Care Managers and Families: Providing the Right Support.
- Resource Type
- Academic Journal
- Authors
- Benton, Donna
- Source
- Generations (GENERATIONS), Spring2021; 45(1): 1-8. (8p)
- Subject
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0738-7806
If the goal of care management is to provide quality of life through care planning that is congruent with the wishes of older adults, then models for care management need to proactively include the family caregiver when they are part of the older adults' caring community. Family-centric care management improves outcomes and social networks that support older adults in the home. Policies and programs that successfully use a family and older adult care model will reduce healthcare costs, improve inclusion of diverse family values, and positively modify health disparities associated with diverse families of care.