Transitions can be difficult.

You know from experience that transitions are stressful. That's true whether planned or not, whether happy occasions or sad. Below are the top dozen most stressful events according to the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale. Each involves a stressful transition.

You may have experienced one or more of these events and perhaps employed an expert to provide information and guidance. Wedding planners, birthing coaches, lawyers, life coaches, and physicians all assist in the process of transitions.

In many ways, care managers are transition coaches. We have helped families in emergent situations, such as:

• An injury/hospitlization  following a fall;
• A visit with a loved one reveals that he or she is more seriously ill than you thought;
• The serious illness or death of one parent that leaves the surviving parent vulnerable;
• The diagnosis of a serious illness that requires immediate care and/or future planning;
• Discharges from hospitals, rehabilitation facilities;
• Sudden change in level of functioning.

Other situations can be managed on a less urgent timetable:

• Considering a local move to a retirement community;
• Planning to move a family member to this area for care;
• Needing to find a new physician or specialist;
• Planning for discussions such as the need to stop driving;
• A realization that the care put in place, and perhaps amended time and again, is no longer sufficient;
• Needing to arrange for visits to check on the well-being of a loved one;
• Dissatisfaction with an assisted living facility or nursing home.

 If you are experiencing or anticipating one of these transitions, we encourage you to contact us to discuss your options.