Geriatric care manager.
A geriatric care manager is a professional, often a nurse or social worker, you can hire to assess your parent's needs and coordinate their care.
Also called an aging life care professional, a geriatric care manager is a paid expert who knows how the eldercare system works locally. They assess your parent, build a plan, arrange services, and can act as your eyes and ears, especially useful when you live far away.
They can go to doctor appointments, spot problems early, vet home care agencies and facilities, and step in during a crisis. They usually charge by the hour and are rarely covered by insurance.
Families often bring one in when the coordinating gets to be more than one person can hold, when siblings disagree, or when distance makes hands-on help impossible.
Where Kinbase fits
Terms like this one show up in real weeks, in a discharge folder or a doctor’s offhand remark. Kinbase gives your family one place to keep what you learn about your parent’s care, so the next person helping is not starting from scratch.
Start your family’s record.
Name the book, invite the people who help, and the record starts keeping itself. Most families are set up inside ten minutes.
Free for families to start. Everyone you invite joins from a link or by scanning a code, and nobody has to install anything to read or write.