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 Plan for future long term care
How to Avoid Common Eldercare Pitfalls
Eldercare Red Flags:
- Unnoticed physical, memory, or mental changes
- In-home safety risks
- Financial delinquency
- Personal neglect
- Lapsed medical appointments
- Medication mismanagement
- Frantic search for crucial personal information
- Guardian or caregiver neglect
- Emotional or social isolation
Do these symptoms look familiar to you? If not, you’re in good company. As parents age, changes occur every day – many of which are unknown to their families. Unknown – until they swell into health, legal or financial crises.
The good news is that you can plan for future long term care needs and get ahead of the game. First, you can assess the current situation and identify needs of your parent or older adult. Once you have prioritized needs, you’ll have a better picture of what needs to get done today.
Also, Sage Eldercare offers free resources, teleconferences, workshops, and even a free professional consultation to help you navigate the eldercare maze and avoid pitfalls. Click here to learn more.
Where to start: The Sage Eldercare Health and Wellness Checklist includes a carefully selected set of questions designed by professional care managers to help you identify and prioritize needs. Start by downloading the file below. to download the Sage Eldercare Health and Wellness Checklist, and then continue below. We have provided the checklist as a Microsoft Word document, so you may either print the document and fill in manually or complete electronically.
Click here to download the Health and Wellness Checklist.
Once you have downloaded the Checklist, you can now record the needs of your parent in each area, including: Health, Memory, Physical Appearance, Functional, Behavior, and Diet. It’s important to complete this form monthly so you have a new baseline for comparison to spot any changes – which could be a red flag that needs to be addressed. You are now able to prioritize the needs and create a plan to address each of these needs. One note: you may choose to complete this form electronically to send (via email or print) to family and friends to provide the latest status of your parent or older adult.
If you have additional questions on the Health and Wellness Checklist, we hope you will take advantage of the free resources we offer, including teleconferences, workshops, and even a free professional consultation to help you navigate the eldercare maze and avoid pitfalls. Click here to learn more.
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