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LifeCare Wins 2005 Caregiver Friendly Award

LifeCare's Professional Geriatric Care Management (PGCM) Program has been awarded a 2005 Caregiver Friendly Award by Today's Caregiver, the first national magazine for family and professional caregivers. The Caregiver Friendly Awards celebrate outstanding media, products and services which have been designed in the best interest of caregivers and their loved ones. LifeCare's PGCM Program is being recognized in the Service category.

“This award is designed to help family caregivers recognize organizations who will care for them in as committed a manner as they care for their loved ones,” said Gary Barg, Today's Caregiver's editor-in-chief.

LifeCare's PGCM Program arranges for highly qualified professional geriatric care managers (professional nurses and social workers trained in assessment, care planning, and care management of older adults) to conduct in-person assessments and services for caregivers and their loved ones. This face-to-face aspect of the LifeCare program provides caregivers with exclusive access to the Guild, a preeminent organization of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers, whose members must meet strict educational and experience requirements, abide by a Pledge of Ethics, adhere to Standards of Practice, and maintain minimum insurance requirements. The Association's strict quality criteria are unique in the industry, which is still largely unregulated, and LifeCare is the only organization to have such a relationship with the Guild.

“We're very pleased to receive this award from Today's Caregiver,” said LifeCare CEO and co-founder, Peter G. Burki. “I think it's wonderful that Today's Caregiver is focusing attention on the issue of elder caregiving, which is becoming increasingly important to our country. About 34 million Americans currently care for an older loved one, and almost 60 percent of these people also hold regular jobs. They desperately need resources that help them juggle their personal and professional responsibilities while taking good care of their loved ones at the same time. We created our PGCM Program with precisely these people in mind.”

LifeCare's PGCM Program is just one component of the company's comprehensive Successful Aging^SM Services, which also include 24/7 resource and referral services for caregivers; aging-related legal and financial services; and pre- and post-retirement coaching. If you're interested in learning more about these services, please contact us at 866-675-3751.