Our Professional Caregiving Advice
Can Enhance
Your Loved One’s Quality Of Life

When you work with Allegheny Geriatric Consultants, you can expect the following:

• A comprehensive and accurate assessment of your elderly parent’s entire situation and an understanding of all the issues involved;

• Strategies that improve your elderly parent’s condition or help maintain his current situation, when possible;

• Comprehensive status reports;

• Your aging parent will accept us and enjoy our presence;

• Your elderly parent will feel less lonely and less isolated;

• Your elderly parent will keep medical appointments and have a plan for taking medications;

• Valuable resources to give you peace of mind.  You will know that you have done your best to enhance your loved one’s quality of life;

• A professional with the proper and exceptional credentials and practical expertise who knows what the standards of care should be;  [ See Article on Standards]

• The highest standards of integrity will be applied.

Your elderly parent or chronically ill relative will not only receive the best possible care in a highly compassionate, caring, yet objective environment but will also experience the highest quality of life. Clients repeatedly tell us that we exceed their expectations, go way beyond the extra mile to help their elderly parents or chronically ill relatives feel safe, and that all their needs are met.

You can feel sure that:  

• our services will be completely objective, yet offered with a sense of compassion, sensitivity and caring that distinguishes us from our colleagues;

• your elderly parent will have an ally, a friend, another “member of the family” to be his/her voice, an advocate and a supporter of his/her rights;

• you may save substantial money in unnecessary institutionalization if we find that better, more cost-effective solutions are right for your elderly parent;

• if your elderly parent has a medical emergency and needs to go to the emergency room or simply to the hospital for surgery and you can’t be there, we will be on hand to ensure quality care, communicate with doctors, evaluate the situation and help you plan what steps or recommendations are next;

• you will be part of every decision…every action… every step of the way…receiving regular telephone calls and comprehensive status reports  from a professional who has a thorough understanding of the medical maze and terminology.

What is it like to work with us?  Our clients say:

» Professional and Tactful

You’ll find that we know what to say and how to say it when working with your parent, other professionals and the staffs of personal care and nursing homes. And at the same time, personal care and nursing home staffs see us as an ally and are forthright with information and comfortable working with us.  Meanwhile we work to accomplish the goals we set out at the beginning of our relationship.

» Caring and Sensitive

Clients and professionals have told us that we exceptionally sensitive and caring professionals. As a result, elderly individuals respond to our guidance and suggestions and ultimately show improvement in their condition/situation.

» Comforting

We know that your parent is struggling with a variety of emotions during this difficult period in his/her life. So our approach is gentle, yet firm, someone your parent can count on for objective advice and a tender touch… an ally, who is easy to get along with and is perceived to be not a threat to his/her independence.

» Extremely Responsive       

Nothing is more frustrating than working with a health care professional who doesn’t return your calls or is unavailable when you need them most.  We’ll return your phone calls in five hours or less and be available to start the assessment process within 48 hours or less.

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