Eldercaring Coordination Programs
Getting Started
Bringing Eldercaring Coordination to YOU
– Easy as One-Two-Three!
The court and professionals can initiate an eldercaring coordination program:
Step 1: Identify a Judge, Magistrate, Tribunal who can initiate a Court Order of Referral to Eldercaring Coordination, or attorneys or guardians/conservators who can bring the need to their attention.
Step 2: Identify a liaison/Program Administrator to oversee administrative duties of the program.
Step 3: Identify at least three professionals that meet the eligibility requirements for the Eldercaring Coordinator Training (meet all other qualifications to be an EC).
““The Eldercaring Coordinator can dispel hard-lined positions of parties by separating fact and fiction. It encourages conversation beyond each party’s ‘story’ and directs the focus to the elder’s wishes and needs and how to accomplish them within the family dynamic.””
The Eldercaring Coordination Initiative provides:
Forms and procedures
Support for Eldercaring Coordination Programs and Eldercaring Coordinators
Education for the court
Education for the public, professionals, and other stakeholders
Participation in ongoing research
Program Availability
AUSTRALIA
Relationships Australia
Nick Tebby, National Executive Officer at Nick Tebby at ntebby@relationships.org.au
UNITED STATES
California (Orange County)
Florida
Florida is the first state that enacted a statute on eldercaring coordination, 44.407, Florida Statutes, effective July 1, 2021.
There are eight programs covering 15 counties across the state included in the 5th, 7th, 9th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 17th, and 18th judicial circuits.
13th Judicial Circuit, Florida website or download their brochure
15th Judicial Circuit, Florida website
Eldercaring Coordinator Almanac developed by the Florida Dispute Resolution Center
For more information contact Linda Fieldstone, FLAFCC Initiative Co-Chair, at Lindafieldstone@outlook.com.
Idaho
Janet Caufield, 3rd Judicial District, Guardianship and Conservatorship Monitor at janet.caufield@canyoncounty.id.gov
Emese Maynard, 4th Judicial District, Guardianship and Conservatorship Monitor at emaynard@adacounty.id.gov
Maryland
Nolanda Kirby, MS, CCFC, Family Support Services Coordinator, Cecil County Circuit Court at Nolanda.kirby@mdcourts.gov
Michigan
info@miseniors.org or call (888) 341-8593
Michigan Eldercaring Coordination Brochure
Michigan Eldercaring Coordination Judges’ Flyer
Ohio
Marya Kolman, Manager, Supreme Court of Ohio Dispute Resolution Section
at marya.kolman@sc.ohio.gov
Superintendence Rules are here: Superintendence Rule 79
On Ohio Supreme Court web site, click on Directory of Court Dispute Resolution Programs for Court Dispute Resolution Directory and Eldercaring Coordination
Program Forms
The Eldercaring Coordination Initiative will provide you with all the forms necessary, which have been vetted by the Task Force Organizations and those involved in eldercaring coordination programs.
Examples:
Contact us for information about the standard forms used in eldercaring coordination programs, including the Court Order of Referral to Eldercaring Coordinator.
Legal Authority & Legislation
Family members who are in conflict, sometimes for many years, may not be motivated to begin working with each other, even for the sake of their aging loved one. The court order of referral to eldercaring coordination provides a degree of accountability for their participation in the process. But where do courts get their authority to refer families to eldercaring coordination?