Care Management
Care management provides a professional, usually a social worker or a nurse, who evaluates an older person’s situation to determine what services are needed and to identify agencies that offer the appropriate services. The care manager sometimes also makes arrangements for the client to receive those services and checks regularly to be sure that the services are being reliably delivered. Some care managers work for seniors or their families, some work for service providers and primarily determine eligibility for service, and some represent insurance companies and must be concerned with keeping costs low.
Some social workers provide care management for a fee. Some care managers are certified as geriatric care managers by the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers. See page 220 for web site. Listings in this section are limited to agencies that have a certified geriatric care manager on staff, although there are also social workers who provide care management for a fee but who are not certified geriatric care managers. Call Senior Citizens’ Information & Referral Service, 546-6262, for listings of both.
Project Live – Living Independently Through Volunteer Efforts (CAC)
524-2786
Office on Aging
2247 Western Avenue, 37921 (street)
P.O. Box 51650, 37950-1650 (mailing)
In-home assessment, care management, and referral to services. Volunteers do chore services and some minor home repairs and safety modifications for seniors who meet eligibility requirements. No fees; contributions accepted.
Senior Care Consultants
579-5886
In-home assessment, care management, and referral to services. Help for seniors and families in making decisions about care or coping with age-related changes and losses. Private pay.
