Tools of the Geriatric Care Manager -Partnering 2

Partnering 2

Through Jane, our care provider , in the Geriatric Care series on You Tube , we have followed on Jane’s mother Gertrud Sterling and her adult children .Jane the caregiver, did not  change overnight. When Ms. Full Charge the GCM opened the case,she built a relationship with care provider Jane as well as her mother Mrs. Sterling. After introducing self-care for Jane in Ms. Full Change’s GCM care plan, the geriatric care manager, coached Jane to continue and give up some of the exhausting care she was giving her Mom. She introduced a paid home care worker to come in and do this care and the GCM visited once a week. The is called partnering.

The next step in partnering was to suggest a monthly telephone conference between the adult siblings. Jane had some anger about what she felt was her brothers lack of support while she felt stuck” as the dutiful daughter. So the care manager waited until Jane felt stronger by attending yoga and having some care in the home.

When Jane was ready, the GCM care manager offered to facilitate the first family meeting. On the telephonic family meeting, Ms Full Charge also suggested that Jane join a support group for adult children. The meeting became a blessing to Jane and she was excited to go each week.