Meet Caring.com's Experts
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Dan Tobin > Care Coordination Expert
MD, Care Support of America | care giving, relationships, family dynamics
Dan Tobin, M.D. is the CEO of Care Support of America, a national service providing telephonic and local nurse counsel to adult children caring for aging parents. Dr. Tobin is the author of books and articles focused on the practical and positive aspects of family caregiving.
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Kay Paggi > Care Planning Expert
Geriatric Care Manager | geriatric care managers, coordinating care, care planning
Kay Paggi is a licensed professional counselor, certified gerontological counselor and certified geriatric care manager. She has provided empathetic and experienced assistance to older adults and their families for nearly twenty years.
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Mary Koffend > Care Coordination Expert
President & Founder, Accountable Aging, Inc. | care giving, relationships, family dynamics
Mary Koffend is the president of Accountable Aging Care Management (AACM), an eldercare consulting and care management firm that works with elder clients and their families to find the best care providers and services to meet their needs.
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Maria Basso Lipani > Care Planning Expert
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, www.geriatriccaremanagement.com | coordinating care, care planning, coordination
Maria Basso Lipani is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in both New York and California and a graduate of Columbia University where she received a Master's Degree in Social Work in 2000 with a special focus on Aging. Having worked with chronically ill older adults and their family members for several years in an outpatient medical setting, Maria now resides in New York where she manages a federally funded program for family caregivers. Additionally, she answers questions about geriatric care management on a website devoted to the topic and also offers consultations to family caregivers through her private practice.
