• Conducting assessments and creating plans of care to identify problems and to provide solutions. •Screening, arranging, and monitoring in-home help or other services, including assistance in hiring a qualified caregiver for home care. •Providing eldercare assistance for those engaged in local or long distance caregiving. •Providing help with the older adult's chronic needs. Reviewing legal or medical issues and offering referrals to geriatric specialists. •Providing crisis intervention and mediation services. We act as a liaison to families at a distance, overseeing care, and quickly alerting families to problems. This is especially important when families are engaged in long distance caregiving for a loved one. •Assisting with moving an older person to an appropriate retirement complex, assisted care home, or nursing home –as needed. •Providing education and advocacy as well as eldercare counseling and support. •Providing referral to resources with whom we've had good experience, whether it is for dental care, physical therapy, home safety, transportation and more. •Providing a means for socialization, whether it is in the home, meeting friends, or by going to Senior Centers or Adult Day Care. •Most importantly we become the medical/patient advocate in times of sickness, at the doctors office or within the Emergency Room or at the hospital.