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The anticipated growth of the aging population is having a major impact on the U.S. health care industry. The nature of skills and services health care workers must be equipped to provide are expanding. A certificate in geriatric care management could help you hone your skills, gain a competitive advantage, and further your health care management education.


Study to assess, coordinate, and monitor the health and human services needs of your elderly clients and their families. The program is designed to help prepare you with the knowledge required to establish a geriatric care management practice dedicated to assuring the delivery of quality care and an optimal lifestyle to the elderly.*


A comprehensive approach incorporates the identification and analysis of factors that influence the well-being and quality of life of the elderly client, including health, psychosocial, family, and economic issues. Studying geriatric care management may help you gain an understanding of the effect of the aging process on the individual, the family, the community, and the health care delivery system, which could help you make a difference.

 Imagine What You Can Do  

  • Assess

  • Identify the individualized health, social, and economic circumstances of your elderly client.

  • Plan

  • Determine short- and long-term goals of elderly clients and their families.

  • Implement

  • Execute specific interventions and facilitate progress toward planned goals.

  • Coordinate

  • Identify, obtain, integrate, and modify resources for long- and short-term care needs.

  • Monitor

  • Serve as liaison and facilitate communication with members of the patient’s support team.

  • Evaluate

  • Analyze the effectiveness of the plan and modify according to the patient’s changing needs.

 Imagine Where You Can Apply  

Graduates of the geriatric care management program may work as independent practitioners or with insurance companies, government agencies, assisted-care facilities, home health agencies, long-term care facilities, and social service agencies.*


Geriatric care managers report earnings that average $74 per hour.†

 Is This Program Right For Me? 

Health and human services professionals—including registered nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, physical therapists, rehabilitation counselors, case managers, psychologists, and medical doctors—should consider this program. Click here to view the program comparison guide.


Courses Include


  • Introduction to Geriatric Care Management
  • Aging as a Reality
  • Psychosocial Issues in Aging
  • Balancing Aging and Independence
  • Financial Considerations of the Elderly
  • Legal and Ethical Issues in Geriatric Care Management
  • Successful Aging

  

For complete course descriptions, click here.

  

  

 Take the First Step 

 

In 12 months or less, you could be on your way to a more rewarding geriatric care management career. Take the first step by calling 866.542.4042 (Toll Free) or click here for more information our geriatric care program.

*Kaplan Continuing Education’s programs are designed to prepare graduates to pursue employment in their field of study, or in related fields. However, KCE does not guarantee that graduates will be placed in any particular job or employed at all.


†Based on a survey published in AARP Data Digest, No. 82, November 2002.