Ho-Ho-HO from Right at Home

Lynne Nieman, Joanna Pena and Lisa Furtado wish you a wonderful Holiday Season

December Wishes and Your Support Nurse

You all haven't seen me in a bit, because I have had one of those antibiotic resistant bugs! Blogging has not been high on my list of things to do, but there have been some developments lately. Right at Home has partnered with Your Support Nurse nationally and our location is one that is piloting this program. Your Support Nurse is an awesome Geriatric Care Management service that can be used all over the country for families to get an assessment of their elder's situation in an objective fashion. The family gets a nurse case manager to work with them on the phone and on email. A local nursing company does the house assessment and physical assessment of their loved one. After all of this, the family and the Nurse Case Manager develop a care plan for the future.

They may be working with Right at Home, but they are not affiliated. If a loved one needs assisted living or another LTC facility, they will objectively tell them that. My Support Nurse was founded by Dr. Dan Tobin and is based on his research that concludes that elders with Case Management in their lives is safer and is in a better position to age in place than one that reacts to crisis. Dr. Dan just wrote a book called That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine and has done a tour of Border's nationally. I have met him personally and he is a very caring and understanding guy. So check them out if you need a case management resource.

Lastly, Happy Holidays to all of our Right at Home friends and families. Thank you for being part of our lives.