Geriatric Care Management Blog

Caregiving in this century is not just handholding; it combines the latest technologies with caring to allow virtually anyone to be virtually anywhere they are needed.  As a geriatric care manager I often am in the role of the “person who knows resources” that caregivers and their loved ones can rely upon. 

A new study produced by a partnership between the National Alliance for Caregiving and United Healthcare offers results of a nation-wide online survey of caregivers who are leveraging their caregiving with web-based and mobile technologies.  The survey was based on the responses of 1000 Caregivers at least 18 years of age, who provided at least five hours of unpaid care to an adult relative or friend and had already used some form of technology to assist them in their caregiving.  To see the full report, please go to The e-Connected Family Caregiver: Bringing Caregiving into the 12st Century.   ...

February is American Heart Month.  Despite the fact that we hear a lot of news about cancer, cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in America today, accounting for just a bit over one-third of all deaths in the most recent reporting year.  To raise awareness and encourage better “heart health” each year since 1963 the American Heart Association along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes for Health and some other government agencies compile the latest statistics on heart disease and stroke. Cardiovascular disease is important to me as a geriatric care manager (GCM), because it disproportionately targets older adults.  In 2007 – the most current year for which we have data – 251.2 of every 100,000 Americans died of cardiovascular...