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A Caring Advocate for Dementia or Alzheimer’s Patient
My sister & I have been working with LAUREN for the last 10 months. We have found LAUREN to be an extremely compassionate person in caring for our mother. She is very, very knowledgeable in her field of care advocate of the elderly and those with...
Elderly Care – Remotely?
On my yearly cross-country visit, I found my usually together mom and her home in total disarray; her memory lapses much worse than could be discerned from our weekly phone calls. To make matters worse, my siblings and I were not seeing eye-to-eye on her condition or...
Caring for Someone with Dementia or Alzheimer’s
Although we observed our parents as they dealt with our grandparents’ Dementia / Alzheimer’s journeys, we were unprepared and overwhelmed when our mother became afflicted. We questioned ourselves at ever turn and every decision. LAUREN has been a wonderful advocate...
Advocacy for the Elderly with Dementia
The moment my mom went to one of LAUREN’s presentations, she knew she had found our family’s advocate, leading light, and comforter. There was no doubt LAUREN and her staff were the people to take our family, and, most importantly, our mom through this difficult...
Help for a Loved One with Dementia
Trying to keep my wife at home as she went deeper into dementia became impossible. Not only did she develop anger and resentment towards me, but also she was intolerant of caregivers and ran away when I was out of the house. I agonized over the decision to move her...
When More Care Was Needed
LAUREN and her entire team are Angels on earth! They are caring, competent and knowledgeable…which made the last few years of our Father’s life comfortable for him and for us. Venturing into caring for our aging father was not something we as a family had been...
Six Steps to Care Management
Generally speaking, the practice of Care Management follows a six-step process. It begins with assessing the client to determine his or her specific needs for care, which is followed immediately by a detailed report of findings, recommendations, and suggestions. That...
Is it Good to Work with a Placement Agency?
We often get asked “Is it better to work with a placement agency that has contracts with all local homes and communities, because they’re completely unbiased?” Traditional placement agencies do not have contracts with all local homes and communities. Facilities,...
Care Management Before and After Placements
Family Connect Care provides transitional care management throughout and after placement In all placements, our goal is to get it right the first time. Moving is a stressful experience, even more so for the elderly and memory-impaired, so we do our best to achieve the...
Transitional Care Placements at No Cost
Family Connect Care provides transitional care management before placement, at no additional cost to the family. Placement is only rarely a simple process. Every facility is different, as is each person needing care, so it’s critically important to match the two...