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Timeless in Texas
The Senior Shift
BY ALLISON HATFIELD
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KATHY TRAN

Benefits of Working With A Gerontologist & Geriatric Care Manager Call 949-346-5960

Assistance from a Geriatric Care Manager in Rowlett, Rockwall or North Texas with ongoing monitoring can prevent costly crises and unnecessary hospitalization. Geriatric Care Managers can be especially helpful when family members live far apart or when there are family dynamics and a facilitator is needed. Sometimes seniors are fearful of losing their independence and they don’t feel comfortable sharing their fears and concerns with their loved one. A Geriatric Care Manager will act as a liaison with families to help maintain good communication with families and other support systems to build or maintain important links between seniors and their families and, with permission, to alert families to problems areas that they may be able to assist with.

Geriatric Care Managers can reduce inappropriate institutional care and overuse of services as well as reduce miscommunications, time, stress, and cost to clients.

Yolanda Lawler, MASM RCFE

Serving North Texas and California

Gerontologist

Our Approach

It is truly a pleasure and an honor for us to serve the elderly population and their loved ones. We understand the importance of treating elders as the whole person by assessing the psychological, physical, social, emotional, and spiritual aspects of aging in order to determine the best approach to create a personalized care plan and enhance the person’s life. Many times they are unique family dynamics that we must work through in order for everyone to be on the same page and focus on the wellbeing of the client, always keeping in mind that each situation is unique and requires a personalized approach.

Giving Your Loved Ones the Care They Deserve
During an in-home or virtual evaluation, we perform a comprehensive assessment which includes; Fall Risk Evaluation, Geriatric Depression evaluation, Self-Medication assessment, Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s), Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Pain and Skin assessments as needed. We then create a personalized care plan, and with the family’s input and approval together the care plan is implemented.

We firmly believe that a multidisciplinary team is needed when working with the elderly. The multidisciplinary team shall consist of a Physician, Nurses, Psychologist/Psychiatrist, Geriatric Care Manager, Occupational Therapist, Caregiver, other Healthcare providers (ex: Hospice, Neurologist, Home Health, etc.), spiritual leader, family and the most important member of the multidisciplinary team which is the elder.