Partners at Living Successfully

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Partners at Living Successfully
The PALS Assurance

• Providing continuous preventative care
  coordination

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Support Data

• By the year 2010, the number of persons over the
  age of 85 will be increasing at a rate three to
  four times greater than the growth rate of the
  general population
• The failure to recognize the early symptoms of
  disease, lack of frequent visits by health care
  providers, and isolation of the elderly can
  result in compounded illnesses and longer
  hospital stays, earlier admission for long-term
  health care, as well as higher recidivism rates.
  
• PALS interdisciplinary program help break this
  cycle.
• Insurance companies spend billion each years on
  long-term care of individuals who do not fully
  necessitate the services.

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Our Mission - Prevention

• The goal of Partners at Living Successfully
  is to provide continuous preventative care
  coordination, combined with state of the art high
  tech health care services to help keep clients
  safe, comfortable and constantly strive for and
  maintain optimal good health of every client.
  Coordination will be made with community, state,
  federal and private resources in a comprehensive
  manner addressing all facets of a clients
  health and welfare needs.
• Early assessment and early identification of
  needs, stressing early intervention.

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Our Market

• PALS will begin by offering services in the State
  of Florida with plans to expand Nationally
  within 12 months of Florida start-up operations
• The Senior population in the State of Florida,
  now at 17 (or 2,957,000) is projected to
  increase to 27 (or 4,697,000) within the next
  10 years

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Aging

• Studies by the National Institute of Aging
  indicate that healthy eating, physical activity,
  mental stimulation, not smoking, active social
  engagement, moderate use of alcohol, maintaining
  a safe environment, social support, and regular
  health care are important in maintaining health
  and independence.
• The PALS Assurance Team of professionals assists
  and advocates clients to maintain a healthy
  balance for optimal good health.

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PALS CombinesState of the Art Care

• Case Management with Individual Customized
  Lifes Goal Plan
• High Tech Health Care Products Services with
  Feel Good Concierge type services
• On-Going Client Evaluation of Health and
  Financial Status with Bi-Annually Updated
  Assessments
• Blending of Local / Governmental Resources with
  Private Financial Resources

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How PALS can help?

• Over half of the senior population have
  depression issues. Depression can lead to poor
  self-care. PALS team of professionals will help
  with maintain Activities of Daily Living.
• PALS utilizes the latest psychological assessment
  tools to help identify depression. An
  individualized plan of treatment will be
  developed in conjunction with the patients
  physician that will help alleviate depression.
• PALS can provide seniors with the emotional
  support they need in the later stages of life.
• PALS can also help with identifying
  emotional/mental disorders that require treatment
  or professional care
• PALS can assess and monitor overall health and
  well-being telephonically and with a professional
  visit.

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Nutritional Services

• PALS offers a full nutritional evaluation
  initially and then every four month or more
  frequently if needed
• PALS will help identify home meal delivery
  service and work with local food vendors as well
  as coordinate with Meals-on-Wheels and other
  programs.
• Home health aides or participants in companion
  care can help with light grocery shopping and
  meal preparation.
• Frail elderly in the community, in nursing homes
  or in hospitals are at increased risk of
  malnutrition. In many instances, their existing
  nutritional disorders go unrecognized and
  adversely affect their health, ability to
  overcome disease, and so is associated with poor
  clinical outcome.

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Medical Equipment

• PALS will work with local providers to ensure the
  highest quality and lowest priced medical
  equipment.
• We will offer in home as well as telephonic
  assessments to determine when such devices are
  necessary.
• PALS staff will be experienced in financial and
  insurance matters and provide assistance with the
  necessary paperwork.
• Since hearing and vision decline as we age it is
  essential that our elders have the necessary
  hearing and vision care that they need. PALS can
  provide screenings, as well as references to
  local vision and hearing specialists that will
  come to the home.

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Concierge Services

• The fastest growing segment of health care
  services is Concierge Services.bringing every
  possible convenience and service to a clients
  door step
• We will also work in conjunction with community
  resources to assist in providing Feel Good
  services to clients, such as meal delivery, salon
  services, and companion care.
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Home Safety Evaluations

• Evaluate the home safety environment and make
  recommendations to decrease the risk of injury
  for the elderly
• MEDICATION MANAGEMENT
• Offers a comprehensive report of all meds and
  their side effects. Assists seniors with avoiding
  dangerous drug interactions, wrong doses, and
  expired over the counter medications.

