About Case & Coldwell

Our goal is to offer eldercare advocates tools and resources that support increased knowledge, reduced assumptions, and improved outcomes using timely, accurate, and relevant information.

We want to see you succeed in your role, not burn out from chasing information when time is precious, or from feeling too awkward to weigh in on matters that impact your life as well.

We want to help build your sense of agency for making care decisions when necessary—difficult and easy ones—and not abandon self-care as you lean in to make a positive difference.

And, we encourage early action so that anxiety and worry won’t blow you off course when you find yourself in a storm. It’s not unlike preparing a go-bag and sharing an evacuation route. Taking simple actionable steps will help grow your confidence and ability to advocate for best outcomes. 

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For us, changes often came straight out of the blue. We all had to adapt. I credit my parents with being incredibly resilient. Turnovers in caregivers, living situations, cognitive and physical changes… all demanded focused oversight. I leaned in hard to stabilize what at times felt like spiraling outcomes. My sailor dad might have used “lost-at-sea” to define feelings of isolation and the lack of essential coordinates required to navigate an expanding sea of caregiving needs and providers.

It became apparent that medical providers and their systems need guidance from us too. When unaware of shifting resources outside their clinics, doctors cannot appreciate how much—or how little—solid ground patients and their advocates stand on. And that can lead to assumptions… on both sides of patient care. I learned whenever assumptions influenced decision making, best outcomes were at risk.

You hear, "It takes a village," to raise children. The same is often true at the other end of life's journey. The blessings may not be immediately revealed, but know you make a positive difference when you take care of yourself while advocating for best outcomes.

Before you return home...

I was fortunate to have learned dementia caregiver training from the best! I was a certified Positive Approach to Care (PAC) Trainer from 2019 to 2022, and a PAC Consultant in 2022.

Teepa Snow’s programs provide priceless insights to working with someone living with degenerative brain change. To learn more about her and her methods visit TeepaSnow.com.