An Aging Life Care Professional (aka geriatric Care Manager) is a health and human services specialist who acts as a guide and advocate for families who are caring for older relatives or disabled adults. Aging Life Care Professionals are educated and experienced in any of several fields related to Aging Life Care management, including, but not limited to counseling, gerontology, mental health, nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychology, or social work; with a specialized focus on issues related to aging and elder care.
To qualify for certification as a Care Manager, candidates must meet rigorous education standards, attain a certain number of years of experience and supervision, and pass a comprehensive test to demonstrate foundational knowledge.
To maintain certification, CMCs are required to participate in continuing education and professional development. Certification is renewed every three years to ensure that Care Managers are practicing at the highest professional level.
Many Aging Life Care Professionals also have graduate degrees.
We are all guided in our professional and business practices by a Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.
You can find an Aging Life Care Professional in your area through the Aging Life Care Association website and search by zip code or city.
Aging Life Care Professionals typically bill for our time by the hour, very much like an attorney. The work we do with clients and the cost is really a reflection of how much time and support you need.
Sometimes, families will come for Consultation and just need one or two sessions to get the lay of the land, to understand the options, pros/cons, to have a plan created, to be connected with the right resources. They then implement that plan. They can certainly come back, and check in, and have further problem solving along the way. Whether it be three weeks down the road, whether it be three months down the road.
And then other families will have an Aging Life Care Professional involved in a much deeper, ongoing way. Whether that be checking in on their parents, where they're living in assisted living, or an adult family home, or coordinating doctor's appointments, going with the parent to a doctor's appointment to be able to make sure the doctor understands what's happening. Being able to follow through and be an ongoing emotional support as well as problem solver and advocate along the way.
This is an excerpt of a longer conversation between Lisa Mayfield, Aging Wisdom's founder and principal, and Laura Vaillancourt, MA, LMHC, GMHS on her 'Life on Repeat podcast'.
An Aging Life Care Professional (aka geriatric Care Manager) is a health and human services specialist who acts as a guide and advocate for families who are caring for older relatives or disabled adults. Aging Life Care Professionals are educated and experienced in any of several fields related to Aging Life Care management, including, but not limited to counseling, gerontology, mental health, nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychology, or social work; with a specialized focus on issues related to aging and elder care.
To qualify for certification as a Care Manager, candidates must meet rigorous education standards, attain a certain number of years of experience and supervision, and pass a comprehensive test to demonstrate foundational knowledge.
To maintain certification, CMCs are required to participate in continuing education and professional development. Certification is renewed every three years to ensure that Care Managers are practicing at the highest professional level.
Many Aging Life Care Professionals also have graduate degrees.
We are all guided in our professional and business practices by a Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.
You can find an Aging Life Care Professional in your area through the Aging Life Care Association website and search by zip code or city.
Aging Life Care Professionals typically bill for our time by the hour, very much like an attorney. The work we do with clients and the cost is really a reflection of how much time and support you need.
Sometimes, families will come for Consultation and just need one or two sessions to get the lay of the land, to understand the options, pros/cons, to have a plan created, to be connected with the right resources. They then implement that plan. They can certainly come back, and check in, and have further problem solving along the way. Whether it be three weeks down the road, whether it be three months down the road.
And then other families will have an Aging Life Care Professional involved in a much deeper, ongoing way. Whether that be checking in on their parents, where they're living in assisted living, or an adult family home, or coordinating doctor's appointments, going with the parent to a doctor's appointment to be able to make sure the doctor understands what's happening. Being able to follow through and be an ongoing emotional support as well as problem solver and advocate along the way.
This is an excerpt of a longer conversation between Lisa Mayfield, Aging Wisdom's founder and principal, and Laura Vaillancourt, MA, LMHC, GMHS on her 'Life on Repeat podcast'.