For more information about Geriatric Care Managers and the services they can provide, click on the following link. The options available are many and vary greatly, depending on each individual situation. The solution may be to hire a part-time sitter or arrange for home health care visits. If it is determined the individual can no longer adequately care for themself, options range from full-time sitters to placement in a facility. Again, this entails more choices and determinations based on individual physical, mental and financial capacities, as facilities range from assisted-living centers to the traditional nursing homes.
Costs vary by region and degree of services provided.
Please contact us for more specific information. If ordered by a physician, licensed nursing professionals can make visits to a client's residence to provide varying degrees of nurse and aide assistance. Depending on the doctors written orders the visits usually range from 1 to 3 times per week, with a maximum of 6 visits a week and are usually covered under Medicare. To review inspection results and general information about nursing homes nationwide, click here on Nursing Home Surveys . Here you can search for a specific nursing home by either zip code or state and review results of the corresponding state agencies' inspections.