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Author: Catherine Rowlands

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How Care Management Services Can Assist You in Obtaining a Desire Outcome in a Given Health Situation

By Catherine Rowlandsin Care Management

A Certified Care Manager (CM) is a professional who specializes in guiding an individual through the health care continuum for a given health situation.

A CM is a problem solver with specialized knowledge and skills in assessing, planning evaluating, coordinating and monitoring.

The goals of a CM are to identify and meet the individual’s medical care needs and preferences in the least restrictive, most appropriate and most cost effective setting.  Read more “How Care Management Services Can Assist You in Obtaining a Desire Outcome in a Given Health Situation”

The Fast Growing – Actually, Exploding – Profession of Aging Life Care Expert

By Catherine Rowlandsin Care Management

In the United States, the baby boomer population has been turning 65 at the rate of 10,000 per day since 2011. Representing nearly 22% of the American population overall, the first boomer was born when life expectancy was 63; today that statistic is 79. With such a large percent of the population growing older and then continuing to age, the profession formerly known as Geriatric Care Manager has both grown and re-branded in keeping with its clients’ continued youthful view. Read more “The Fast Growing – Actually, Exploding – Profession of Aging Life Care Expert”