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Assistance with end of life planning, acute health care support, care management

Life Transitions, Patient Advocacy, Long Term Care Planning and Care Management Support.

Serving Southern Oregon

...empowering Your Late Life Journey

Debra lyn Johnson, MA, CSCC

Geriatric Care Manager

For more than 20 years, I have supported older adults and their families through complex medical decisions, aging transitions, and long term care planning.  With a Master's degree in Gerontology, and advanced training in long-term care planning, I bring both clinical experience and steady presence.

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Aging Life Care Association Member are trained Geriatric Care Management professionals
 
Aging brings decisions. You don't have to make them alone.​
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A Geriatric Care Manager helps you and your family navigate the complex realities of change that comes with getting older:
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  • Medical coordination pre and post hospitalization

  • Hospital discharge plan

  • Aging-in-place plan 

  • Assisted living & memory care guidance

  • Family communication support

  • Ongoing care oversight

  • Long Term Care planning​

 

We assess     We plan     We coordinate     We advocate

Some of what I do includes...

Patient Advocacy, Care Management

Helping you navigate the healthcare system, especialy during a hospitalization or complex medical event.

* Serve as your advocate and collaborate with your healthcare providers and team.
* Clarify, discuss, and understand diagnoses and treatment      options so you KNOW exactly what your options are along with understanding the consequences of treatments.
* Attend medical appointments and encourage inquiry and discussion to clarify treatments, medications, needs for surgery
* Assist and manage  hospital discharge plan including 
arrangement for post hospital care and rehab
*Arrange and monitor home health care or personal care services to your satisfaction
* Family communicatian and liaison
* Oversight of medication management
*Caregiving issues
*Quality of life focus
 

A Care Manager's role is not to take over, but to help you stay in control with an emphasis on your quality of life.  My role and my goal  as your Care Manager is to :

(1) Ensure that wherever you reside, your needs are met

(2) To protect your wishes as expressed in your Health Care Directive and make sure they are executed

(3) Complete your end of life plan wishes. And, make sure they are followed so you get the final say!

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As your advocate and  your ally, we work together with your wishes,

              your values, your voice.

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Advance Health Care Directive
& Long Term Care Planning
Certified Advanced Steps® ACP Facilitator

Long term care planning includes getting the Advance Directive and POLST decisions in order. Part of long term care planning
The POLST is an important end of life document to have in place. The decisions you make determine the treatment you receivel

​​​​Here is my why....  I believe one of the greatest gifts we can give our loved ones is to have our affairs in order. This includes having honest conversations about our wishes and asking them to honor those choices when we can no longer speak for ourselves.

I want people to know they can choose a death that aligns with the way they have lived their life. To do that, they need to understand their options and ensure that the appropriate legal and medical documents are in place.

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