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Personal Care Coordinator

What is a Personal Care Coordinator at Sullivan Law Ptbo?

Your Personal Care Coordinator will meet with you personally to discuss and learn about you. We want to get to know you and grow a compassionate, professional and detailed portfolio all about you! The information you share, of course is always to your discretion and is what we use to establish a solid baseline of your current situation. In return, this information assists in formulating a plan of care for you that is rooted in your own goals of care, with immediate needs always taking precedence.

Identifying care needs alone can be overwhelming…sometimes we just don’t know where to start and that is something we can most definitely help with. Together, we will identify and prioritize your care needs so that you and your loved ones can have peace of mind that you are receiving all the relevant resources available to you to honour your goals of care. All while ensuring your safety, preserving your identity and maintaining your dignity.

Upon conclusion of our initial meeting, we will get down to work for you! We will source out, research, price compare and secure agreed upon services on your behalf BUT only once you’ve agreed. You are always in the driver’s seat of YOUR OWN care. We will schedule a follow up with you to review services and answer any questions you might have. After you give the approval, we will make all arrangements to have services implemented.

Our relationship does not end there, we will agree upon routine, scheduled wellness checks when we will review how your current care plan is working for you. We are available to you at any time during our business hours and as life changes, we will continue to work together to amend your care plan as required so that it always reflects your unique, current situation.

Preparing for your initial appointment

Consider areas of your life that you feel challenged or stressed, we will problem solve with you and offer community resources that may help.

Consider your overall health, chronic illness or recent diagnoses, let's work together to create a detailed health history that can be used to assist you and/or your family when dealing with your care providers

Consider who your people are, who has your best interest at heart, who will speak and care for you, who are we to contact on your behalf in case of emergencies

Consider the “big picture” the topics that are often daunting to think about, for example:

#1 What are your advanced directives (ie. Direction your people can follow to honour your wishes if there ever comes a time you are unable to speak for yourself).

#2 What are your wishes and goals as life changes; do you prefer to stay in your own home with all necessary services brought in to keep you safe and happy or will you be downsizing and moving to a retirement or nursing home?

#3 Do you have arrangements made for end of life? It’s hard to think and speak about such things but let’s do it together!

Who can benefit from our Personal Care Coordination Services?

Anyone who wants to be proactive and involved in their own care

Anyone who is responsible for a loved one and is feeling overwhelmed with the intricacies of the system

Anyone from afar who is trying to ensure a loved one is cared for here within our local area

Anyone who wants to take advantage of a professional service that offers an established network of community resources that we will offer to improve your quality of life

FAQs

What is a Power of Attorney for Personal Care (PCPOA)?

Your PCPOA is a document that names someone who you can trust to have your best interests as their priority when ensuring that you are being cared for. This person is who members of your care team will defer to if you are no longer capable of speaking for yourself. Your Attorney will strive to ensure that your expressed wishes and advanced directives are respected and carried out.

What are Advanced Directives “ADs”?

ADs express your healthcare wishes so that your Attorney can follow these as direction if there comes a time when you are unable to speak for yourself. They address specific medical care scenarios that you express whether you would want to pursue or decline.

What is the difference between a POA and a Substitute Decision Maker (SDM)?

Your POA is a legal document and an SDM is someone who will be authorized through your POA to make health and medical decisions on your behalf if you are incapacitated.

What if I change my mind?

If you have capacity and there is nothing that is obviously altering your thought processes or indications that you are being coerced, you are always able to change your mind!! If you change your mind on who should be named in your POA paperwork, you need to contact your law firm and request an appointment to draw up new papers. If you change your mind about your AD’s be sure to document and speak about these changes with your SDM so that they are aware.

What does “my circle of care” refer to?

This refers to the people in your life that you give permission for us to speak with regarding you. This allows us to give them updates about you, if you are unable to. You can instruct us to what degree.