What services does IKOR® provide?
IKOR® offers a variety of services to effectively address every medical, environmental and psycho-social need of seniors and the disabled. Our comprehensive solution involves services such as Patient Advocacy, Professional Guardianship of person or property or both, needs assessment and care recommendations, financial management and routine bill payment services.
How does your service work?
We begin our work with a detailed interviewing and assessment process to understand our client’s needs. This first step may include a meeting with the client and their family members.
Objective information is collected through the initial assessment and used to formulate recommendations that address the emotional and physical needs of our clients; as well as the living arrangements that might work best within the limitations we have found
The RN Patient Advocate then creates and puts into action both short-term and long-term strategic plans. These plans often include the team efforts of the Personal Needs Coordinator.
The IKOR® team continues to monitor services being rendered to make sure that our clients continue to receive high quality of service and support, and proactively recommend modifications when needed.
To whom does IKOR® provide services?
IKOR® 's services are available for elderly , ill, injured, or disabled adults as well as for children with disabilities
IKOR® provides critical advocacy services to those condition may require ongoing care or those diagnosed with chronic health conditions. IKOR® is appointed by numerous court to serve as professional guardians of those who are unable to make their own decisions due to health issues.
IKOR® provides services for families who do not live near their loved ones and may worry about the quality of care received or the living conditions of an elderly relative. For families with differing opinions on what is best for their loved one, IKOR® provides an objective opinion and specific goals For parents who are facing the challenges of meeting the everchanging needs of a severely disabled child , IKOR® provides experienced guidance and advocacy throught the health care and educational systems
Who provides these services?
All IKOR® advocacy services are provided by a team of Registered Nurse Patient Advocates, each with a minimum of 10 years of extensive nursing management and experience. Many staff members hold additional certifications or advanced degrees enhancing their expertise in the needs of the elderly and disabled.
IKOR® Personal Needs Coordinators work in tandem with the RN Patient Advocate to effectively address the day to day “living” needs of our clients. Every PNC staff member has a financial background and directs such aspects as the sale of property and real estate, coordination of household repairs and home modifications, assuring the availability of appropriate life items, and day to day bill pay.
What makes IKOR® different?
IKOR® is different from other service providers. At IKOR® the information and guidance are provided by a highly-skilled, single source and by a neutral party with whom both client and family members can feel comfortable.
At IKOR® our RN Patient Advocates listen to your needs, goals, personal wishes, and give you specific information on different care options that will work for you. You will be able to make well-informed decisions through a care plan designed for you. We address every medical, environmental and psycho-social need and offer comprehensive solutions to ensure quality of life without compromise for our clients.
Unique to the IKOR® process is - providing the maximum quality of service within a cost conscious platform.
We provide access to our proprietary Datikor™ software*, a web-based case management and reporting system for clients and their family members. It helps access the real time most up to date global medical information whenever you want, wherever you want through access to the internet.
Patient Advocacy
What is patient advocacy?
Patient advocacy refers to speaking on behalf of a patient in order to protect their rights and help them obtain needed information and services. The role of patient advocate is frequently assumed by nurses, social workers, and other healthcare providers
*Source: Wikipedia
Why should I use IKOR® Patient Advocacy services?
Knowledge
IKOR® RN Patient Advocates listen to families about the issues that concern them, and provide them in that first conversation with some general knowledge or information. Using our many years of collective clinical nursing experience to educate and guide the client and their family we have routinely proven that we have the knowledge to handle your concerns
Experience
IKOR® RN Patient Advocates have significant professional experience and bring that experience to bear through client education and guidance from our very first day of involvement. After our initial contact our IKOR® client families often relate thoughts such as: “ you’re just what I have been looking for” or “ you really know what you’re doing”. We believe you will find that we have experience in finding solutions to your specific issues as well.
Ability to get the job done
The most common questions/ concern we hear is- “ I’m not sure how to get my mom to let you help us. She’s very resistant to letting us do anything”. We tell families that we have had hundreds of clients from all walks of life and with all kinds of problems. Through these years, we have had exactly 1 client that we could not reach and work with. Because we’re nurses first, our clients view us in a similar light to any medical professional and they bond with us very quickly, looking to us for answers and support. Given this extensive track record of success, it is very likely we can reach your family member and succeed in working well with them.
Rapid Response
Families usually wait until things are unbearable, and so one of the big questions families have is how quickly can you see my loved one? We have been able to respond usually within the week, and many times with a day or two if a crisis has occurred.
Cost
Because the IKOR® Agreement is presented as a menu of services determined by the family or person, we can work within a families budget.
Guardianship And Power Of Attorney
What is guardianship
Courts can appoint a person or organization as a guardian of person and or guardian of property or both to makes major life decision for those individuals who are otherwise unable to make their own decisions or incapable of handling their own affairs due to physical/mental illness or disability.
What is guardianship of person?
This appointment enables a guardian to select medical treatments, choose the proper place for the person to live and make other choices about other living needs of the ward.
What is guardianship of property?
ThisThis appointment puts the Guardian in charge of money, bank accounts, investments, homes and other real estate owned by the incapacitated person .Among the their many responsibilities the Guardian must make sure routine monthly bills are paid on time, checkbooks are balanced and insurance claims are submitted for reimbursement and making sure the individual receives all the financial benefits to which they are entitled, such as Social Security Medicare, Medicaid, disability, insurance and pensions.
What is power of attorney?
A power of attorney is a document that allows you to appoint a person or organization and delegate legal authority to make property, financial, legal decisions for the principal.
