Maintaining the highest quality of life with compassionate
caring and knowledgeable management.
Care Management is performed by degreed, certified professionals who act as advocates for the elderly or disabled. By evaluating an individual's level of functioning, their health, their emotional state, their finances and their legal needs, a Care Manager helps to identify problems and offers timely, practical solutions.
A Care Manager can help ease the stress of searching for Long Term Care solutions by:
Offering counseling, support and information
Advocating on your behalf
Intervening in a crisis
The Care Manager works with their clients, their families, senior communities, trust officers, allied health professionals, attorneys and guardians to assure that their client’s needs are met at the highest level thereby providing the highest quality of life.
A Care Manager can be hired to:
Help out in a time of crisis,
Should you need a respite
As the full time point of contact for all senior services.
Serving Venice, Sarasota, Englewood, Nokomis, Osprey, Casey Key and Siesta Key, Florida, with quality elder care, senior health and geriatric care management.
Services Available, customized to your needs:
Client advocacy
Assure that clients are treated with respect and dignity from all providers
in all situations
Assure that medical needs are met
Accompany clients to appointments when needed
Explain medical diagnoses and treatments
Counsel families and care-givers
Assist with long-term health care planning and appropriate placement if
needed
Assure that personal, social and homemaking needs are maintained in-home or
in a care facility
Client and family support
Care Management
24 Hour, Seven day availability
Periodic skilled observation and assessment
Develop and implement a plan of care
Arrange appointments and assure they are kept
Instruct clients and care-givers in disease management, diet, treatments and
medication
Manage and monitor medication
Arrange for community services and home subcontractors
Arrange for and oversee care- givers, housekeeping, transportation and bill
paying
Case Coordination
Keep concerned families informed (in-town and out of state)
Report to guardians, attorneys or trust officers
Economically and efficiently coordinate services
Coordinate care as directed by other professionals
Avoid duplication of services
Consult with and refer other professionals to maintain current documentation
of medical and end of life desires
Review insurance policies and work with insurance companies to obtain
benefits.
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Proudly serving all of Sarasota County, Florida (Sarasota, Siesta & Casey Keys, Osprey, Nokomis, Laurel, Venice, Englewood and North Port).
If you prefer, indicate your needs in the form below and I will contact you to let you know how I can help.
aboutme
I am a Registered Nurse Care Manager with extensive experience in home health and residential care.
I am certified by the National Academy of Certified Care Managers, a member of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers and The Florida Geriatric Care Managers Association.
I have worked with the elderly and disabled for more than 25 years as a care giver, registered nurse, nursing supervisor and care manager.
I am a knowledgeable, compassionate, caring professional with excellent bedside manner.
My mission is to provide client advocacy, care management and case coordination in an environment which maintains trust, respect and dignity.
The National Care Planning Council is dedicated to helping families recognize the need for long term care planning and to helping implement that planning.
Integrity, honesty, and a genuine concern for those who are in need of (or may need) long term care are at the heart of our services.