Ninety minutes of telephone, home or office-based consultation with Monica Nowakowski-Carlson, a Bay Area expert on family caregiver issues and geriatric mental health. Her 25 years of experience includes working with and consulting to Bay Area organizations that provide hospice care, community mental health and geriatric services. Recently of note, in March 2009 she was an expert guest on KQED’s public radio program Health Forum with Michael Krasney and November 2007 Orinda News featured her business. She is a Cal Grad (MSW'85). 

If you or someone you know is responsible for or caring about an elder, Monica can assist. You may be trying to maintain your loved one at home as long as possible, considering a move to care facility or concerned about depression or dementia. Even long-distance caregiving has its challenges and stresses. You may be a professional such as fiduciary, estate planner, psychotherapist, or real estate agent seeking expertise with a client who has complex family ties. A collaborative team approach eases late-life transitions. This ninety-minute consultation includes a comprehensive psychosocial assessment, recommendations, and referrals. Consultation can be with individual or family.

Affiliation with:

1.     Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Geriatric Psychiatry In-patient  Services

2.    Family Caregiver Alliance, San Francisco – contracted mental health provider  www.caregiver.org 

3.    Bay Area Community Services, Oakland’s Adult Day Care – contracted support group facilitator www.bacs.org