Consultants for Aging Families

Consultants for Aging Families is a source of support, guidance, and accurate, thorough information to help manage the needs and preferences of you older family members.

Overview

Direct Services

• Information and referral
• Research about
  • health and aging issues
  • housing and care options
  • service providers
• Family counseling
• Eldercare planning
• Meeting facilitation for
  • family members
  • families and facilities
  • families and providers
• Guidance with housing and care providers
• Support groups for families with
  • parents in nursing facilities
  • long distance caregiving issues
  • parents living in children's homes
  • parents who live independently
  • parents in board and care homes
• Pre-admission to Board and Care
  • assessment
• Workshops and conferences and educational programs

Consultants for Aging Families: A place for answers and direction

When families need guidance and:

• Feel overwhelmed and confused
• Are unsure of who to trust
• Believe there must be a way other than moving parents out of their home
• Feel guilty because it seems impossible to manage everything that's expected
• Are unclear about where to begin
• Feel uncomfortable and powerless with a parent in a nursing home
• Are having a difficult time pleasing Mom or Dad, and know something must be done
• Communication with brothers and sisters about plans for Mom is at an all-time poor.

Call Nancy McCambridge, R.N., M.S. at Consultants for Aging Families

• For help in deciding what to do first.
• For a home visit where your family can be comfortable and relaxed.
• For help to deal with the fear and confusion about choices that must be made.
• To help plan for the changes coming in the days, weeks, and months ahead.
• For the how-to's and how not to's of moving parents, hiring help and dealing with the hundreds of details.
• For help with information about what services and facilities would be best in your unique situation.
• For a support group to meet others in similar circumstances where you can share ideas, perspectives, and learn new ways of coping.
• For referrals to special services to make your parent's life safer and more comfortable.

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