The senior care ecosystem
Seven kinds of professional, and what each one is actually for.
A page for every role a family meets around an ageing parent: what the role does, how it is paid, and the question worth asking before hiring one. Written for families across our operating markets. Home care in Connecticut and New Jersey; companion care only in New York.
Seven roles
Start with whichever one you are trying to understand
Each page answers the same three questions: what they do, how they are paid, and what to ask them.
- What a geriatric care manager does, and whether your family needs oneAssess, write the care plan, and hold the whole picture.
- The placement advisor is usually paid by the community, not by youHelp a family tour and choose a residential community.
- Elder law attorneys: what they do, and why timing decides most of itThe legal and financial instruments, and the benefits maze.
- Independent living is housing. The care is bought separately.Age-restricted housing. Lifestyle, not care.
- Assisted living communities: scheduled support, and the gaps around itHousing, meals and scheduled help with daily tasks.
- Memory care communities: what they are for, and when home stops being the right placeSecure, structured settings for advanced dementia.
- Skilled nursing, rehab, and the day they come homeRound-the-clock nursing and short-term rehabilitation.
Why there are no company names here
Plenty of sites in this category publish a wall of partner logos. We do not have a partner roster we can publish, and inventing one, or listing organisations who have not agreed to appear, is not a shortcut we are willing to take. What is on these pages instead is the part that would still be true whichever companies we eventually name: what each role does, who pays it, and where its interests and yours might not point the same way.
If you run one of these organisations and want to talk about working together, the referral page sets out scope and coverage, and the ecosystem map shows where we think we sit. Call (203) 936-6847.