We solve caregiving
challenges with expertise
and solid experience
What We Do
Perfecting Care to Enhance Life
- Irene V. Jackson-Brown
How We Do it
Assessment • Planning and problem-solving • Education • Advocacy • Referrals • Coaching
Active
Listening
Brainstorming
Mediation
Cultural
Sensitivity
Expertise &
Applied Research
Caregiver
Coaching
Problem
Solving
Short-term/
Long-term Planning
Cost Containment
& Long-term Care Budgeting
Care Management
Our focus is on the senior (their loved-ones and their caregiver, whether family or professional). In many ways, we are the “caregiver’s caregiver.” Our aim is to reduce caregiver stress, achieve an effective care team, and guide seniors and their loved ones through the maze of aging challenges.
- Housing – helping families evaluate and select appropriate level of housing or residential options
- Home care services – determining types of services that are right for a client and assisting the family to engage and monitor services
- Medical management – attending doctor appointments, facilitating communication between doctor, client, and family, and if appropriate, monitoring client’s adherence to medical orders and instructions
- Communication – keeping family members and professionals informed about the well-being and changing needs of the client
- Social activities – providing opportunities for the client to engage in social, recreational, or cultural activities that enrich quality of life
- Legal – referring to or consulting with elder law attorneys
- Financial – may include reviewing or overseeing bill paying or consulting with accountants or reviewing a client’s power of attorney (financial and health)
- Entitlements – providing information on Federal and state entitlements; connecting families to local programs
- Safety and security – monitoring in-home safety; recommending technologies to add to security or safety; observing changes and potential risks of exploitation or abuse
Project Management
We assist individuals, organizations, and companies in planning, understanding, and achieving a desired goal, which means completing “a project.” The majority of our projects focus on seniors. A few examples of projects we’ve handled:
- Planned and oversaw the de-cluttering/downsizing of houses
- Coordinated a relocation, including facilitating the senior’s resettlement
- Guided the retrofitting of a house with chairlift, ramp, safety bars
- Assisted a senior in organizing personal papers, including coaching in how to set-up and maintain a medication management system
- Identified a behind-the-wheel driving assessment provider to assist a physician in determining a senior’s physical ability to drive
- Helped a senior to re-new an expired driving license; guided the senior through the renewal process, purchase of a new car, and sale of an old one
- Identified a special swimming and golf program for an amputee; arranged the lessons, set-up transportation and handled all the logistics
- Assisted seniors with applications and filings
- Solved a senior’s struggle with managing incontinence
- Arranged trips and vacations for physically challenged seniors
- Edited a book that chronicled a senior’s life
The Benefits of Using Our Services
- Personalized and compassionate service – focusing on the individual’s wants and needs
- On-call availability
- Continuity of care – communications are coordinated between family members, and medical and non-medical service providers
- Cost containment – inappropriate placements, duplication of services, and unnecessary hospitalizations are avoided, or at least, minimized
- Quality control – professional standards of practice and codes of ethics are followed
– John, Irene and Norman after a chat.