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Who is a "Certified" Geriatric Care Manager?

Members of NAPGCM who are Fellow Certified Geriatric Care Managers or Certified Geriatric Care Managers represent the standard of excellence in the profession through attaining:

Formal higher education

Established and supervised work experience

Professional certification

Like other professions in which people have to meet minimum requirements or maintain certain certifications, NAPGCM promotes and reinforces the professional standards established by the profession that seeks to improve the quality of life for the elderly and their families through experienced and qualified geriatric care management services.

Requirements to be an Official Certified Geriatric Care Manager

A Baccalaureate, Master's or Ph.D. with at least one degree held in a field related to care management, i.e. counseling, nursing, mental health, social work, psychology or gerontology

Primarily engaged in the direct practice of services to the elderly and their families; and has two years of supervised experience in the field of gerontology following the completion of the degree.

OR Certified members may be non-degreed RNs and other individuals with a Baccalaureate, Master’s or Ph.D. degree, who are primarily engaged in the direct practice of services to the elderly and their families and have three years supervised experience in the field of gerontology.

ALL CERTIFIED MEMBERS MUST HOLD ONE OF THE FOLLOWING APPROVED CERTIFICATIONS:
Care Manager Certified (CMC)
Certified Case Manager (CCM)
Certified Advanced Social Worker in Case Management (C-ASWCM)
Certified Social Work Case Manager (C-SWCM).

Please note that NAPGCM does not endorse any individual members, but rather serves as a resource to interested consumers looking to verify the certification qualifications of geriatric care managers of interest.

Please fill out and submit the following form to verify the certification of a Geriatric Care Manager of interest. NAPGCM will verify the request and respond with an answer.