Helping Seniors Manage Their Independence
Elder Care and Daily Money Management...
Helping older adults manage their independence
Choices for Aging - Paperwork Solutions for Seniors
A message from the Founder

Laurie
Duncan		 As the owner and founder, I'm responsible for all company care services and our consultations on care options and costs. In 1976 I received a Master's in Health Care Administration from George Washington University and am a Certified Public Accountant.

My nursing home administrator's license qualified me to operate a nursing home, a rehabilitation agency and a retirement community - jobs which provided me an inside view of long term care.

It has been a privilege to work with seniors for nearly three decades, learning from them through their humor and their wisdom. It is also gratifying to work with attentive, dynamic colleagues who share my commitment to our mission:

Helping older adults manage their independence.
Laurie Duncan, CPA, MHCA
President & Founder
Choices for Aging, Inc. &
Paperwork SolutionsSM for Seniors
Our Staff
The strength of our services lies in a remarkable group of creative, caring and dedicated problem-solvers. The core of our service is our care management team - experienced and qualified practitioners:
Cathy Knight, RN, MBA, has 29 years nursing experience, seven as the Director of Nursing at a continuing care retirement community, and is a freelance writer for nursing journals.
Margaret Brown, LPN, has worked as an Alzheimer's care nurse at the Family Respite Center in Falls Church, VA and has had extensive experience in rehabilitative nursing.
Barbara Adams, MSW, has worked in mental health and conducted support groups at The Women's Center in Fairfax, VA.
Karen Hannigan, LCSW, has worked extensively with adult protective services and in the mental health field with seniors.
Additional staff members are care management assistants, daily money managers and our business manager.

Equipped with various college degrees as well as rich professional and volunteer experiences, each person is an important part of our care team.
How We Work with Clients -- An Example
  Mrs. C. asked us to help her with bill paying. After three years of seeing her every 2-3 weeks, her family asked us to arrange for personal caregivers in her home.

Even though we had a long-term relationship, we made a new assessment and updated our plan of care. Later we oriented the caregiver and provided employee supervision.

When costs escalated and living alone became unsafe, we introduced Mrs. C. to several assisted living facilities. The decision to move was a process - we presented summaries of each facility, served as a sounding board and expedited making a choice.

What was the outcome? Here is part of a letter we received from her granddaughter...
". . . thank you for providing my grandmother & family with support & professional guidance. Without your assistance, my grandmother's move from her home to assisted living would not have happened in the needed hour."