Posts Tagged ‘Jones and Bartlett’
Connecting a Functional and Caregiver Assessment
How do you connect aging client assessments? For example, if you find through your functional assessment that the client’s clothes are dirty and they are not bathing, start with…
Read MorePew Trust Study on Caregivers Shows they are Tech Savvy
A just released stuffy by the Pew Family Trust on Care, Pew Internet Project and supported by funding from the California HealthCare Foundation found a fact professional ‘s working…
Read MoreMidlife Sibling Care Giver Overload From Gender Bias- Have a Family Meeting
According to the AARP a typical family caregiver in the U.S. is female, approximately 46 years old, has at least some college experience, and spends an average of 20…
Read MoreRobot and Frank-Aging Technology, Aging Heartache and Aging Cat Burglary
Parent care technology hits sci-fi and aging is one giant wallop in the new film, 2012 Sundance winner, Robot and Frank . Veteran stage and screen actor and three…
Read MoreNRP Story Today- Baby Boomers Unsure How to Pay for Long Term Care
Baby Boomers were covered today on NPR on with their doubts about how to pay for long term care and what will happen to Medicare yet with optimism about the…
Read MoreHow Does a Geriatric Care Manager Solve Aging Family Problems?
What is a geriatric care manager,what do they do for the aging family and midlife siblings- and exactly how do they do it?
Read MoreWhat is a Geriatric Care Manager?
I am beginning a new series of blogs on geriatric care management today. We will start with exactly what is a geriatric care manager. What is geriatric care management?…
Read MoreMy Geriatric Care Management Operations Manual Coming Out Next Week
In 2011,I published the 3rd edition of the Management. Jones and Bartlett. This book is called the bible of the field of geriatric care management The GCM Handbook…
Read MoreWho Should Attend a Sibling Family Meeting About End of Life Issues?
Who Should Attend a Family Meeting About End of Life Issues? Ø A professional mediator if you are a dysfunctional family.See below for the red flags of the dysfunctional…
Read MoreWhy have a sibling family meeting about end of life issues?
Life-threatening illness ratchets up stress on midlife siblings caring for an aging parent. Sibling family meetings about end of life issues are a great tool to discuss the…
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