GERIATRIC CARE MANAGEMENT

Geriatric Care Management

Geriatric care management addresses critical needs for seniors within the American health care system. Geriatric care management is often used during a crisis, but is highly encouraged to be utilized as a preventative service to avoid crises.

Geriatric care managers (GCM) assist people who are experiencing the increased necessity to rely on others for day-to-day tasks, financial affairs, and coordination of health care services. The GCM helps to solve problems by using social work and nursing tools, including client assessments, care planning, referrals to other resources, government benefits coordination, and continuous monitoring. GCM are frequently licensed social workers or registered nurses.

Dara McMillan, LMSW, is an employee with The Elder & Disability Law Firm of Victoria L. Collier, PC, who provides geriatric care management to all of the Firm’s life care planning clients.

It is the Firm’s goal that our geriatric care management services will relieve our life care planning clients and families from the emotional stress of being caregivers by saving them time and money by being able to prevent crises.

Patients Rights Advocates

When people live in assisted living facilities and nursing homes they have certain rights. At times these rights may be violated by the facility where they live.

If so, the resident may file a formal complaint against the facility. The first place to begin a complaint is with the local Ombudsman.

The facility should have a notice posted in a convenient location that states who the Ombudsman is and what the phone number is in order to make a complaint.

If a resident’s complaint is not satisfied, a hearing may be requested. An administrative law judge will hold a hearing where evidence of the complaint will be presented.

The judge will then determine if the complaint is justified and what action is necessary to rectify the complaint.

A person may appeal the judge’s decision.

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