Helping Family Caregivers to Find the Best Care Available and the Means to Pay for It

Informed Eldercare Decisions, Inc. is an independent, Massachusetts-based  private company dedicated to helping clients make the best care choices for parents and relatives, and to help them understand various funding alternatives to pay for care. 

Support for Family Caregivers

Due to the pressures of work, geographic distance, or other demands, it is not always possible for concerned family members to manage the many tasks involved in care giving.  Those not well acquainted with the fragmented service delivery system, often find it confusing and difficult to negotiate. The costs of such care can place a tremendous strain on the financial resources of those needing care, as well as those caring for them.

We will work with professionals of every specialty concerned with elder life planning including geriatric care managers, elder law attorneys, home care providers, health care facilities directors, financial advisors, clinical social workers and, nurses.

Recognizing that each family's caregiving needs are unique

We provide a  thorough assessment of each client family's caregiving needs, and create a care plan that addresses the full range of medical, emotional, financial, and legal issues.

For long-distance caregivers, we can also help to implement the care plan and monitors its effectiveness. Sometimes the most valuable service we provide is the peace of mind our services bring to our clients and their families, allowing them to proceed with their lives.

Bob O'Toole, President and Founder

 Bob O'Toole, LICSW, is an experienced Professional Geriatric Care Specialist, and an expert in private alternatives 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 two 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 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 Attorneys, 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, Northeastern University, the University of New Hampshire, and Stonehill College.