Resources for Adults with Aging Parents
Note: While I hope you find these service providers and resources useful, this list is not an endorsement of any service or person.
Medical:
- Geriatric care managers are health and human services professionals such as a gerontologist, nurse, counselor, social worker, or psychologist with a specialization in issues related to aging and elder care. Care managers work privately with older adults and their families to create a plan of care that meets the needs of an older adult.
- You can find a geriatric care manager in your area on their website.
- The Senior Resource Network, Amie Clark, 503-430-5652
(Portland area care manager)
Placement Services: (assistance in finding senior living options)
- The Senior Resource Network, Amie Clark, 503-430-5652
- Adult Placement Network, Michele Fiasca, (503) 659-2029
- Northwest Senior Resources, Nancy Raske, 503-680-9407
In home care:
- Northwest Senior Management Services, 503-282-9926
Geriatric Assessments, In Home Care, Case Management - Guardian Angel Caregivers, Steve Miller, 503-698-2020
Housing:
- Aging in place remodeling/designing, Barbara Murphy, Neil Kelly, 503-288-6345
- Realtors certified as “Senior Real Estate Specialists” (SRES)
- Rachel Hemmingson, Windemere, 503-284-7755
- Donna Milne, Hasson, 503-906-7150
Money Management:
- Laura Miller, Sapphire Daily Money Management, LLC
Assisting clients with their household paperwork including bill paying and more. 503.654.9200
- Eldercare Locator, 1-800-677-1116
- a referral service of the U.S. Administration on Aging
- operators will give you phone numbers for state and local senior service contacts
- Elders In Action, Personal Advocate Services, 503-235-5474
- provide trained volunteers in the tri-county area to help seniors sort through housing, healthcare and financial abuse issues
- seniors who’ve been scammed can get counseling and help in filing complaints with authorities
- Independent Living Resources, 503-232-7411
- offers a range of services to seniors to help them retain/maintain independence
- Multnomah County Aging & Disability Services Helpline, 503-988-3636
Books:
- When Roles Reverse: A Guide to Parenting Your Parents by Jim Comer
- A Dignified Life: The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer’s Care, A Guide for Family Caregivers by Virginia Bell and David Troxel
- Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias – The Caregiver’s Complete Survival Guide by Nataly Rubinstein
- Coping With Your Difficult Older Parent : A Guide for Stressed-Out Children by Grace Lebow, Barbara Kane, and Irwin Lebow
- Coming of Age with Aging Parents: The Bungles, Battles, and Blessings by Gail Goeller
- The Parent Care Conversation: Six Strategies for Dealing with the Emotional and Financial Challenges of Aging Parents by Dan Taylor
- How to Survive Your Aging Parents: So You and They Can Enjoy Life, Second Edition by Raeann Berman, Bernard H. Shulman, and M.D., Bernard H. Schulman
- Communication and Assertion Skills for Older Persons (1987) (Series in Death Education, Aging and Health Care) by Leilani Doty