Having a nurse advocate to help navigate age-related health  challenges can reduce frustration and save time for seniors and their families.

Are you….

  • Concerned about health changes you are seeing in an older loved one?

  • Worried about the safety and well-being of an older family member?

  • Needing a nurse advocate at a medical appointments?

  • Concerned that you have no family in the area you can rely on?

About Optimal Aging

Optimal Aging is a nurse run senior care consulting and care management business. Working directly with seniors, loved ones and caregivers we identify care needs, provide senior care education and solutions.

 

Services include:

  • Comprehensive senior care assessments 

  • Family/Caregiver Support

  • Senior wellness visits

  • Healthcare Advocacy

Senior Care Assessments help identify:

  • Ability to perform activities of Daily Living (ADLs)

  • Capacity to perform Instrumental activities of Daily Living (IADLs)

  • What, if any, In-home or other care services are needed

  • Immediate care concerns

About Teresa Haldorson

Credentials:

  • Member of Aging Life Care Association (ALCA)
  • Presenter for Alzheimer’s Idaho Association
  • Member of Idaho Guardians and Fiduciary Association
  • Cardiac and Critical Care nurse Providence Medical Center
  • Director of Nursing at Lake Washington Institution of Technology
  • Tenure faculty member t Lake Washington Institution of Technology
  • Master’s in Nursing University of Washington
  • Bachelors in Nursing Linfield Nursing College

Expertise

30+ years of nursing experience with the seniors as a nurse, educator, family member and friend has expanded my understanding of the unique challenges older adults. The insurance-driven care models of the healthcare system today often do not answer needed questions.

About Teresa Haldorson

Credentials:

  • Master’s in Nursing. Member of Aging Life Care Association (ALCA)
  • Speaker for Alzheimer’s Idaho Association
  • Member of Idaho Guardians and Fiduciary Association
  • Member of Lifelong Education & Aging Resources Network, Boise, Idaho