Reutlinger Community for Jewish Living
Member: Anne Rosenthal
Title: Director, Community Services
Specialty: Geriatric Care Manager
Degreed: MA, Ph.D.
Licensed: CMC, MFT
Established: 1984
4000 Camino Tassajara
Danville, CA 94506-4711
Areas Served: California: Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, San Francisco Bay Region
Phone: 925-275-7161
Fax: 925-648-2801
Email: outreach@rcjl.org
Website: www.rcjl.org
General Comments:
Anne Rosenthal has been active as a professional in gerontology for the past thirty years. She established a comprehensive care management service in 1984 for the Jewish Home in Danville where she has worked since 1975.
Anne has been interviewed in several media including Parade, Diablo and Money Magazines, Bay Area Business Woman,CNN, NPR, Womenconnect.com, Oakland Tribune, San Francisco J, and San Francisco Chronicle for segments on care management. Other media activities include contributing articles on care management for The Family Advocate, a journal published by the American Bar Association and the Journal of Geriatric Care Management.
Anne has served on the national and regional executive boards of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers and serves on the speakers bureau of the Alzheimer's Association.
She has also presented numerous educational programs to various professional and trade groups including Chevron, the American Association of Certified Public Accountants, Fee Only Financial Planners and California Emergency Room Physicians. Anne Rosenthal is the author of "Working with Families", a chapter in The Handbook of Geriatric Care Management, Cathy Cress, ed., Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Anne is the recipient of the 1998 Rose Kleiner Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Professional Geriatric Care Management and the 2005 B.J. Curry Spitler Community Service Award for Outstanding Service to the Community.
Professional Organizations/Affiliations:
- National Association Professional Geriatric Care Managers (NAPGCM)
- Western Region Chapter, NAPGCM
- American Society on Aging
- California Association of Marriage Family and Child Therapists
- Bay Area Social Workers in Health Care
- East Bay Women's Forum
- Estate Planning Council of Diablo Valley
Services:
- Elder Care Consulting
- Care Management Service - for assessment of needs, assistance with identifying options available to foster independence, implementation, ongoing monitoring, coordination and follow-up provided to families.
- Out-Of-Area Assistance - including coordinated program of services and support.
- Assessments and Evaluation - of needs and coordination of services offered to help elders function independently.
- Consultations - for general assistance with long-term planning, placement and information and referral.
- Geriatric Counseling - for individuals and families learning to cope with stress which age-related illness or change may bring about.
- Home Health Service - including help with medication, dressing, and bathing by Licensed Home Health Aides, Vocational Nurses or Registered Nurses in conjunction with doctor's orders.
- Home-Maker Services - including shopping, cooking, cleaning and transportation services provided by experienced bonded and insured aides.
- Crisis Intervention - Psychotherapy - Advocacy
- Information and Referrals
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Long Term Care Insurance Counseling
