Having an Elder Care Coordinator on Your Side Sometimes, when having a loved one in a nursing home or an assisted living facility, circumstances can materialize that require having someone advocating for their interests above those of the facility. That’s when you’ll be glad having an elder care coordinator on your side. An Unfortunate Circumstance […]
Author: Carolyn Lechner
Carolyn is a graduate of the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences/Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, where she earned double master’s degrees in social administration and nonprofit management.
She has more than 20 years of experience working with seniors as a social worker in long-term residential care for chemical dependency and hospice/end-of-life care.
As our resident care coordinator, Carolyn is uniquely well qualified to act as an adviser and advocate for our senior clients, who come to her looking for help planning around care issues and general health needs.
Broaching the Difficult Conversations Surrounding Elder Care
As a social worker who has devoted my career to helping the elderly, one of the phrases I hear quite frequently is from children facing the health decline of their parents: “I always promised Mom that I would never put her in a home.” During the course of constructing a life care plan with […]