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What Our Clients Have To Say
About
The Eldercare Team
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Letters
from caregivers . . .
To
Whom It May Concern:
Words can't
possibly express my gratitude in all that Molly Shomer
has done for my family and me. This time last year
I didn't know what a Geriatric Care Manager was or how
desperately I needed one. My company put me in
touch with Molly and she has been a lifesaver (sometimes
daily) since our meeting. I will summarize the
highlights so this will be brief:
She -
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Directed me to books to read for more data. |
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Assisted with assessing my father so we could make sound
decisions about his future and safety. |
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of my father and possibly qualify for government
assistance. |
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Assisted with elder care physicians, how to have them be
the "heavy" with my father in accepting new
living arrangements. Understanding new
words/phrases the doctors use with respect to elder
patients. |
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Put me in touch with one of the top four facilities in
the country in getting a definite diagnosis. This
will enable us to not only receive the best care now,
but benefit from future developments as they occur. |
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Recommended me to specialists that know short cuts in
government assistance programs. |
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How to communicate with my father now that his
communications skills are failing. How to
understand what he is really saying when emotions are at
a peak. |
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Prioritizing changes that make the most sense.
When to do what, and who does it. |
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Helping to make all of the added responsibilities,
decisions, and demands of caring for my father
bearable. To keep my personal life somehow
balanced while his world was spinning out of
control. She has truly helped me keep my job by
making sense out of senseless things that I could not
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All of the
above are but the tip of the iceberg of what she has
done for us. The bottom line is, for the best care
for your family and yourself, hire her this
minute! Molly is worth many times over what she
charges for her services.
Cordially,
Brenda M.
I've never met Molly Shomer, but
she's on my eldercare team! I work the evening
shift, and my son stays with my mother. We can't
leave her alone any more, and we can't afford to hire
someone to stay with her. Whenever I think I'll go
crazy I can email Molly and she always has something to
say that helps.
We're going to take a vacation
this year! It's only 4 days, but it's the first
vacation we've had in three years. Molly helped me
find a way to pay for someone to stay with Mother, and
she told me how to get her a new wheelchair, too.
You'd think the doctors would tell you these things, but
they don't.
Veronica G.
Dear Molly,
Thank you so much for
making such a hard time just a little easier. I'm
still in shock that (name of assisted living facility)
wouldn't take her back, even though the medication was
working so well after they got it adjusted in the
hospital. She hasn't had a tantrum since she was
released. I don't know what we would have done if
you hadn't gotten involved so fast and helped us find
(name of new facility). I'm not too sure how Mom feels.
She's so confused by all the moves. Jan and I are
thrilled.
George P.
To Anyone Who
Might Be Inquiring About Molly Shomer,
Molly is a
miracle worker. My mother and father were to move
from their home in Florida to be closer to me, and Molly
helped me evaluate what kind of housing and services
would be best for them here. Four days before the move,
and five days before the house was to be sold, my father
became critically ill and went into the
hospital.
Molly helped me
arrange transportation, with oxygen, for my
mother. We had to leave my father behind in the
hospital.
Then Molly went
into overdrive. She arranged for an air ambulance
to pick up my father and bring him here as soon as it
was safe for him to fly. She helped get him
admitted to an excellent rehabilitation facility where
they took him directly from the plane. Door to
door. His feet never touched the ground.
Not long after
that he passed away. Molly helped us get the kind
of care he needed, and she helped us support my mother
through a horrible time. She's still
helping. She's worked with me to get Mom's Will
and her other legal things redone. She walked me
through finding new doctors, and she helped me learn
what I need to know about Mom's many
"conditions."
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