For doctors, attorneys, & other professionals, Your Elder Experts can hold many of the answers and supports that your clients are looking for.

Doctors

Doctors should consider referring older adults, their families, or care partners to Your Elder Experts if your patient or client:

• Is having trouble following instructions, taking medications, or is too overwhelmed to understand the instructions, missing appointments, or calling frequently
• Is unable to coordinate complicated decision making and necessary care
• Would benefit from someone to help facilitate or promote communication regarding medical care
• Requires a move to an assisted-living facility or nursing home
• Is making repeated hospital or emergency room visits
• Needs an advocate in negotiating a complicated health care system
• Has family members who have limited time, resources, and expertise or live at a distance
• Has family members or care partners who are exhausted and need support, respite, and guidance
• Has family members who disagree about next steps
• Needs assistance with end-of-life issues and coordination of services
• Has limited or no social support
• Needs education and support with the unique issues related to dementia

Attorneys & Other Professionals

Elder law and estate attorneys, financial planners, visiting nurses, or housing managers sometimes encounter a person who needs the care or services Your Elder Experts can provide.

Consider referring your clients to Your Elder Experts when they:

• Need an advocate for dealing with an issue beyond your professional abilities
• Require extra help but their family has limited time, resources, and expertise or lives at a distance
• Have a family or care partner who is exhausted and in need of respite, support and guidance
• Are facing end-of-life issues requiring sensitive coordination of services
• Are relying on home care providers beyond their expertise
• Need to transition into more appropriate housing and need an objective evaluation of where to go
• Appear to no longer be able to take care of themselves or their home
• Appear to be struggling with physical or cognitive changes in health or mental status
• Have family members who disagree about next steps