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Financial and Legal Assistance

• As the cost of medical and other forms of elderly
  care services continues to escalate, maximizing
  and extending client resources becomes
  imperative. Meeting these rising costs can be
  particularly burdensome for elders on fixed
  incomes, or on their caregivers financially.
• The PALS Team of professionals can advise on
  methods to maximize client financial
  resources/benefits while minimizing costs.

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Home Health Care Aides in Conjunction with
Local Agencies
PALS Assurance Team of Professionals will fully
evaluate clients initially and will periodically
stay abreast of their changing circumstances. The
PALS computer software stays current with State,
Federal and local benefits programs to help
defray costs of long-term health care.

• National studies have shown that 95 of those age
  75 and older prefer to stay in their current
  residence for as long as possible.

• Keepjng clients independent in their ADLs is our
  expertise

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What do we provide?

• Life Goals Plan
• HIGH TECH DATA Services that incorporate all
  community and state services eligibility
• Continuous preventative care management
• Companionship and Homemaking Services
• Housekeeping
• Home Health Care
• Legal Assistance
• Medication Management
• Meal Preparation
• Nursing Homes
• Personal Emergency Response
• Discount/Membership/Affinity Card
• Recreational Activity Referrals
• Daily TLC phone call Service available

• Telephonic Monitoring
• Adult Day Care
• Assisted Living Facilities
• Care Planning Management
• Durable Medical Equipment
• Financial Planning
• Hearing Aids
• Mental health
• Nutritionist
• Home safety evaluations
• Home health care visits by nurses, physicians, or
  other allied health professional
• Providing primary care to prevent secondary and
  tertiary care plans
• Personal Health Record
• Insurance Claims Assistance

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Care Planning and Management

• Assist in scheduling of appointments with primary
  care doctors, specialists and other providers of
  care for the elderly
• Arrange for transportation to medical
  appointments
• Assist with implementing treatment plans
• Speak with medical providers to enhance
  understanding of elder care plans and to
  communicate concerns

• Participate in family/healthcare provider care
  meetings and provide caregiver support
• Provide education about safe use of medications
  and create an easy system for taking and
  refillingprescriptions

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Office and Operations

• A central office with an easy to remember toll
  free number will be staffed by social workers,
  RNs, and care coordinators. A friendly
  attentive staff will receive specialized training
  in assessing and addressing clients needs, aided
  by cutting edge computer soft ware.
• A Comprehensive Assessment will be fed into a
  computer that will determine a clients initial,
  as well as on going needs with recommendations
  for solutions to these needs, an individualized
  life goals plan will be formulated.
• PALS will make referrals for services to approved
  businesses and professionals that participate in
  the PALS network (through sub-contract,
  partnership or joint venture).

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The PALS Smart Card

• Clients will be given a membership card which
  will contain access to their health history
  (allergies, medications, physicians, advance
  directives, etc) and will be usable as a Discount
  Cared for many health related services
• For Long Term Insurance clients, it will include
  the name and phone number of their Long Term Care
  Insurance carrier.

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Bright Futures TechnologyPALS Partnerships

• PALS offers a personal emergency response system
  allowing seniors to receive the fastest response
  to medical emergencies. In addition, PALS will
  provide a personal health history data service
  for clients to maximize treatment benefits, and
  minimize mistakes, poor health history on
  admission, and poly pharmacy or medication
  errors.

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Long Term Care Referral

• Most long term care referrals originate from
• Patient
• Relative / Friend of Patient
• Hospital Social Worker / MD
• Discharge Planner
• Delaying early admission to long term care will
  save approximately 4,500.00 monthly (depending
  on the type of benefits of LTC policy)

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Marketing Strategies

• Long Term Care Insurance Companies (Sales /
  meeting presentations)
• Social Workers and MDs (via industry journals)
• Private Individuals and family members (via
  television, radio, and other media)