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Making the right decisions in our complicated health care environment which is constantly changing is difficult and a concern for everyone. Nationwide, Q4 Health Care Managers offer access to resources that are affordable, flexible and designed to address the needs of your family. We use the highest level of criteria to meet not only the physical needs, but dig deeper to determine the crucial elements that create a quality life for you with your loved ones.
Are you concerned that a senior family member or friend does not fully understand their doctors’ instructions? Is there resistance or lack of compliance in taking medications or following medical advise? Beyond the physical needs, is there joy and purpose in your loved one’s day?
“Reassurance that I, my spouse and/or my family is receiving the best medical advice and that we are making the right choices” is a common request from our clients. We provide information and strategies to help promote collaboration with you, your loved one and their medical team. We help everyone to fully understand and adhere to care instructions for stabilized, optimal health. We enhance the quality of care and collaboration so that seniors and those with disabilities can increase the safety, autonomy and live to their fullest.
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You don’t have to do it all or go it alone. Your Q4 Care Manager spends time getting to know you and your family on a deep, compassionate level to understand what is happening, not just medically but also emotionally for everyone involved. When the tough decisions need to be made, we can help you determine the best choice. We work with you to help you every step of the way and support your decision. We help you implement your decisions and follow up with you for as long as you need. Q4 Geriatric Care Managers relieve stress, guilt and worry and offer relief during numerous situations, including caregiver exhaustion. We offer support whenever you need it, including elder respite care so that you can take better care of yourself.
Medical information and advice, particularly from multiple doctors, and particularly during a medical crisis, can be confusing and overwhelming. Your Q4 Care Manager will help you gain access to physicians, formulate your questions, get answers, clarify information, ensure that everyone understands what is taking place and what needs to be done going forward to gain optimal health. Your Q4 Care Manager is your medical advocate in today’s complex arena of health care.
We are experts in coordinating, monitoring and early intervention in care. We act as your liaison to the medical world offering access to specialists in every arena. We leverage our knowledge and resources to present you with all the alternatives and you choose the care. We advocate to ensure that you receive the most advanced and appropriate care. We are ethical professionals who are passionate about serving you and assisting you to reach your health care goals.
We have a Nationwide Support Network for Seniors and those with Disabilities. You can choose to work with us on an hourly, short term or long term basis. Call us for a Free Consultation: 1-888-676-8899
Healthcare can feel like a giant spider web. Individuals and their families know they have a disease or condition and yet they have no idea what help is available, where to get it, and how the system works. We do. Being diagnosed with a disease is a challenging experience. New physicians, life-style changes, new medications can cause sadness, anger, denial, and despair. Q4 care managers are medically trained to assist you with Disease Management, Symptom Control and Improving Function to enhance seniors and those with disabilities Quality of Life. No two people with the same disability are the same. They have individualized needs and talents. Q4 Care Managers make care personal and not just focused on the disability but on assessing a person’s abilities and strengths. We look at individual needs and talents.
Disease Management
Feeling victimized by an illness that feels out of control? The disease does not have to take over your life; you have the power to control your disease. Your Q4 Care Manager can help guide you to a richer life where you have a disease, the disease doesn’t have you. We help you live to your fullest – independently in your environment.
Symptom Control
Would you like help controlling your symptoms and not allowing your symptoms to control you? Many people live a limited life due to chronic pain, discomfort and limited abilities. Your Q4 Care Manager partners with you and your physicians to find solutions. We work with you to help you live your life to the fullest – living symptom free, controlling pain, installing adaptive devices, and more to help you achieve that goal.
Improving Function
Limited function often results from disease and disability. This can cause us to be limited in our ability to care for our home, our finances or ourselves. This ultimately threatens our independence and autonomy. Many assume these changes must take place and nothing can be done to stop or reverse the effects. Your Q4 Care Manager is medically trained to solve problems with you and create opportunities for you. We observe what is limiting you and focus on improving your function, increasing your strength, reducing your symptoms and help you to manage an illness so that it has less impact on your life.
Your Q4 Care Manager monitors the services that you select to ensure that they are making the impact that you desire. Your Q4 Care Manager can help guide you to a richer life by partnering with you and your physicians to find solutions to help you live your best life. We work every day to greatly enhance our client’s quality of life. Let us help to improve yours.
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In a crisis, situations occur in rapid succession: there is an onslaught of new information, tests are performed, and procedures are completed. New physicians and nurses need you to make life-altering decisions quickly. It is difficult to decide who to trust and which decision is the right one. Dealing with the emotions of a crisis can be daunting. Your Q4 Care Manager can swiftly assess your situation, rapidly offer you the best options and guide you in determining the best decision.
