What is a SCA?

What is a Senior Care Advisor?

A SCA is a professional who assists clients, families, and caregivers to plan, manage, coordinate and evaluate care for older people. A SCA can oversee household, financial, legal, health, and psychosocial issues to increase quality of life and maintain independences for the client.

Facts

18% of seniors live alone, while 43% report feeling lonely on a regular basis. 27% of caregivers report that it impacts their lives negatively and 23% report their health as poor. Loneliness is associated with a higher risk of mortality, a quicker cognitive decline and a predictor of entering a nursing home.

Our Priorities

Our first priority is always the wellbeing of clients. Updating and communicating with the identified support system, families, friends, and caregivers regularly to reduce caregiver stress. As our loved ones age and are in need of more support, it is difficult to find the time, and understand the healthcare system to assure that their medical, physical, and psychosocial needs being met. This is even more stressful if you don’t live nearby; are they safe at home, are they enjoying social interaction, are they eating well, paying their bills, getting to their medical appointment, do they hear and understand their current health, options, chooses?