Geriatric Specialist & Care Manager
What I Provide in the San Fernando Valley:
- Providing crisis intervention to help reduce or resolve; wandering, combative behavior, hallucinating, inability to manage finances, paranoia, refusal of needed help, unsafe driving and severe mood disturbances associated with Alzheimer's clients
- In home assessments or office consultations with recommendations for safety, resources, benefits and long term care plans
- Helping to determine client's ability to live and function independently as it relates to dementia or other medical conditions
- Helping you to understand and create Durable Power of Attorneys
- Assessing for possible placement needs or help to hire reliable caregivers and provide resources for keeping your loved one safely at home
- Partnered with elder law attorneys who can address your concerns regarding conservatorship, trusts, estate planning and living wills
- Working with a board certified geriatric psychiatrist who will visit patients in their own home
- In the event of a psychiatric emergency, I can begin to coordinate hospitalization if a patient becomes gravely disabled or represents a danger to self or others
- Serving as an advocate on behalf of the client and family; coordinating holistic health care with; primary MD, specialty MD, nursing, physical and respiratory therapists, dietician, home health agencies, speech and occupational therapists and others
- Offering family crisis intervention and dispute resolution related to a loved one's declining condition
- Providing counseling, support and options for end of life issues
- Strategising behavioral techniques for families and caregivers to provide the best care for loved ones with dementia and or chronic illness
- Supportive counseling to caregivers and family members who are experiencing depression, caregiver burnout and extreme stress related to a loved one's condition
- Hospital advocacy and information specialist for patient's rights and discharge planning
- Providing supportive counseling and long term planning to assist clients with chronic illness, new diagnoses and early onset dementia
- Counseling for medical non-compliance
- Counseling for grief, life transitions, depression and anxiety
yvonnekarno@hotmail.com
818-389-5997