It seems the health industry is catching on to what we have been saying all along. In 2007 when we founded Transitioning Adults plus we established a core of Transition Coaches to help older adults and their families make the right decisions rather than wait for the crisis based ‘only option’. Now we learn that hospital systems are beginning to see the benefit of the services we have offered all along.

“Gwinnett Medical and WellStar Health System, both in Atlanta, use transition coaches to help guide patients through discharge and follow up. A transition coach may go with the patient to a doctor visit and follow up with calls. In addition, patients receive their personal health records and can call coaches with questions after they leave the hospital.” Read more  (FierceHealthcare)

If help with the transitions caused by illness or aging decreases hospitalizations after you have been in the hospital what would happen if families became proactive in seeking the right services and settings for life before chronic illness or falling became an issue?
Check out our easy iTAP program that gives you access to Care Liaisons (yep – we used to call them Transition Coaches) on an ongoing basis to help you prevent some of the negative and expensive effects of not knowing your care options.
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