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Author: Dr. Gema Hernández

Dr. Gema G. Hernández, the founder of Aging & Cultural Consultants, Inc. and Access Ready: Communities for Life program is the former Secretary of the Department of Elder Affairs in the State of Florida, a professor and management consultant to many organizations nationwide and a caregiver for her parents for 18 years.br>
Dr. Hernandez established Aging & Cultural Consultants, Inc. consulting firm to provide alternatives to nursing homes and to facilitate the creation of an elder friendly environment nationwide in which the private corporation understands the unique needs of its mature customers and uses that knowledge for entrepreneurial ideas to expand their businesses and to carve a niche for their companies in the mature adult market.

Success Is Measured One Caregiver At A Time

By Dr. Gema Hernández
  • Aging
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Legislation and Advocacy

Dr. Hernández discusses what successes are to the caregiver, how she feels they are unique to each caregiving situation and how the government sees it all. She also speaks about the caregiving initiative.

A Call To Action

By Dr. Gema Hernández
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Eldercare
  • Financial, Insurance, Legal Matters
  • Legislation and Advocacy

Dr. Hernández describes what Consumer Directed Care is about and how it could support caregivers who are caring for loved ones at home. This is an issue caregivers need to understand in order to better advocate for themselves.

Consumer Directed Care In Danger Of Extinction

By Dr. Gema Hernández
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Eldercare
  • Financial, Insurance, Legal Matters
  • Legislation and Advocacy
  • Long Term Care

Dr. Hernández describes what Consumer Directed Care can and has done. She also discusses why the government is not moving forward with it and what we as caregivers need to know about its value.

Diminishing Elder Power — The Discount Prescription Drug Plan

By Dr. Gema Hernández
  • Aging
  • Eldercare
  • Financial, Insurance, Legal Matters
  • Grandparenting

Medicare provides an opportunity to sign up for Prescription Drug Discount Plan for the elderly. The article lists pros and cons of the Plan.

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