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PTCT provides a comprehensive physical, emotional, mental, and environmental/safety assessment to begin the planning process. After listening to your needs and wishes and at the completion of a thorough assessment, together we can plan the ways that we can be helpful to you.

"We didn't really understand what Mom needed... But now we have a plan!"

Home Care Assessment

A home care assessment is an in-home evaluation of the older adult's needs and the family's concerns. This can help your family better understand your loved one's current situation and plan for future needs. The assessment includes a review of:

Medical Information: medical history, physical abilities, and medications

Functional Abilities: activities of daily living, such as dressing, bathing, and meal preparation

Cognitive Function: memory and mental abilities

Care Management Assessment

A care management assessment is a psycho/social evaluation conducted by a licensed social worker or a registered nurse with experience in working with aged and disabled people. An assessment is helpful when there has been a change in behavior, social isolation, a loss of initiative, financial mistakes, threat of abuse, or frequent accidents or hospitalizations.

The result of an in-home assessment is a plan of care (a road map, if you will) for your loved one that supports his or her ongoing safety and happiness with the highest level of independence possible. You can then choose to coordinate with our team for ongoing services to implement that plan of care through coordinated geriatric care management and home care services.

"It's like having a healthcare professional in the family!"

Our care managers are trained, professional social workers and/or nurses who plan and coordinate the care of your loved one. They have years of geriatric care experience and specialized training to inform the planning and decision making process. The care manager is in regular contact with family members - near and far - providing updates and any status changes of your loved one.

Our care managers:

• arrange and coordinate services
• assist with government programs when necessary
• accompany clients to doctors' appointments
• facilitate hospitalizations
• provide medical referrals to specialists in geriatric care
• provide legal referrals to professionals in estate planning, advance directives, and powers of attorney
• provide or coordinate money management and bill paying services
• help with decisions related to where to live, optimizing social benefits, safety and security and planning for level of care changes
• arrange day programs and respite care to support the primary caregiver's need to attend to his or her own health, career, or personal needs

A care manager is resourceful and creative! Using years of experience and training, they will help you find the best solution for your care giving needs.

You can engage geriatric care manager at any point. Many families hire a care manager when the senior reaches a point of transition.

A few common scenarios include:

• Hiring a home care worker to help the senior at home
• Moving from the family home to assisted living
• Moving between different levels of senior housing, such as assisted living to a nursing home
• During a hospital stay to prepare for the patient's discharge

Here are a few other common scenarios when engaging a geriatric care manager can help:

• When the senior experiences a significant' loss of function, either mentally or physically, and requires help
• When the senior is no longer able to function well or is at risk in the current living situation
• When a caregiver becomes necessary or when the situation requires a higher level of care giving
• When the family is unsure of what action to take regarding the senior's health needs or living arrangement