy and a database makes this sharing fast
4. Improves communication… between you as a care manager and other healthcare professionals you work with within the community
5. Saves time and money… getting rid of the extra work and time of double-entry,
6. Legibility and Accuracy. .. enhancing the readability, availability, and easy accessibility of information
7. Comply with courts …if your notes are requested by the courts they are readable and
organized as geriatric care managers work with many dysfunctional families where there is often fiscal or physical abuse ending in the courtroom
8. Protect the environment … by not generating tons of paper which is critical now with climate change
9. More Space… Computerizing a paper system can create additional space, as there is no longer a need to store a large volume of paper records or files. …
10. Reduces cost… by not paying for storage space to keep 7 years of client information in written form for IRS requirements
Smart TECH Solutions to Wire Your Care Management Business for Profit
Hear Care Management CEOs of GCM software tell you what are the features and benefits of their software
WHEN Wednesday, July 5, 2022
WHAT TIME_2 PM-3:30 PM Pacific Standard Time
Presented by Cathy Cress MSW – Handbook of Geriatric Care Management
We will Cover
What you need in a website
- Why you need content marketing
- How to shoot videos for your agency
- interviews with CEO’s major care management software platforms
- What are easy-to-use social media sites
- How to shoot videos for your agency
- Critical software programs that make care management information flow
- What you need in a website
- Why you need content marketing
- with 1-1 interviews with CEOs of major care management software platforms
- interview with Natasha Beauchamp on content marketing forALCA members
GCM TECHNOLOGY-RIGHT CHOICE FOR A CLIENT?
GCM Job -Help Seniors use Technology
Your job as an aging life or geriatric care manager is to make sure that the technology device like an tablet or e reader device really works for the older client . Does it work at their level of care -or work well at all.
Why- because aging clients need technology to help with both the isolation and lonliness of aging, to increase their quality of life, connect with their family- But the device has to be easy to use for this non- native group
Features of Senior Tech That make it Easy to Use
So what do you do when you recommend a technology like a tablet or e book?? .You are not a tech geek- so how will you choose the right tech product?
Features to consider when recommending an e-book reader to a client include size of screen, ability to magnify font, type of display, including contrast, glare, and backlighting, ease of navigation, ease of downloading (e.g., wireless, wifi, or computer connection with decreasing preference), and battery life. E-book readers are now available from Amazon (the Kindle), Sony (Sony Reader Digital Book), Barnes and readers? and Apple (iPad)
But many seniors need hands on help is using these tech devices.
A recent survey from AARP, conducted last September and October, highlights the quandary. It found that older adults boosted technology purchases during the pandemic but more than half (54%) said they needed a better grasp of the devices they’d acquired. Nearly 4 in 10 people (37%) admitted they weren’t confident about using these technologies.
A group in Philadelphia created Generations on Line to help seniors learn to use technology. During COVID this became to such more important to reduce the isolation and lonliness of seniors during shutdown. But they also developed a program to help families teach an older adult how to use tech devices
To learn more about GCM’s and technology, look at Dr. David Lindeman and Julie Menack’s new aging technology chapter in the 4th Handbook of Geriatric Care Management
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6 Smart TECH Solutions to Wire Your Care Management Business for Profit
WHEN Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
WHAT TIME_2 PM-3:30 PM Pacific Standard Time
Presented by Cathy Cress MSW – Handbook of Geriatric Care Management
We will Cover
Critical software programs that make care management information flow
- with 1-1 interviews with CEO’s of 3 major care management software platforms Caretree ,IHealth Home My Junna,
What you need in a website
Why you need content marketing
- With interview with Natasha Beauchamp who develops both websites and content marketing forALCA members
What are easy-to-use social media sites
What is Long Distance Technology — How & What Way to Evaluate?
The Challenge For The Right Aging in Place Technology
Aging life and geriatric Care managers must challenge themselves to think about a new paradigm of caregiving for elders that includes technology-based tools. especially with long-distance care providers In order to be able to recommend products for a client, the care manager should be aware of and be willing to experiment with currently available products. It is also important for the care manager to have a process based on specific criteria to evaluate the technology. David Lindeman PHD GCM Julie Menack co-authors of the chapter Technologies That Support Aging in Place, in the Handbook of Geriatric Care Management suggest you use these benchmarks. Lori Orlov , another titan in the field of Senior technology recommends these new senior long distance guidelines
Benchmarks for Technology Tools for Long-Distance Care Providers
· Efficacy—Does the technology perform substantially according to expectations?
· Return on investment and cost-effectiveness—Does the end result justify the means?
· Ease of use—Do the care providers, family members, or elders using the technology day to day find it intuitive and user-friendly?
· Low maintenance—Does the solution require significant time and resources to maintain?
· Improved accountability—Does the solution help the care provider to improve accountability and quality of care?
· Connection, Contribution, or Legacy? – Does the technology support the client’s feeling of contribution and connection to their family, community, or society? Does the technology allow the client to transmit their experiences to future generations?
Monitoring sensors
Sensor products can check a number of items within a house: motion patterns, stove on/off status, carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide levels, air quality, and presence of smoke or fire. They can also lock doors and control other items in the home remotely.
Daily activity monitoring. Activity sensors can be placed on the refrigerator, stove, door, and other objects around the home. Your relative may also wear a watch that monitors activity. You can allow caregivers and physicians to access the data. Set up notifications to be delivered by e-mail, text, or mobile app.
Example: Live!y, $50 plus $28 per month.
Video monitoring
Cameras can monitor an individual’s activities of daily living and provide caregivers with direct video feed on a smartphone, tablet app, or the Web to check on the status of a family member.
Wireless systems. Cameras can be viewed remotely from a smartphone or computer. You may be able to get video motion alerts and the ability to pan and zoom.
Example: Netgear VueZone, $130 and more plus service that costs up to $100 monthly.
Join me in my newest FREE Webinar
6 Smart TECH Solutions to Wire Your Care Management Business for Profit
WHEN Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
WHAT TIME_2 PM-3:30 PM Pacific Standard Time
Presented by Cathy Cress MSW – Handbook of Geriatric Care Management
We will Cover
Critical software programs that make care management information flow
- with 1-1 interviews with CEO’s of 3 major care management software platforms Caretree ,IHealth Home My Junna,
What you need in a website
Why you need content marketing
- With interview with Natasha Beauchamp who develops both websites and content marketing forALCA members
What are easy-to-use social media sites
GCM TECHNOLOGY-RIGHT CHOICE FOR A CLIENT?
Your job as an aging life or geriatric care manager is to make sure that the technology device like an tablet or e reader device really works for the client . Does it h work at their level of care -or work well at all. The New York Times health blog tells a tale of a researcher that found a tech product for his Mom that really seemed to fails most tests
So what do you do when you recommend a technology like a tablet or e book?? .You are not a tech geek- so how will you choose the right tech product?
Features to consider when recommending an e-book reader to a client include size of screen, ability to magnify font, type of display, including contrast, glare, and backlighting, ease of navigation, ease of downloading (e.g., wireless, wifi, or computer connection with decreasing preference), and battery life. E-book readers are now available from Amazon (the Kindle), Sony (Sony Reader Digital Book), Barnes and Noble (the Nook) and Apple (iPad)
To learn more about GCM’s and technology, look at Dr. David Lindeman and Julie Menack’s new aging technology chapter in the 4th Handbook of Geriatric Care Management , coming out this September