Geriatric Care Manager Referral Partner Program
Geriatric care managers and placement specialists serve aging families from different angles — together we provide more complete support than either can alone.
Geriatric care managers (GCMs) — also called aging life care specialists — provide ongoing assessment, care coordination, and advocacy for older adults and their families. When a client in their caseload needs placement, a GCM may not have the time or the current facility knowledge to navigate the placement process in depth. A referral to a placement specialist — or a collaborative arrangement where the GCM maintains the care management relationship and the specialist handles placement logistics — serves the client better than either professional working in isolation.
Why Partner With Erika
Complementary Focus
GCMs provide ongoing assessment, family advocacy, and care coordination. I provide deep facility knowledge, placement logistics, and community relationships. Together we cover the care management continuum.
Referral in Both Directions
When my placement families need ongoing care management after placement, I refer to trusted GCMs. When your clients need placement, you refer to me. Both clients and professionals benefit.
Collaborative Client Service
For complex clients, I work alongside the GCM rather than replacing them — handling the facility research and placement logistics while the GCM maintains the clinical care management relationship.
How It Works
Client referral when placement is needed
Your client needs placement and you want expert placement logistics handled without losing your care management relationship. You introduce me as your placement resource.
I manage placement, you manage care
I handle facility research, family education, tour coordination, and placement logistics. You maintain the clinical assessment, family advocacy, and ongoing care management functions.
Coordinated communication
I share placement findings with you and keep you in the loop on the family’s decision process. You share relevant clinical assessment information that helps me match the client to the right facility.
Post-placement collaboration
After placement, I refer back to you for ongoing care management. You monitor the client’s adjustment, advocate with the facility, and notify me if the placement isn’t working — so I can reassess options.
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Whether you want to add your community to my referral network or discuss a specific family in need of placement, I’m easy to reach and respond quickly.
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