Robert O'Toole

Bob O'Toole, LICSW, is an experienced Professional Geriatric Care Specialist, and an expert in private alte atives to pay for the cost of long-term and chronic care. He is President of Informed Eldercare Decisions, Inc., a private company specializing in elder life planning.

He is founding member of a national network of social work and health care professionals known as the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers, and he is a former editor of the Geriatric Care Management journal.

Prior to founding Informed Eldercare Decisions, Bob worked for 10 years as a senior administrator in the Massachusetts Home Care System and for one of the leading private long term care consulting firms.

Bob has contributed chapters to three books on elder care and geriatric care management issues, and has written numerous articles on the delivery of elder care in the private marketplace. His articles have appeared in Geriatric Care Management journal, Compensation and Benefits Management, EAP Digest, Workspan, Health Insurance Underwriter and Inside Case Management.

An experienced speaker and workshop leader on elder caregiving issues, the impact of an aging society on the workplace and financing the costs of long-term care, O'Toole has been a speaker at the national conferences of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, National Academy of Elder Law Atto eys, National Private Duty Association, American Association for the Continuity of Care, & The Voluntary Hospitals of America among others.

Bob has also been a lecturer in gerontology at Boston University, Northeaste University, the University of New Hampshire and Stonehill College.

Informed Eldercare Decisions, Inc., provides the following services:

• Health, social & functional assessments to determine the services best suited for each individual.
• Care Planning and care management: arranging & monitoring home & community care, assisted living, nursing care facilities & other services.
• Support for family caregivers who live far from their parents or siblings.
• Advisory services to guardians and conservators.
• Counseling and assistance with methods of financing the high cost of long term care including: Long Term Care Insurance, Reverse Mortgages, Life Settlements and other long-term care financing strategies.

Informed Eldercare Decisions, Inc. is a private company dedicated to helping people make the best choices for long term elder care of their relatives. We are Experts in Long Term Care insurance and Elder Care planning.

450 Washington Street, Suite 108, Dedham, MA 02026-0428, USA
Phone 781-461-9637
Fax 866-776-9593