Health Resources

Community Care Management Program

Health Resources is a private community care management program that specializes in assisting older people, individuals with chronic disease and their families with daily and long-term care arrangements.  Health Resources provides guardianship services as well as the coordination of medical care.  The program is staffed by Rhonda Trader, R.N., M.S.  Rhonda has been a health care professional for more than 20 years. She is a registered nurse with experience in acute, long-term care and community settings. She holds a Master of Science in Health Administration degree and has done postgraduate work in gerontology and care management.

Who Can Benefit?

Anyone with chronic health problems or difficulty managing daily needs.  Persons exhibiting several of the following problems/symptoms may be appropriate candidates for the services offered by Health Resources:

• History of non-compliance with a medical health plan;

• Six or more visits to the Emergency Room or physician within the last year;

• Inpatient hospitalizations within the last year;

• Significant weight loss and/or gain between visits;

• Occurrence of falls – lives alone;

• Individuals with little or no social or family support system and caregiver breakdown;

• Age 85+;

• Difficulty managing bills and/or appointments;

• Significant memory loss;

• Significant hygiene/self-care problems;

• Need for assistance with three or more activities of daily living;

• Three or more chronic health problems;

• Abuse issues;

• A score of 25 or less on the mini-mental status exam;

• Repetition of same thing/thought over and over.

Services Provided

• Comprehensive assessments.

• Screen, arrange and monitor in-home help and other services.

• Assume short-term, interim or ongoing assis­tance for long distance or in-town caregiver.

• Review and coordinate medical, legal and financial issues with appropriate services.

• Provide crisis intervention.

• Act as liaison for families with monthly status updates.

• Provide ongoing communication with personal physician accompanying to appointments when appropriate.

• Assist in placement of individual at appropriate level of support.

• Provide consumer education and advocacy.

• Ongoing screening, health education and intervention.

• Offer counseling and support.

Related Services Also Available

Bill Paying Services

A bonded service that takes care of ongoing financial needs for those clients who no longer wish to deal with their monthly bills and/or are no longer capable of doing so.

Daily Calls

Prearranged calls to assure everything is all right. Call can serve as a reminder for medication or appointments, etc.

Guardian Angel program

A state-certified nonprofit guardianship service able to provide both guardianship of the person and of the estate.  Personal Emergency Response Systems Lifeline and Response Ability Units are available.

Home Health Programs

Referrals made to appropriate Medicare certified agency which in turn will make further assessment to determine level of service needs.

For more information about the Health Resources Program at Lakeshore CAP, please call (920) 683-2727 or (800) 924-0510 between 8AM-5PM or email Rhonda Trader at rtrader@lakeshorecap.org.

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