We are The Caring Connection, P.C. - a clinical social work and counseling company offering a range of professional services including:

We serve the suburban Chicago (Kane, NW Cook, DuPage, DeKalb counties) and the Rockford Metro Areas. Our Clinical Associates have expertise in business, health care and social services. The next few pages will give you more information about our professional services and how we can serve you and your family. It is my hope that we will have the opportunity to work together in the near future.

What we do: 
Our clinical services associates have a wide range of professional interests and experience in the areas of Counseling and Coaching, Eldercare and Disability, and Social Security Disability Representation. We offer Assessment Services to assist the family in determining their care needs; Care Planning to provide a "road map" to guide them through the service delivery system; Implementation and advocacy to make sure the process works for the benefit of the patient and caregiving family; and follow up Care Monitoring to assure that quality services are available when needed.

Following an assessment, many families find that our Caregiver Coaching Services are needed, often just to explain what's going on, in plain English. We help the family become better and more savvy healthcare consumers. Our Eldercare and Disability Services have an important family support component, too. 1 in 8 people over the age of 65 need/receive home health care. If it weren't for family caregivers, almost all of the current homebound population of elders and disabled (all ages) would need institutional care at a cost of over $200 billion per year. We help families understand and cope.

Help! I have an Impossible Parent! 
Not everyone was raised by Ward and June or Ozzie and Harriet. Personality traits and habit patterns (both good and bad) tend to amplify with the aging process. This is often a challenge for the adult child who must now be a care provider to a difficult and resistant parent. We coach the caregiver and support the family of the Impossible Elder during this time of life transition.

What about people who need more? 
When interpersonal relationships are not healthy, everyone in the family suffers. Sometimes individuals and families have relationship problems that require more time and effort. We provide psychotherapy services to help heal hurting people and their families. For the homebound elder, we do house calls. For the family member, individual, family and group psychotherapy is offered at our office. We accept Medicare and all major insurance plans.