Service
Private Geriatric Care Manager for Your Family
A private geriatric care manager — also called an aging life care professional — is the trained clinician you hire when your parent's care becomes bigger than the family can manage alone. Alenta serves families nationwide from our office in Spring House, Pennsylvania — in-person in Greater Philadelphia, and virtually anywhere in the U.S.
What's included
Comprehensive assessment
An in-home evaluation of medical, cognitive, functional, safety, financial, and family factors — the whole picture, not a checklist.
Provider coordination
One person owning the schedule: primary care, specialists, home care agencies, pharmacy, therapy, transportation.
Medical advocacy
We sit in on the appointments that matter, ask the questions your parent forgets, and make sure decisions actually get carried out.
Crisis response
Falls, hospital admissions, sudden decline — same-day pivot with a plan and a rehab pathway.
Housing decisions
Independent guidance on aging in place vs. assisted living vs. memory care — without any referral fees influencing our recommendation.
Family communication
Regular written updates so long-distance siblings, spouses, and adult kids are all working from the same page.
Is this right for you?
Any two of these means a call is worth your while.
- You're the primary contact for your parent's medical, financial, or daily life — and it's affecting your job, marriage, or health.
- You live more than 30 minutes away and can't drop everything for every appointment or crisis.
- There are three or more providers in the picture and no one is talking to each other.
- Your parent was just discharged from the hospital and no one explained what happens next.
- You suspect early dementia and don't know who to call first.
- Siblings disagree about what should happen — and someone needs to be the neutral professional in the room.
Care manager vs. home care agency
The most common mix-up. Both matter — they do different jobs.
Geriatric care manager (us)
- One clinician who plans and quarterbacks everything
- Assesses, coordinates, advocates, monitors
- Independent — no referral fees from anyone
- Hires and supervises home care on your behalf
- Sits in on doctor appointments
Home care agency
- Sends aides for hands-on help (bathing, meals, transfers)
- Bills by the hour or shift
- Rotating staff; agency schedules coverage
- Doesn't manage medical decisions or providers
- Doesn't attend appointments to advocate
Families with both a care manager and home care get the best outcomes. If you already have aides you like, we'll work with them.
Ready to hand this to someone who does it for a living?
One free, no-obligation 20-minute phone consultation with a care manager — not a salesperson. We return every call within one business day.