Grimaldi & Yeung

Handy Checklist & Useful Tips for Caregivers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is a handy check list created by the Alzheimer's Foundation and shared by Young Mee Kim Jun, elder law attorney and social worker (LMSW) who spent more than 20 years working with seniors, including as a director of the social services at a skilled nursing facility and of a medical community based program serving adults with dementia and other chronic illness.

Young is now leading our firm’s Care Advocacy Service. Grimaldi & Yeung LLP developed  this new service especially to help our clients and their family and caregivers receive quality long term care.

Please contact us to learn of available care resources and options available. We are ready to help you plan for your needs especially during this very difficult time. Our Care Advocacy team has  full time Social Worker, Kim Reed, MSW.  Who is also available to help with home care advocacy and discharge planning.   

These are useful tips for Caregivers dealing with hospitalization of their loved ones during this emergency. Hospitalizations are stressful enough and must be even more challenging now because the family members may not be able to visit. 

We can use these tips to advice our clients who are faced hospitalizing their loved ones with dementia. (whether in Nursing home or in the community):

• Create a “go kit” that includes personal, legal, medical, and daily living documentation and items. Make sure that you provide it to the facility and keep copies of the documentation for yourself.
• Legal documentation should include:
  

      Healthcare agent/proxy (the person designated to make medical decisions on their behalf)

      Power of attorney (the person responsible for their financial decisions)

      Advance directives (medical wishes, such as a “Do Not Resuscitate”)

      Personal ID (you may want to consider attaching ID to your person)

      Health insurance cards

• Medication lists: What meds they are currently taking, with dosage
• Physical reminders: Does the person have physical limitations, hearing or eyesight problems? Have food preferences that could be important?

• Communicate with the care staff: Sharing personal details about your loved one’s behaviors and preferences with the care staff can help them ease the transition. For example, let them know that the person is sensitive to water, has difficulty sleeping or gets easily agitated. Ask whether things such as photos, personal care products and favorite items are allowed, as they can make a new space feel more familiar and comfortable. 

 

Please contact our firm for any of your caregiver needs and services - we are here to help. (718) 238-6960

 

 

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March is Social Work Month!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grimaldi & Yeung LLP would like to take this opportunity to offer you our thanks as we join together to celebrate Social Work Month this March. You have touched the lives of many of our clients, neighbors and fellow New Yorkers, to make our future strong – one individual, one family and one community at a time.

The theme for this year is "Generations Strong” which is relevant for social work and all the helping professionals, who have been working for generations to improve the lives of those they care for. Many of the benefits we enjoy today – health and mental health care, wage and Social Security benefits, to name a few–are because of the work of social workers and others. You bring positive changes in the basic needs of all people through your work.

Once again, thank you for making a difference!

Social Worker Workshop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In honor of social work month, Grimaldi & Yeung LLP invites you to a complimentary breakfast workshop hosted by Norwegian Christian Home (refreshments served):

DATE:            Thursday, March 28, 2019

TIME:              8:30 AM to 10:30 AM

LOCATION:   Norwegian Christian Home

                          1250 67th Street

                         Brooklyn, NY 11219

The workshop, presented by Judith D. Grimaldi, will include the importance of a Health Care Proxy, Power of Attorney and Living Will; New Rules and Regulations in Veteran's Benefits; Medicaid Updates.

MUST RSVP to Margaret Coppola at mcoppola@gylawny.com or (718) 238-6960 by Monday, March 25, 2019.

Happy Social Work Month!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grimaldi & Yeung LLP would like to take this opportunity to offer you our thanks as we join together to celebrate Social Work Month this March! You have touched the lives of many of our clients, neighbors and fellow New Yorkers. The dedication with which you serve makes our future strong - one individual, one family and one community at a time.

The theme for this year is "Social Workers: Elevate Social Work." This theme is so relevant for social work and all the helping professionals, which demonstrate leadership and advocacy for our clients. You uplift individuals who are overcoming some of life's most difficult challenges and can bring positive changes in the basic needs of all people by your showing of dignity and respect, especially the aged and disabled. This theme is relevant to our firm as well, as we all advocate for our clients and help them find solutions to some of their life's most pressing challenges. Since we began in 2008, our firm's motto is "In Legal Matters, People Matter", thus we share this year's theme in our common goal of helping the elderly and disabled.