Family Members Who Contact NNC Are Concerned About:

• A relative who takes many medications.
• The burden born by an elderly parent caring for the other parent.
• A fragile relative or friend who lives where there is no other family.

• a Registered Nurse to monitor a relative's care during or after a hospitalization for surgery or illness.
• a Registered Nurse to monitor recovery at home after Medicare and/or private insurance benefits no longer cover home care.
• appropriate moving and placement options
• A nurse to respond should a relative become ill – even at 3 a.m.
• an in-home assessment related to health and safety.
• Better communication with those caring for a relative.
• Brief health checkup to help folks stay well and stay home.
• In-home foot care.
• Daily phone calls when those who oversee care are away.

Attorneys And Trust Officers Who Contact NNC:

• Are concerned about continuity of care for clients with no family, family that lives hours away or travels frequently.
• Seek comprehensive, continuing, professional, yet personal, service for clients entrusted to their care.
• Prefer to work with a single, primary care Registered Nurse as opposed to various staff members at a nursing home, assisted living facility or group home.
• Appreciate the reduction in unpaid time spent on clients' health care needs.

Physicians, Nurse Practitioners and Nurses Who Contact NNC:

• Have a patient with a chronic illness or memory loss who has no family or whose family lives out of town or travels frequently.
• Have a patient who is isolated or not tracking well or unintentionally losing weight.
• Have a patient whose spouse or volunteer caregiver network has become inadequate or too exhausted to manage the burdens associated with complex medical regimes.
• Seek regular, reliable updates from a primary-care RN between office visits about the prescribed plan of care.
• Want an ongoing in-home assessment of a patient's response to a new medication or treatment.

Discharge Planners And Pastors Who Contact NNC:

• Are concerned about a client or church member's ability to care for themselves.
• Worry that the patchwork caregiver arrangement of family and community friends no longer provides needed continuity of care.
• Worry that a complex health care challenge may be more than an individual or couple can safely handle at home.
• Want a comprehensive safety assessment of the home environment of an individual or couple who have suffered a health or social loss.
• Want to be sure that community resources are used to fullest advantage before resorting to institutional placement.
• Are concerned about continuity of care for an individual being seen by several specialists.
• Want to be sure that rehabilitation continues after Medicare and/or private insurance benefits end.