When you need help, call Age @ Home.

How do you honor your aging parent’s wish to remain at home, while you still get some peace of mind?

San Diego-based Age @ Home Elder Care Management helps adult children of aging parents by evaluating their loved one’s needs, then recommending the most appropriate, available and cost-effective services.

For long-distance caregivers, Age @ Home provides ongoing supervision of the aging parent and communication with the family. This helps avoid frequent and costly trips back to San Diego.

Here’s what we will do:

• Assess safety issues and fix them.
• Do all assessments in the client’s home.
• Conduct a full bio-psycho-social-spiritual evaluation.
• Hire professional caregivers if needed.
• Prepare a care plan custom-tailored to the situation.

Things to check for when visiting the folks:

• Frequent falls or unexplained bruises.
• Problems taking medications as prescribed.
• Bizarre or deviant behavior.
• Getting lost while driving or walking.
• Driving erratically.
• Extreme suspiciousness.
• Loss of interest in social activities and social isolation.
• Neglecting to pay bills or cash checks.
• A kitchen or bedroom fire.
• Not eating properly or regularly.
• Abusing alcohol or drugs.
• Confusion, poor judgment or increased forgetfulness.
• New balance or mobility problems and refusal to use a cane or walker.
• Health complaints and symptoms, but refusal to see a doctor.
• One spouse overwhelmed or in poor health caring for a dependent spouse.

If you notice any of these conditions, call Age @ Home before things get worse.  Trust us, ignoring little problems will just lead to bigger ones.  The time to act is before a crisis, when you and your parent have a lot more options.

Case Study

The adult children of Mr. and Mrs. R. had tried to abide by their parents’ wishes to age at home. That was until their father ended up in the hospital with a stroke. From there, doctors recommended a skilled-nursing facility for rehabilitation.  The problem is there was nobody to care for Mom while Dad recovered. The adult children knew their mother had some memory problems, but Dad’s tender loving care had hidden the extent of her confusion.  Now, the children were forced to make decisions regarding care for both parents.  The family attorney referred them to Age @ Home and Kathy Randall, elder care manager/geriatric care manager. She assessed Mr. R. at the hospital and then met with Mrs. R. for an in-home assessment. Kathy developed individual treatment plans for both parents with the goal of keeping them both safely at home. She presented her plan at a family conference with the children.  Kathy secured caregivers for Mrs. R., while Mr. R. recovered at the skilled facility. Home health care later helped Mr. R. transition back to his home and remained for Mrs. R., who received the dementia treatment she needed to slow the progression of the disease.  The children divided up responsibilities and sought input from Age @ Home at each bump in the road. Two years later, the parents are thriving and still at home with the support of the care team, kids, caregivers and Kathy Randall.