Expert, Professional Solutions for Caregivers of People
with Alzheimer's and other types of Dementia
We are the only
independent
care managers in the Dallas Fort Worth area devoted to families with a
loved one having a form of Dementia. (Alzheimer’s, Vascular Dementia,
Lewy Body Disease, FrontoTemporal disease, Stroke, Parkinson’s with
Dementia, Dementia with depression, and other forms of dementia).
Our services are for the
all members of the family
of the person with dementia as these diseases affect the entire family.
Some of the services we provide to help our clients care for family
members with dementia are:
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Connecting families to the resources they need
for planning and management of the disease process
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Eldercare attorneys
specializing in Medicaid financial planning and/or guardianship if
needed
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Specialists
such as Geriatricians,
Neurologists and Geriatric Psychiatrists for diagnosis and treatment
of cognitive illnesses
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Recommendation of specific Home Care companies with specialized
training on dementia and caring for persons with dementia
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Recommendation of specific Assisted Living and Memory
Care
communities with the best dementia care available at varying price
points
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Recommendation of real estate agents,
moving companies and estate liquidators specifically trained to work
with older adults and their families to help move their loved one
into assisted living or memory care
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Recommending other services as needed; such as home repair and
remodeling, financial planners for asset management, long-term
care insurance companies, consulting pharmacists
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A thorough geriatric assessment of the individual(s) with dementia
carried out by our geriatric care manager, a certified specialist.
The assessment includes:
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Screening dementia tests
to approximate what stage the person is in their disease
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Evaluation of personal
and family finances available to put toward care
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Consideration of the
personality of the person with dementia and family dynamics to
better match home care workers or community placement if needed
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A safety check of the
home
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Preparation for legal
and health care issues that may arise
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Addressing additional
issues and concerns of the family regarding the individual
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A report of findings is given to the family and a plan for care is
laid out for them including specific resources appropriate to the
individual’s and family’s needs, along with contact information for
those resources.
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Continued assistance to the individual and family is available. The
family needs only to ask. The family is in control of the level of
assistance delivered.
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Additional services can include:
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Help with paying bills
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Maintaining financial
records
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Assisting with Medicare
and other claims
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Interfacing
with long term care insurance companies
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Helping detect or avoid
fraud
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Arranging transportation
for the individual
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Arranging for
concierge/personal assistant services
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Arranging for delivery
services
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Arranging for doctors to
come to the individual’s residence
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Arranging
for a consulting pharmacist to come to the individual’s residence
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Other services as
requested
Resources, support, solutions
you can trust -- that's exactly what
ThirdAge
Services
offers.
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brochure here