Hope and Transformation In my many years as a clinical social worker I am often asked, “How can you work in that field? It must be very depressing!” Yes, I have worked with suffering most of my life. In high school I got a job in a nursing home and spent time preparing food for Read More
I’m currently working with a couple who, like most of our clients, had never worked with a Care Manager before engaging our services. They live independently in their home in San Diego, and the husband has advanced dementia. This couple started with assistance from a caregiver in four-hour shifts, twice weekly. We introduced a caregiver Read More
March is Social Work Month, and the values of social work are at the core of everything we do at Elder Care Guides. Our clinical team includes individuals with a broad range of education and training, three of whom have earned a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree. We invite you to get to know Read More
Many working professionals have elderly parents who are sick or disabled and need more care than most. How does a working professional deal with the challenges of maintaining an ambitious professional career and caring for an elderly parent? I myself am in that situation currently as my mom has Stage 4 lung cancer and is Read More
“I have an HMO Medicare plan (Medicare Advantage Plan). How can I switch to traditional Medicare, so that I can have a mobile physician service that will come to me?” This was a recent issue with which one of our clients recently presented me. Answering this seemingly simple question, it turned out, was anything but Read More
Central to my role as a Care Manager is supervision of the professional caregivers who work with my clients. At least weekly, I speak with the caregivers, who in many ways are my eyes and ears. With their help, I am aware of the day-to-day aspects of my clients’ routines, and learn immediately of any changes Read More
A question that I, and many of my care manager colleagues frequently receive: “So, how did you get into this field, anyway?” Unfortunately, care management is a profession about which most of the public is still unaware, and when people learn about our critical role as advocates for disabled adults in the health and long Read More
This month, our company celebrates nine years in business. As a founding partner of Elder Care Guides, I’ve enjoyed this opportunity to reflect on how far we’ve come, and how much we’ve accomplished for and with our clients. In this final post, I’ll recount three more of my favorite memories from my first nine years Read More
This month, our company celebrates nine years in business. As a founding partner of Elder Care Guides, I’ve enjoyed this opportunity to reflect on how far we’ve come, and how much we’ve accomplished for and with our clients. In this series of posts, I recount nine of my favorite memories from my first nine years Read More
This month, our company celebrates nine years in business. As a founding partner of Elder Care Guides, I’ve enjoyed this opportunity to reflect on how far we’ve come, and how much we’ve accomplished for and with our clients. In these next few posts, I’ll recount nine of my favorite memories from my first nine years Read More
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