Exceptional care is only available from experts.
Since 2002, as co-founder of Home Care Assistance, Dr. Kathy Johnson has long crusaded for better quality care in the senior services industry. Shelterbelt Health raises the bar with expert leaders setting the highest standard for services and outcomes.
My introduction to eldercare came when I had two declining parents. I was working, raising kids, living across the country. I would fly in for emergencies, then spend hours on anxious standby waiting for the next crisis.
I came to understand that eldercare is a job for professionals. Few of us have acquired the extensive knowledge necessary to make decisions for a vulnerable parent or spouse. Family members are too emotionally invested and usually stretched too thin to resolve a loved one’s health challenges. Expert wisdom is needed from those who are educated and trained in supporting the needs of older people.
No one should try to keep an aging parent or ill spouse healthy and functioning without consulting a geriatric care specialists. It’s like caring for a child without guidance from a pediatrician.
“When a geriatric expert becomes the point person for all aspects of a loved one’s care, elders have a happy and joyful present, no matter their age.”
— Dr. Kathy N. Johnson, PhD, CMC
