Geriatric Care Manager

• Article - How to Hire an At-Home Caregiver

  How to Hire a Caregiver. Hiring a home care aide or caregiver can help parents remain at home -- and take some pressure off the rest of the family.

Blog Posts

• Blog Post - My mother gave power of attorney to her new husband, who is putting her life in danger. How can we get it away from him?

  My mother's new husband has power of attorney for her, but I feel he puts her life in danger. How can we get her to reappoint power of attorney?

• Blog Post - Quick Quiz: Should Your Parents Stay at Home or Move?

  Quiz to help adult children figure out whether aging parents can stay at home or should move to retirement communities.

Questions & Answers

• Question - Is there such a thing as a geriatric health manager?

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• Question - How do you go about finding a Geriatric Care Manager?

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• Question - How can I help my mother if she refuses my help?

  I want to help my mother, but she won't let me.

• Question - How can I prescreen assisted-living facilities so I don't have to tour every one?

  When you're looking for assisted living, how do you narrow down the choices? Here are tips for screening assisted living facilities ahead of time.

• Question - Should I put my mom in a nursing home as her care has gotten too much for me?

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• Question - How do I get my husband to cope with his father's Alzheimer's diagnosis?

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• Question - How do we convince my in-laws to seek alternative housing?

  Assisted living is one solution when ailing parents need help. But instead of moving, they could get a PERS and make modifications to the house.

• Question - Any suggestions for talking to my father, who has Alzheimer's, about his finances?

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• Question - My mom asked to be moved to assisted living, and now she is miserable. What can I do?

  I'm worried because my mother is miserable in her assisted living facility -- and she seems to be rapidly going down hill.

• Question - How can we convince my father, who has cancer and can not live alone but insists, to move in with us?

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