Professional Geriatric Care Management

Lisa J. Krauss, MA, LPC, NCC, CMCAs parents and loved ones age, their needs increase and change. You may be concerned about how to provide them with the best care.

This can be an emotionally challenging transition time for everyone involved. Growing Options can help. With decades of experience and knowledge, we will guide you toward solutions that best fit your family’s specific needs and preferences.

Our commitment to your loved ones’ needs is what makes our company different. We are available twenty-four hours, seven days a week to answer your questions, address problems as they arise, and respond to crises if they should occur.

Each and every client is considered part of the Growing Options family and as such, we consistently make the extra effort to ensure that their needs are met in all areas.

Growing Options offers a wide variety of services. We conduct assessments, arrange and monitor in-home help,  arrange assisted living or nursing home placements, provide crisis intervention, review medical, legal and financial issues, make referrals for legal and medical help, offer counseling and support, escort clients to appointments and activities, keep families in touch and up to date and much more.
 
 

Bringing Insight to the Field of Geriatric Care Management

Why Aging in Place is Important
by Lisa Krauss


I am passionate about aging in place (or finding the next best option if aging in place is not possible) because I believe that the quality of life can be enhanced with appropriate systems and safety nets, even with the additional challenges that the elder population may face.

We are living longer – therefore, sustaining quality of life is even more important than ever to look at and address for this extended period of "senior years."

The reality regarding life at a nursing home (even a top-rated nursing home) is that there is no comparison in regard to the difference in setting and the amount of one-to-one attention one receives if one is able to remain at home with a private caregiver.

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