Older Adult Program

Our Older Adult Program offers two unique options for hospital partners to reduce financial losses and staff burnout related to hard-to-discharge seniors who lack the capacity to provide informed consent due to declines in physical and/or mental well-being.

Older Adult Guardianship Services: Serving unbefriended patients and the facilities that care for them. Unbefriended patients are patients who have no written outline of their care preference (Advance Directives) and no identified “surrogate”, such as family members or friends, to assist in medical decision-making when needed. Our team assists hospital and nursing home administration by collaboratively working with staff in order to prepare to petition the court to establish guardianship allowing LFSRM to move patients to an appropriate care setting, and to provide support to address social determinants of health which reduce future unnecessary hospitalizations. Ultimately, ensuring that necessary hospitalizations do not result in further losses to the hospital due to lack of a decision maker.