Without warning health crisis occur. Suddenly being thrust into a maze of physicians, hospitals, tests, treatments and new medications while trying to comprehend what is happening and what choices you have can be daunting. Many decisions need to be made when a loved one is ill. It is an especially stressful time since insurance companies often insist patients go home before they have fully recovered. Planning for the return to home can be frightening and overwhelming. Setting up follow-up appointments, getting medications, and arranging for care is an exhausting, time-consuming experience. Dealing with the stress and the emotions of a crisis can be overwhelming to everyone and cause family members to miss time from work and with their families.
These stressful situations can drain your emotions, your time, consume your life and adversely affect your relationships. It doesn’t have to be this way…We are experts in managing a crisis and help families navigate emergencies every day. We work with you to quickly resolve issues and find solutions.
Your Q4 Health Care Manager has the medical expertise to assess a situation quickly and help you navigate the best solutions for you and your loved one. In a crisis, situations occur in rapid succession: an onslaught of new information, tests are performed, procedures are completed. New physicians and nurses need you to make life-altering decisions quickly. We help you to quickly locate and comprehend all the information you need to make good decisions.
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Are you concerned that your friend or family member is remembering to take the proper dosage of their medicine at the proper time? Is there confusion regarding doctor’s instructions or concern regarding their ability or decision to follow their doctor’s prescribed orders?
Medical Crisis Intervention frequently occurs from improper medicine dosage. Taking multiple medications can be confusing and can easily lead to taking medications improperly for anyone, but particularly for seniors and those with disabilities.
Q4 Care Managers monitor medications to ensure that over or under medication or contra-indication of medications resulting in a medical emergency are avoided.
Q4 Health Care Managers help to prevent potentially fatal medication interactions and regularly intervene in a crisis. Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) cause over 100,000 deaths in the U.S. annually.
Q4 Health Care Managers help you understand and better follow your doctor’s orders, such as thoroughly understanding your medications – Generic vs. Brand Name and Extended Release, Sustained Release and Immediate Release.
Q4 Geriatric Care Managers relieve stress, guilt and worry and can offer relief during numerous situations including medical emergencies, long-term chronic care and caregiver exhaustion.
Q4 Care Managers keep you apprised of the latest guidelines per The American Geriatrics Society.
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Q4 Care Managers are experts at evaluating the home environment, and your friend or family member’s needs and abilities so that they can stay safely in their home. We work nationwide helping families locate and evaluate quality housing solutions and home health care to ensure that the services match their needs.
Is your senior family member safe in their home? Are there things that can be done to improve their safety that will allow them to stay at home? When your home is not set up to accommodate your needs, it threatens your independence. What senior housing placement options exist and how do you ensure that your loved one is in a safe, quality environment that meets their needs?
Home Safety & Modification
Staying in the home we love is a common goal. Making it happen can be challenging and overwhelming as our health changes, our ability to care for ourselves diminishes and our home becomes an obstacle instead of an oasis. Q4 Care Managers can help you evaluate your needs, your home’s ability to meet them and identify what adaptive changes can be made that allow you to stay safely in your home. We look for the obvious and the subtle, all based on your abilities and limitations.
Housing Placement Options
Q4 Care Managers are experts in evaluating the home environment, your loved one’s needs and abilities, finding housing solutions and evaluating them to ensure their services match your loved one’s needs.
Social Engagement
Your Q4 Care Manager evaluates your friend or family member’s desires, interests, availability of activities, and facilitates their involvement in activities that bring them joy and connection to others. Research shows that relationships are fundamental to one’s health and happiness. Often times it is assumed that living in facilities with many people nearby and various activities, means that people are benefiting from socializing. Frequently, they are not bonding with others or participating in activities at all which can adversely effect their health
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Your Q4 Care Manager acts as an objective mediator with medical expertise to give answers and easily help resolve conflict. We help you to decide what the best choices are for your family member.
Communicating well with family members in the best of times can be a challenge. Making decisions when many family members are involved during an emotionally stressful event is even more difficult.
You will develop a trusting and enduring relationship with your own Q4 Care Manager, who gets to know you and your family personally. We listen to what’s important to you and your family to understand the challenges that you are facing. We plan with you, taking each of your goals into consideration. We present you with the best alternatives and support your choice.
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Your Q4 Care Manager is an expert strategist when it comes to considering all the variables when moving an elderly person or someone with disabilities to ensure that they are safe. Health situations are complex and so is the healthcare environment. Locating quality care in a new locale, ensuring that medical information is properly transferred and communicated to all doctors, pharmacists and that medical care in-transit is followed properly is all a great concern. We’re here to help you.
