//// By: Harisa Paco, MSW, LICSW, CMC //// During March and April our whole world saw this pandemic wreak havoc on our lives. And...
COVID-19 Changes Caregiving at Home Care Facilities
//// By: Annette Murphy, BA, MSW, C-ASWCM //// The challenges of COVID-19 and the fundamental change it’s bringing to caregiving and our healthcare system...
Self-care During a Pandemic
//// By: Harisa Paco, MSW, CMC //// Our nation has been moving towards reopening and Memorial Day weekend saw record numbers of people heading...
One Care Manager’s experience through COVID-19
//// Written by Joan Harris, LSW,MBA, CMC //// May is Aging Life Care Month and this is one perspective through COVID-19 by an Aging...
It Pays To Have A Creative Geriatric Care Manager
Aging Life Care Managers are creative in answering the call for care. Just as the COVID-19 crisis began gripping the nation, a very determined...
Social Isolation Due to COVID-19
//// by: Kizzy Chambers //// The pandemic of COVID-19 has increased concerns about older adults’ cognition among many family members. Most of us understand...
Using Live-In Care To Lower The Risk of COVID Exposure
//// By: David Petroski //// Did you hear the news that “…80% of infections are mild or asymptomatic.” No, that quote is not...
ALCA Members and Corporate Partners – Better Together During a Global Pandemic
//// By Nancy Avitabile //// New York City, NY //// New York City slowly began shutting down around March 6. Some intrepid individuals continued...
A Different Kind of Mother’s Day
//// By: Tanya Schwartz, LCSWR //// “Please tell the caregivers that we won’t need them this Mother’s Day weekend” “What do you think my...
Covid19: Till Death Do Us Part and No Sooner-An Aging Life Care Manager Advocating for A Simple Wish
By: Bridget Ritossa //// During the first week of April I spent 48-hours working a case given to me by an elder lawyer. A...