Health Care Without Medicare

William J. Reid, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor
"...enormously useful...present[s] both an optimistic vision of community care and richly detailed guidelines for achieving it."

Karen Zander, RN, MS, CMAC, FAAN
"...our stewardship of frail elders, the chronically ill and the physically disabled is made possible by an all-star group of contributors"

Peter J. Strauss, Esq. - Author of "The ElderLaw Handbook"
"...outstanding...unique...will ensure the highest quality service by professionals who play a key role in serving the elderly."

Book Description
Health Care Without Medicare is a new practice manual for community-based care management. It describes the author's model for assisting frail elders, the physically disabled and the chronically ill to acheive their most often stated goals--to preserve their independence and their life savings. Community LifeCare Planning is described as the strategic use of personal, family and community resources to prevent hospitalization and nursing home placement among those most at risk--those with chronic health problems. The book was written collaboratively by two medical doctors, an estate planning attorney, a financial/retirement planner, three medical social workers (one of whom is a long-term care financing specialist) and two RNs. One of the contributors was recently named "Case Manager of the Year" by the Case Management Society of America. The book was written for nurses, social workers, therapists, lawyers, finance specialists, long-term or "geriatric" care managers, students and family caregivers. It is thoroughly researched and clearly written, with forms, indices and references that clarify the Community LifeCare Planning model. It is a manual for interdisciplinary team care management and resource management.

Book Info
(Solarian Press) Practice and training manual for nurses, social workers, therapists, family members, elder law attorneys and others in the community involved with the care of individuals in need of an alternative to Medicare. Includes useful appendices and a summary conclusion that can double as a helpful introduction and starting point. Softcover.

About the Author
For Twenty years, Joseph A. Jackson, LICSW, CCM has worked in community mental health, hospice and home health care. He is president of ElderCare Advisors, Inc., a care management company based in Western New England. Mr. Jackson conducts workshops throughout the country on health care reform and community-based care management. He is licensed in clinical social work, a Certified Case Manager, and a member of the Nat’l Assoc. of Social Workers and the Nat’l Assoc. of Professional Geriatric Care Managers.


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