The decision has been made that your loved one needs to move, but developing a plan to ensure that the process goes smoothly and safely can be difficult and challenging. There are different considerations depending on whether your family member is moving locally, out of their city or state. Your Q4 Care Manager help you navigate these challenges, including the physical move, the emotional considerations and ensuring continued medical care.
We help orchestrate all the many details involved in moving an elderly person or someone with disabilities to a new location without interrupting their medical care. We ensure that all medical providers in the new location have complete medical information including medical records and pharmacy transfers and communicate with them to offer the best care for your loved one.
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Disasters happen when least expected and can have devastating effects. Whether the disaster is an act of nature, such as hurricanes, tornados, floods or fires, it is essential that there is a plan and course of action. Housing concerns, food, water, warmth and money are all important concerns but often planning for our health is overlooked and undervalued.
How does one plan for the unexpected? What are the critical elements of a disaster preparedness plan? What are the additional considerations and resources for seniors and those with disabilities?
Q4 Care Managers want you to be safe and will work with you to create an emergency plan to keep you and your family secure. We are passionate medical professionals who understand the often overlooked essentials in a health crisis. Prior planning can save you time and money and minimize worry.
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Traveling to visit friends and relatives is often an important goal for aging or disabled individuals. Planning and managing medical conditions while on vacation can be overwhelming and can put your loved one’s health at risk. Arranging for transportation, housing, accessible venues, medical monitoring and access to doctors, pharmacies and other needs must be planned to prevent problems.
Making arrangements and monitoring a friend or family member long distance, who is elderly or has a disability, can cause great concern regarding their safety.
Q4 Care Managers take care of all the details so that you and your loved ones don’t miss an important event and can enjoy special occasions. We want you to be comfortable and safe. We will create a travel plan with attention to critical details to keep you and/or your family safe and worry-free.
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Our home is our castle. We have emotional ties to our home because we create many warm memories here. As much as we love and treasure our homes, the up-keep, the physical layout and the isolation can make living in our home a risky prospect as we age. “Is our loved one safe living at home?” is our most frequently asked question. Your care manager can provide you with objective information to help you make an informed decision. We provide peace of mind and create a plan of action with you.
Often as we age, our capacity to care for ourselves and also our home decreases. It may be a result of physical or mental challenges, which are often gradual. Can our loved one live safely in their home? What would it take to do so? If not, what type of housing is best for them? How do you identify a quality facility? Will insurance or Medicare/Medicaid pay for this? Approaching a family member to talk about your concerns for their safety at home can be one of the most emotionally charged, difficult conversations that you’ll face. Finding the answers to these questions can be exhausting and confusing.
Your Q4 care manager understands the challenges that you are facing. We understand that this can be one of the most emotionally charged and difficult transitions for people to make. We offer family mediation and coaching to teach you how to address difficult topics. An evaluation of functional capabilities as well as a home assessment can provide the answers that you are seeking.
When we come to your loved one’s home, we evaluate them in their home environment. We assess their safety, and their physical and mental needs. We develop a plan with you, based on your needs and values, outlining the risks and benefits of each choice. We perform a thorough analysis of each facility, ensuring that it meets federal, state and local standards. When a move is required, we can help with the planning and execution, in a way that minimizes the stress on you and your loved one. We are your soft place to fall. Let us help you, call 888-676-8899.
Who will care for your friend or family member’s pets when a medical emergency occurs? Do you have an essential daily care and medical access plan in place for all pets?
Pets are often a best friend. When a crisis occurs, you may not be able to speak for yourself or you may be too sick to remember that your furry friend is alone. Who will care for them? Who will know your pet’s routine and be able to access medical care? This is essential to their health and well-being and also to your peace of mind. Q4 Care Managers understand how important pets are to you and how essential that it is that they be well cared for.
Peace of mind knowing that the daily care, special needs and medical care issues for your pet are taken care of so that you have one less thing to be concerned about.
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Managing medical care while living or traveling to multiple locations is challenging and can cause confusion when there are two sets of doctors, particularly when managing health care for seniors and those with disabilities.
Managing care while traveling between homes, multiple time zones and multiple locations requires more attention to avoid risk. Diseases and decline eventually happen to all of us. Managing the complexities of these issues is challenging. Even more so, when there are multiple physicians in multiple locations ordering multiple tests and prescribing multiple medications. Seeing a different physician for each illness in each location can cause providers to be unaware of what the other is advising. There is a solution…
We handle the complex process of ensuring you have seamless uninterrupted medical care as you move between your summer and winter homes. We also will facilitate the set up and closure of your homes as you move between each of them.
We take care of all the details, so that you and your loved ones can happily focus on living life to the fullest. Call us for a Free Consultation: 1-888-676-8899