For Vermont professionals and community organizations

Professional senior-care referrals: give a family one clear place to compare the next care step

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Professional referrals are welcome: discharge planners, social workers, elder-law professionals, fiduciaries and community organizations can direct a family to the help-at-home, senior-living or not-sure path. The initial request needs a town, broad care path, timing and a contact person. It should not contain diagnoses, medical records, medication lists, Social Security numbers, insurance documents or financial-account data. The family remains free to decline an introduction or contact public resources independently. Useful referral situations include comparing home support with a community, preparing for a discharge or rehabilitation transition, finding family-caregiver relief, widening a rural Vermont provider search, and organizing questions about costs and service categories. Anyone submitting a referral on a family's behalf should obtain appropriate permission first and use their own contact details if the family has asked them to coordinate.

Privacy-first handoff

Professional referrals start with routing facts, not a case file.

The initial request needs a town, broad care path, timing and a contact person. It should not contain diagnoses, medical records, medication lists, Social Security numbers, insurance documents or financial-account data.

Obtain appropriate permission before submitting another person’s contact information
Use your own contact details if the family has asked you to coordinate
Select “A friend or client” on the form
Let any later provider use its appropriate secure intake process
Call 911 for an emergency; do not rely on the form for urgent response

A limited first step

Professional referrals: share the basic request with appropriate permission.

The family remains free to decline an introduction or contact public resources independently.

Begin the request