Alabama Care Planning Council
Find a Council Member Providing Care Management & Eldercare Resolution Services.
Use the search, map, or area links below (scroll down) to find help where you live in Alabama.
Caregiving Management & Eldercare Resolution
Northern Alabama
Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin, Marion, Lawrence, Winston, Limestone, Morgan, Madison, Marshall, Jackson, and Dekalb Counties
Although this area is temporarily without a member to assist you we can still help you with any concerns you may have. We can also put you in contact with various elder care services in Northern Alabama. Click here to Request Assistance from the Alabama Care Planning Council.
Central Alabama
Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Anniston, Auburn, Cullman, Gadsden, Jasper, Sylacauga, and surrounding areas
Although this area is temporarily without a member to assist you we can still help you with any concerns you may have. We can also put you in contact with various elder care services in Central Alabama. Click here to Request Assistance from the Alabama Care Planning Council.
Southern Alabama
Montgomery, Selma, Ozark, Dothan, and surrounding areas
Although this area is temporarily without a member to assist you we can still help you with any concerns you may have. We can also put you in contact with various elder care services in Southern Alabama. Click here to Request Assistance from the Alabama Care Planning Council.
Mobile Area
Mobile, Baldwin, and Escambia Counties
Although this area is temporarily without a member to assist you we can still help you with any concerns you may have. We can also put you in contact with various elder care services in the Mobile Area. Click here to Request Assistance from the Alabama Care Planning Council.
Click on the Map to Locate Services
Northern Alabama: Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin, Marion, Lawrence, Winston, Limestone, Morgan, Madison, Marshall, Jackson, and Dekalb Counties
Central Alabama: Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Anniston, Auburn, Cullman, Gadsden, Jasper, Sylacauga, and surrounding areas
Southern Alabama: Montgomery, Selma, Ozark, Dothan, and surrounding areas
Mobile Area: Mobile, Baldwin, and Escambia Counties
About Care Management
Services from care managers in Alabama should be something that every family takes advantage of, but in reality very few families use them. Qualified managers could go a long ways towards helping the family find better and more efficient ways of providing care for a loved one.
The concept is simple. The family hires a professional adviser to act as a guide through the maze of long term care services and providers. The care manager has been there many times. The family is experiencing it usually for the first time.
Hiring a care manager should be no different than hiring an attorney to help with legal problems or a CPA to help with tax problems. Most people don't attempt to solve legal problems on their own. And the use of professional tax advice can be an invaluable investment. The same is true of using an experienced manager.
Unfortunately there are too few care managers and the public is so poorly informed about the services of a care manager, that valuable resources that could be provided go lacking.
The irony of not using a care manager is that most families -- when given the opportunity to use these services -- think they can do it themselves and will not pay the money. Yet the services of a care manager most likely will save them considerably more money than do-it-yourself. The cost of the care manager might be only a fraction of the savings the manager could produce. Care management services can also greatly reduce family and caregiver stress and help eliminate family disputes and disagreements.
