Growing old is an inevitable part of life.
Make it as positive an experience as you can.

If you are a senior, Caroline and Preparing for Care can be a powerful advocate for you, making sure that your dignity, independence, and quality of life are respected. 

If you have an aging parent, Caroline and Preparing for Care can help you navigate through a minefield of choices, and balance the needs of the aging parent and the adult children.

Find the help your family needs.

Instead of allowing the tolls of aging to force painful and difficult decisions upon your family, allow her experience and skills to help you lay in place the framework so that the final years of the senior’s life can be spent with dignity and respect, enjoying the company of their family, and knowing that their future is planned.

Professional caregivers and Business Professionals,
let us be your trusted resource.

If you are a caregiver, community organization, church, or health care provider, Caroline Bell can be a powerful resource for your clients.

If you are a businessperson or a human resources professional concerned about the price that caring for a senior parent is exacting on your workforce, consider a strategic partnership with Caroline Bell and Preparing for Care, allowing them to augment your existing Employee Assistance Program with senior care guidance.  Give your employees the peace of mind that will help them to be more productive, and will show them you care.

Regardless of your role, Caroline Scranton Bell’s total life experience makes Preparing for Care uniquely qualified to help ensure that the seniors and family members in your life, workplace, and community can move through the twilight years smoothly.  Let her help weave memories of gold as you move through their Golden Years together.

We provide the services to help facilitate the aging process.

The following is a list of some of the critical steps that a family should complete in the process of determining the best option for senior care.

• Gather all necessary family members together and assist to get a consensus of what the issues are with your Parent. This quick action can save careers and jobs; you can focus on work knowing your Senior parent is receiving the proper care.
• Match appropriate services to assessed needs. Start with the appropriate action the first time, avoiding the wasted time and frustration that can come from trial and error and duplication of service.
• Maximize Seniors Benefits. Determine what benefits, such as Veterans Administration, that they are entitled to.
• Establish a long term plan. The peace of mind this provides can slow the rate of decline, which reduces the overall cost of care both short term and long term.
• Set a financial plan in place so that there are no surprises in the future, and needs are able to be met.
• Reduce travel for long-distance caregivers by minimizing emergencies. This allows adult children to spend quality time with their parents instead of dealing with crisis management.
• Reduce care-giver stress. Family caregivers on average spend $4,766 more for their own health-care because of increased stress.
• Work within the family to distribute tasks appropriately so that one sibling is not carrying the entire load – even when one or more of the adult children live far away.
• Coordinate with case managers to eliminate unnecessary medications and treatments.
• Provide oversight to minimize the exposure to financial abuse, scams, and other fraudulent activities.
• Leverage strategic partnerships with providers to ensure the highest quality of care at the best value. No more picking caregivers randomly from the yellow pages.

Regardless of your role, Caroline Scranton Bell’s total life experience makes Preparing for Care uniquely qualified to help ensure that the seniors and family members in your life, workplace, and community can move through the twilight years smoothly.  Let her help weave memories of gold as you move through their Golden Years together.