Duties of an Elder Care Manager

Most of us have aging parents or other senior members in our family who often need some sort of special care. But nowadays for better job prospects most of us settle abroad or move to other cities and in this process sometimes our beloved parents are left all alone and when they are ill they have no one to care for and being away we feel helpless and miserable but time is changing for the good. Now there are professionals known as care managers who are licensed nurses and are trained in caring for the elders.

Today I am going to discuss the various duties of an eldercare manager in keeping our beloved seniors healthy and comfortable. There are many elder care services in Kolkata that can help us in choosing the best care manager for our beloved seniors.

• The care managers monitor the health of our senior loved ones daily, help them with their daily medication, helps in keeping a track of their medical appointments and accompany our seniors to their doctor’s appointments. They also formulate long-term health care plans for seniors. They regularly follow up with patients to evaluate progress, promote continuity of care and ensure improved health outcomes.

• The care managers provide an up to date details about the well-being of our parents or other senior members, discuss various schemes benefits which seniors are eligible for, help us in positive decision making, and doing the needful on our behalf in the time of emergency. Apart from caring about the physical health of our beloved elders they also ensure that seniors remain happy. They provide companionship to our dear elders. Moreover, they encourage and assist elder people with hobbies like gardening, craftworks, cooking, baking etc. They also help seniors with exercises

• Care Managers also help the elderly with paying bills, consulting with the power of attorney, doing essential grocery shopping, etc. when required.

These are some of the important duties of care managers which they should perform to help our dear seniors lead a healthy and happy life and make us feel stress-free by thinking that our beloved seniors are at able hands.

Debosree is a professional writer working in the Senior Care Field for quite a long time. She has written many informative blogs and articles on the senior care facilities that are available. He has a great reader base.