LifeCare for Seniors is the leading Care Management Organization in Birmingham. Our Care Management services are designed to ease burden and help families make informed decisions through a holistic, client-centered approach while preserving dignity and independence for the person receiving care.
“Our mission is to support, educate and provide on-going expertise and resources to our clients and their families through compassion, guidance and understanding,” says Christy Baynes, the firm’s founder and CEO. “We are committed to helping our clients achieve their best quality of life while living with a chronic illness.”
“Working with families, our expertise provides the answers at a time of uncertainty,” says Taylor Crane, the vice-president of operations for LifeCare for Seniors. “We guide our families to the actions and decisions that ensure quality care and an optimal life for those they love, thus reducing worry, stress and time off of work for family caregivers.”
The caring, well-trained staff at LifeCare for Seniors can assess the client’s current needs and help the client and the client's family create a plan for current needs or a plan for the future.
They can also help educate caregivers, help clients and families plan for crisis care, and connect families with other resources, including help with care related services, home safety equipment, legal and financial matters and much more.
LifeCare for Seniors is also a proud woman-owned business, and nearly 90% of the staff members are women.
“All of the wonderful women on our staff have servant’s hearts and use their expertise as well as compassion to guide our clients and their families towards a solution,” Crane says. “To our team, it’s personal!”
Baynes started the company when her professional and personal experience showed her the need for true continuity of care focused on the whole person, because care doesn’t stop when a patient walks out of the hospital.
"Care is our calling, not our job," Baynes says. "Our own families and loved ones have endured many of the same hardships and challenges that our clients face.
"We choose team members with the right educational background, years of expertise in the industry, personal experience and – most importantly – the heart and passion to serve our clients and their families," she says.
Our care managers are skilled, experienced professionals with backgrounds in nursing, social work, gerontology, rehabilitation, and other related fields who share a passion for improving quality of life and reducing stress for families caring for older or medically complex adults. Our Care Management and Clinical team have over 300 years of combined experience working with older adults and persons facing complex care challenges. Our team offers a multidisciplinary approach to meeting our clients’ on-going care needs.
“Our expertise includes dementia care, in-home care, home health, adult day care, support groups, assisted living and memory care assisted living, skilled nursing, and palliative and hospice care,” says Taylor Crane.
The work the staff does at LifeCare for Seniors is very gratifying.
"The majority of the time, our clients or their families come to us lost, overwhelmed or in crisis because the healthcare industry is so complicated, lacks unified communication, or there are just too many choices," Crane says. "On top of all of that, caring for a loved one is emotional. We get to meet our clients at whatever stage they are at in their care and relieve them of their stress and burden so they can be family. To do what we do, you have to have a bleeding heart, but being able to see the relief that our service brings to our clients and their families is reward enough."
LifeCare for Seniors offers Concierge Care Management in Central Alabama and the Auburn/Opelika area.
LifeCare for Seniors has also recently been approved to provide free Dementia Care Services through Medicare’s new program, The Guide Model. The Guide Model offers care coordination and management, caregiver education and support, and respite services. GUIDE is available at no out-of-pocket cost to patients with traditional Medicare. LifeCare for Seniors services the entire state of Alabama for The Guide Model. Call us to see if you or a loved one is eligible!
LifeCare for Seniors has tremendous expertise in caring for patients with dementia.
“Dementia care and support have always been at the forefront of our company’s focus," Crane says. “Most of our care managers have worked decades with persons living with dementia.”
In fact, the firm is the first Teepa Snow PAC® (Positive Approach to Care®) Designated Organization in the state.
“Our organization incorporates PAC®’s training and techniques in our staff training, family education and community outreach," Crane says.
For more information about LifeCare for Seniors, call 205-848-8400 or go to lifecareforseniors.com.
