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Welcome to my website!
My name is Amy Pieri. I am a Geriatric Specialist
and Certified Care Manager located in Albany, Calfornia serving Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.
What is a Geriatric Care Manager?
A geriatric care manager is a professional who specializes in assisting older
people and their families with long-term care arrangements. Care Managers have a
minimum of a Bachelor's degree or substantial equivalent training in
gerontology, social work, nursing or counseling.
Care Managers can help:
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Conduct
care-planning assessments to identify problems, eligibility for assistance,
and need for services.
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Screen, arrange,
and monitor in-home help or other services;
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Review
financial, legal, or medical issues and offer referrals to geriatric
specialists to avoid future problems and conserve assets;
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Provide crisis
intervention;
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Act as a liaison
to families at a distance, making sure things are going well and alerting
families to problems;
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Assist with
moving an older person to or from a retirement complex, care home or nursing
home
"The Top Ten Reasons
Why You Can Afford A Geriatric Care Manager?"
by Phyllis Brostoff
Care Managers can provide:
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Short-term or ongoing assistance for long distance care
givers.
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Personalized, gentle services specifically to meet the client's want and
needs.
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Accessibility since many GCM members are available after hours and on weekends
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Continuity of care, management to reduce miscommunication, time, stress, and
costs to clients.
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Efficiency and flexibility because GCM services are stream-lined and client
centered, not complicated by bureaucratic red tape.
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Cost-control. GCM members strive to reduce inappropriate institutional care and
overuse of services. They match the service to the client's needs and help
contain costs. Ongoing monitoring can prevent costly crises and unnecessary
hospitalizations.
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Quality control. GCM has adopted standards for practice for all its members. In
addition, all full members are reviewed for educational and experience
requirements prior to acceptance.
Contact Information:
- Telephone
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(510) 507-0788 (Cell)
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(510) 527-8807
FAX
(510) 527-8807
- Electronic mail
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General Information:
ajpieri@sbcglobal.net
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