Just Checking!

In Caring for an Elderly Family Member, You Are Not Alone
Call: (561) 209-6174

Taking care of an ill or aging family member can be a lonely and stressful task. But you don’t have to do it alone. Just Checking! is a geriatric care management program provided to the elderly so that they can remain living independently in the community, experience fewer hospitalizations or premature institutionalized care. Our care management services provide access to quality long-term care and assistance with the activities of daily living.

When Is Just Checking! Needed?

When the problem that you or your loved ones face becomes larger than you can manage
When managing medication or maintaining services are too difficult
When care is becoming too difficult for the primary caregiver
When you are having other demands and responsibilities and are unable to provide the desired attention to your loved one’s problems
When an individual is no longer able to maintain his or her home and needs assistance
When there are concerns about financial and medical issues

Services Include:

Comprehensive assessment and individualized plans of care
Caregiver, individual and family counseling
Regular in-home visits and reassurance calls
Referrals for medical, legal and financial services
Assistance with personal bookkeeping
Applying for financial assistance
Coordination and monitoring of all service providers
Assistance with government insurance and benefit applications
Placements into assisted living and nursing facilities when appropriate

Caregiver Counseling

A caregiver counselor can help you with:

Finding a process
Coping with day-to-day stress and sadness
Problem-solving and planning for the future

You qualify for these services if you are:

A relative or other person who provides care for a person age 60 or older (or younger if they suffer from dementia)
A grandparent or other relative, age 60 or older, who is the primary caregiver for a child under age 18
A person 60 or older caring for a child with mental retardation or related developmental disabilities
Living at home independently, or in an assisted living or nursing facility

Just Checking! is a program of the Loring Institute for Geriatric Research & Education and is part of the full continuum of care provided by MorseLife.

Please call (561) 209-6174 to schedule a comprehensive assessment and consultation, or e-mail judyu@morselife.org or lauraz@morselife.org.

MorseLife is a nationally-recognized provider of health care and residential services for seniors and their families in Palm Beach County. A charitable, not-for-profit organization, its programs including short-term rehabilitation, long-term care, independent and assisted living, home care, care management, Alzheimer's care, meals-on-wheels, and research and training. Founded in 1983 to serve the needs of frail Jewish seniors, MorseLife has built a reputation and tradition of caring for seniors with excellence, dignity and compassion -- honoring senior living -- now and forever.