Elderly Woman in Assisted Living

An elderly incapacitated woman resides in an assisted living community. The family asked that the court award us co-guardianship for this client with a daughter acting as the other guardian. We coordinate and monitor services, advocating for the woman, and writing summary reports to the daughter who is guardian and the other adult children who are geographically scattered across the country. Our care managers make bi-monthly visits to the client to monitor medical and psychological changes and then make recommendations to the care staff at the assisted living community. Our care manager conducted a depression assessment and found that the client was indeed suffering from depression. We made recommendations to start an anti depressant. Follow up visits determined that the anti depressant was working as evidenced by increased participation in activities, improved appetite and better sleep.