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Alicea Ardito, a Therapist with We Care Management, is a Licensed Master of Social Work and a certified Aging Life Care Manager. She is currently a Supervisee in Social Work working toward clinical licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia. She has been working with older adults for more than ten years with clinical focus on […]
Alicea Ardito, a Therapist with We Care Management, is a Licensed Master of Social Work and a certified Aging Life Care Manager. She is currently a Supervisee in Social Work working toward clinical licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
She has been working with older adults for more than ten years with clinical focus on depression, anxiety, grief and loss, and physical and emotional pain. Her background includes working with a community mental health team serving older adults with severe mental illness, coordinating social services in assisted living and long term care settings, with hospice, and as a geriatric care manager. She is passionate about educating others on aging well, and can provide expert advice on resources available to older adults and how to navigate the complex web of care options.
In addition to older adults, Alicea provides psychotherapy and counseling to adults of all ages. She is a firm believer in holistic, comprehensive care. She has completed mastery training in hypnotherapy and can provide clients with brief hypnotic psychotherapy to enhance healing and therapeutic process. Alicea specializes in utilizing hypnotherapy with clients for cessation of negative behaviors, facilitating positive change, weight loss, anxiety/phobias, and for non-pharmaceutical management of pain.
Alicea’s commitment is to provide supportive, empathic and client-centered care to her clients.
We provide support to a lot of new clients needing help urgently, as a result of not planning ahead for certain things. A major obstacle that we help our clients with is accounting issues. Individuals who do not have children, run into the most complications. Even though everyone hopes they keep their memory during the […]
We provide support to a lot of new clients needing help urgently, as a result of not planning ahead for certain things. A major obstacle that we help our clients with is accounting issues. Individuals who do not have children, run into the most complications. Even though everyone hopes they keep their memory during the aging process, cognitive impairment somehow sneaks up on some. If this individual has no children, they may have no one to notice signs of forgetfullness before it starts impairing their life significantly. One day, various businesses hired by this individual start realizing that this client is not keeping up with their payments for their car, their housing, etc. They contact the client and they are forgetful and confused. Now what? Sometimes, it is too late and the government is notified. The client then has to go through the courts in order to obtain a Guardian to assist them. However, being proactive and having a team available for the “what ifs” during the aging process is the best way to mitigate these occurences. For example, in this scenario a Care Manager, Accountant, and Power of Attorney would be a great team of support.
If you have an elder in your life you know how difficult it can be supporting them in accepting senior care, coordinating it, and overseeing the care. Do you know that Care Managers help with all of this? We work with you to support the elder in your life. There is an additional benefit to […]
If you have an elder in your life you know how difficult it can be supporting them in accepting senior care, coordinating it, and overseeing the care. Do you know that Care Managers help with all of this? We work with you to support the elder in your life. There is an additional benefit to the services We Care Management, LLC offers. We provide emotional support and help you find ways of relieving your stress! Our counseling is accepted by most insurances, so contact us today to find out more.
As people age they lose their appetite. There can be a number of reasons as to why this happens to elders. A key point is that they do crave sugar and will usually eat many sugary things. It can be a hard to determine what is the best approach to dealing with situations such as […]
As people age they lose their appetite. There can be a number of reasons as to why this happens to elders. A key point is that they do crave sugar and will usually eat many sugary things. It can be a hard to determine what is the best approach to dealing with situations such as this. For example, if an elder loses too much weight, it can lead to many more serious problems. Or they can eat sugary things, which can help them maintain weight and a better quality of life, but they will not get the nutrients they need. Each situation and person is different. However, talking through scenarios such as this, with a trained care manager, can be very helpful.
If you have a parent, a friend, a neighbor, or a grandparent who is lonely, bored, depressed and missing that sense of purpose in their life read this! There are multiple Adult Day Centers and Senior Centers in Northern Virginia that will support elders by engaging them and helping them be less isolated. The great […]
If you have a parent, a friend, a neighbor, or a grandparent who is lonely, bored, depressed and missing that sense of purpose in their life read this! There are multiple Adult Day Centers and Senior Centers in Northern Virginia that will support elders by engaging them and helping them be less isolated. The great thing is, they even provide local transportation to and from the center! The elder can even volunteer there if they are resistant to going for their own benefit. Often, people will do things for someone else before themself.
The holidays are almost here. For some, the holidays bring happiness and joy. However, for a lot of people the holidays bring stress, bad memories, feelings of loneliness, and anxiety. How can you find some peace during this time? Perhaps you can say no to some parties and gift buying, or maybe try volunteering in […]
The holidays are almost here. For some, the holidays bring happiness and joy. However, for a lot of people the holidays bring stress, bad memories, feelings of loneliness, and anxiety. How can you find some peace during this time? Perhaps you can say no to some parties and gift buying, or maybe try volunteering in a capacity that makes you feel a sense of purpose and gratefulness. Either way, try to find something positive to hold on to during the holiday season. If you need a listening ear in NorthernVirginia, we are here for you!
We just connected with a local Northern Virginia company and are so excited about further developing this relationship in order to continue to support the needs of our clients! This company assists elders and/or the person supporting them with selling their home. They lessen a lot of the stress and chaos of selling a house, […]
We just connected with a local Northern Virginia company and are so excited about further developing this relationship in order to continue to support the needs of our clients! This company assists elders and/or the person supporting them with selling their home. They lessen a lot of the stress and chaos of selling a house, and it’s free! You won’t even believe all the things they can do… they even wash windows!
