What Is Geriatric Care Management?

Geriatric Care mangers are social workers, nurses or counselors who specialize in assiting elders and their families to formulate, implement, and monitor long-term care arrangements.  Care managers perform one or more of the following activities: 

• Conduct assessments to identify problems, develope care plans including eligibility and need for care services. 
• Screen, arrange and monitor inhome health or companion services.
• Act as a liaison between elders and family members living at a distance, monitoring their situation and identifying problems. 
• Transition the elder to a new living situation including a retirement community, assisted living or a skilled nursing facility. 
• Provide crises intervention on a 24 hour basis.
• Review financial, legal, or medical issues and refer specialists to assist in developing long term financial or estate plans.
• Provide independent advocacy to the elder and their family concerning health care products and services. 
• Offer counseling, support and psychotherapy as may be required. 
• Provide expertise on quality and availability of resources within the community. 

One call to a Geriatric Care Manager can connect you with all the services an older person may need.

What Does a Care Manager Do?

At Home Preferred, our care managers enhance the client's quality of life by using a "holistic" approach including advocacy during and after a crises, utilizing our comprehensive range of  community resources. 

Who We Are:

Home Preferred is an independent geriatric care management practice located in Fresno california serving Fresno, Madera, Merced, Mariposa, Tulare, and Kings Counties. 

Home Preferred was founded by Johana Cota, a Registered Nurse and Certified Care Manager. Johana has fifteen years practical experience in the hospital, primary care environments, and home health. 

 She specializes as a professional medical advocate for the elderly and is a member of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (web: www.caremanager.org).  Johana adheres strictly to the Code of Ethics and Standards of practice of the organization.  

Home Preferred has seven steps of care managment:

1. Family consultation
2. In home assessment
3. Holistic Living Plan 
4. Implementation
5. Monitoring
6. Re-evaluation
7. Advocay

Mental Health and Psychological-Educational Services are available through our partner, Family Behavioral Health.  These services are described further on the website: www.familybehavioralhealth.biz.