I am so glad that Woman’s Day has decided to make caregiving an annual theme; with baby boomers turning 65 at the rate of 10,000/day, caregiving will be an acute need in the next 10 – 20 years. This is the time for seniors and their families to sit down, discuss and plan for aging.
This year’s Woman’s Day article was excellent in providing an overview of questions to ask and options to consider, but five pages only begins to address the issues involved. I was glad to see a list of organizations to contact for help, but they forgot to list the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers. NAPGCM website can assist caregivers to locate a professional Care Manager near them. A professional Care Manager has assisted thousands of seniors and their families navigate the aging journey. They can accomplish in few hours what it would take the adult child several weeks or months to accomplish by anticipating potential roadblocks and connecting the senior with local resources.
The article also discusses the need to collect medical, financial and social history. The professional Care Managers of Partners in Senior Care can assist with this data collection as well as assess the current strengths and abilities of the senior and then formulate an aging plan based on the senior’s aging wishes. If a senior just wishes to start collecting the information an adult child would need in case of an emergency, our Care Connector binder is the perfect place to start and more information regarding the binder and the professional services we offer can be found at www.partnersinseniorcare.com.
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