Life Care Planning is an elder-centered approach to long term care planning that helps families respond to every challenge caused by chronic illness or disability of an elderly loved one. The goal of Life Care Planning is to protect and maintain the good health, safety, well-being, and quality of life for elders and their families. Elders and their families get access to a wider variety of options for care as well as knowledgeable guidance from a team of compassionate advisors who help them make the right choices about every aspect of their loved one’s well-being.

Together, we work to identify present and future care needs, locate appropriate and high quality care. This approach relies less on crisis-oriented decisions and more on the development of on-going relationship with families.

The heart of all planning, a Life Care Plan defines, organizes, prioritizes, and mobilizes every aspect of an elder’s care. In addition to traditional asset-focused services such as estate planning, asset preservation, and public benefits qualification, a Life Care Plan typically includes provisions for care coordination, family education, health care, financial decision-making, care advocacy, crisis intervention, support and other services. Every Life Care Plan is designed to achieve these primary objectives:

• Make sure the elder gets appropriate care, whether at home or in a residential facility, to maintain the quality of life that he or she desires.
• Locate public and private sources to help pay for long-term care.
• Offer peace of mind that results when the right choices are made to ensure loved ones are safe and getting the right care while preserving family resources.

Life Care Planning uses a model called the Elder Care Continuum to help families understand the natural progression of aging and its impact on a loved one’s health, mobility, housing, and financial resources. Your initial meeting may focus on your loved one’s place on each line of the Elder Care Continuum. Gaps in care can then be identified and solutions discussed for closing those gaps. When your customized Life Care Plan is developed, it defines, organizes, prioritizes, and mobilizes every aspect of your loved one’s care, to allow him or her to maintain the quality of life that he or she desire.

This is a truly advanced method of planning for your or a loved one’s care. It is pro-active rather than crisis centered. You have the unique opportunity to control the outcomes of living and aging rather than simply reacting. You have a wonderful opportunity here to achieve positive, controlled outcomes.  

WHO IN YOUR FAMILY ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT???

WHO IS LOSING FUNCTION?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO PLAN FOR THIS PERSON?

WHAT SENIORS WANT

1. TO STAY AT HOME
2. TO RETIRE WITH DIGNITY
3. TO NOT BE A BURDEN ON THEIR FAMILY

ASSESSMENT

1. GERIATRIC CASE MANAGEMENT
2. WHAT IS “REALLY” NEEDED?  ASSESSMENT MANAGEMENT
3. CONTROL - WHO HAS IT??

CASH MANAGEMENT

1. HAVING ENOUGH TO LIVE ON. REALITY NOT FICTION
2. RESCUING BAD INVESTMENTS
3. CASH FLOW MANAGEMENT
4. HAVING ENOUGH FOR ANY LEVEL OF CARE

TRANSITIONAL MANAGEMENT

1. MOVING TO LONG TERM CARE
2. CHOOSING AND PAYING FOR A FACILITY
3. WHAT LEVEL OF CARE
4. MEDI-CAL / V.A. BENEFITS