SERVICES

Comprehensive Aging Life Care, Coordinated by One Trusted Professional

Schedule your healthcare advocacy consultation with Melissa Swiontek, OTL, ALCM®, CDP® — serving Portland Westside families.

Caring for an aging parent while running your own life?

Most adult children find themselves suddenly responsible for an aging parent — while juggling careers, kids, and their own lives. 90% of seniors want to age in place, but only 15% are properly prepared to do so.

The right professional bridges that gap.

Healthcare Advocate. Aging Life Care Manager®. Geriatric Care Manager. Same role — different labels.

You might find Melissa described as a Healthcare Advocate (the most common everyday term), an Aging Life Care Manager® (the credential, granted by the Aging Life Care Association), or a Geriatric Care Manager (the older, more clinical term still used by many hospitals and insurance companies). All three describe the same thing: a trained professional who guides aging adults and their families through the healthcare system, builds personalized care plans, coordinates with doctors, and advocates for your loved one when nobody else will.

If you're searching for any of those three — you're in the right place.

Our Core Services

Aging Life Care Management®

Holistic, client-centered care coordination for families navigating dementia, complex medical needs, or the steady demands of aging — with one trusted point of contact.

Fall Prevention & Home Safety

OT-led home safety assessments that identify fall risks before they become injuries. Beaverton, Tigard, Lake Oswego, and across the Westside.

Caregiver Education & Training

In-home training for family caregivers covering safe transfers, medication management, dementia communication, and fall prevention basics.

Fair, flexible, and up-front pricing

No hidden fees. No predatory tactics. We discuss costs honestly at your consultation and adjust your care plan as your needs evolve.

What to Expect

Additional Support Services

Communities We Serve

Westside specialists delivering in-home care across:

We also serve Portland proper and Vancouver, WA. Not sure if your loved one's location is on our regular route? Call (503) 201-9711 — we'll let you know.

Frequently Asked Questions

An Aging Life Care Manager® is a trained professional who guides families through the complexities of aging — assessing needs, building a personalized care plan, coordinating with doctors and home health providers, navigating insurance and crises, and acting as a steady advocate when families can’t be present.

A hospital case manager works for the hospital and focuses on discharging your loved one safely. An Aging Life Care Manager works for your family across the entire continuum of aging — before, during, and after a crisis — bringing clinical expertise and continuity that a single-event case manager can’t.

Aging Life Care Management is a private-pay service and is not billed through Medicare. Some long-term care insurance policies do reimburse for care management; we can help you check.

Most families begin with a free phone consultation. From there, we typically schedule an in-home assessment to understand your loved one’s situation in their environment — the way they actually live. Call (503) 201-9711 to schedule.

Looking for a Medical Alert System?

We recommend StackCare. StackCare uses discreet motion sensors and AI to learn each person's behavior and activity patterns, sending direct notifications to a caregiver's phone. No cameras, no microphones, nothing to wear, and no batteries to change. Simple to install, delivered in 1–2 business days.