Dealing with the Financial Concerns of Caregiving
As your elderly family member’s life changes, she may not be able to handle some of the aspects of her life that she handled just fine in the past. The financial concerns of caregiving can be just as daunting for caregivers, which is why it can be so important to find experienced help. Care management professionals can help you to navigate all of those changes.
Senior Care in Avon IN: Financial Concerns of Caregiving
Finding Resources and Assistance
It is not always easy to understand what the federal and state resources are for older adults. In fact, you may be convinced that your elderly family member isn’t eligible for any type of resources or assistance. But that is not necessarily the case. There may be quite a few programs on multiple levels that your elderly family member can benefit greatly from.
Working with Existing Tools
Your elderly family member may have other tools at her disposal, too. If you as her caregiver have a durable Power of Attorney, that gives you the ability to make certain types of decisions for her. You may be able to turn to an accountant to make sense of certain financial concerns, too. These types of tools can be hugely beneficial for you and for your elderly family member.
Managing Routine Bill Paying
Paying bills is something that everyone has to deal with, even your aging family member. If you live far away, it may not be feasible for you to manage that for her. Care management services can take over those types of tasks for your senior, which can be incredibly reassuring for you as well. You won’t have to worry about which bills need to get paid and when that should happen.
Sorting through Insurance Claims and Difficulties
Insurance can be a huge headache and your senior may not be able to navigate it at all on her own. Medicare can be complicated and has requirements that may not always make sense to people who don’t deal with it on a regular basis. Care management can cut through that red tape and help even the most confusing requirements make much more sense.
Care management professionals can handle these and other aspects of caregiving that are overwhelming for new and long-distance caregivers. They’ve got the resources to ensure that your elderly family member’s situation is taking care of all of her needs, even the ones you’re not as familiar with as you want to be.
If you or an aging loved-one are considering Senior Care in Avon, IN, please call the caring staff at Advocate Care Management. Serving Greater Indianapolis Area. Call for Immediate Info & Assistance: 317-471-0775
A Distinguished Career From Nurse to Director of Nursing to President of Home Services Unlimited
Etelka’s distinguished career followed a logical progression to her position as President of Home Services Unlimited. She graduated as a nurse practitioner with a Bachelor of Nursing (RN) in 1972 from Meshgorya University in the Ukraine, close to where she lived with her family. She married her husband Phil in 1973 and decided in 1977 that they would relocate to the United States to be closer to family and to come to this land of opportunity. With an eagerness to continue her budding career, Etelka sat for and passed her Boards in the U.S. in 1979.
A Love and Talent for Working with the Elderly
Etelka began her nursing career in the U.S. at Colonial Crest, now part of Golden Living, where shewasthe In-service Coordinator, the Director of Training and Education and Director of Nursing, a position she occupied for several years.
With a group of partners, she co-founded Adept Corporation, which operated group homes for the mentally challenged. The business was successful and in 1996, Etelka sold her share to return to her roots, caring for the elderly.
In January of 1997, Etelka opened Home Services Unlimited as a fully licensed business to provide home health care. In her quest to learn to do better for her patients, she had already obtained a Masters in Healthcare Administration (MHA) in May of 1990 from the College of St. Francis. As President of Home Services Unlimited, Inc., Etelka guides the trusted, experienced care model Home Services Unlimited uses to continue providing excellent home health care.
Giving Back to the Community of Indianapolis
Volunteering for community services is a high priority for Etelka. Her memberships include the Indiana Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, Executive Women in Health Care and the Indiana Association for Home and Hospice Care, where she is a member of the Board of Directors.
Etelka has also served on the Board of Directors with Hooverwood Home, a highly regarded geriatric facility, since 1997 and as the President for 2005-2006. Through her community work, she has received several awards and accolades, including the Nora McFarland award in 2002, from the Indiana Association of Home and Hospice Care.
Etelka was honored as a “Health Care Hero” by the Indianapolis Business Journal. The issue can be read online here:
http://mags.ibj.com/activemagazine/welcome/html/ibjhch.html.
After clicking on the link, then click on the image of the issue’s front page. After that, you can browse through the issue or click in a box near the top of your internet browser to adjust the page to 17, which is where Etelka’s article appears.
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