Aging and Families Consultation and Counseling
Ada Burko, LCSW

Offering Services for Older Adults and their families in these critical areas:

Planning for Care
Crisis Intervention
Caregiving issues
Family/Couples counseling and consultation
Effective Problem Solving
Resources

My approach centers on working with entire families in problem solving while focusing on family dynamics. I have found that engaging the whole family is the most effective approach based on several decades of direct experience working with elderly individuals, couples and their families.

I believe that older adults should stay in their own familiar home/environment. I help find resources to support them in sustaining quality of life.

However, there are times that a move out of the home is inevitable. After examining all other options I will assist in developing alternative plans and criteria that will help the older adult and the family make the best choice for an appropriate change of environment.

The figures above are taken from surveys of the noninstitutionalized elderly.

I am a Licensed Clinical (Geriatric) Social Worker with 28 years of work experience with older adults and their families in a diverse setting. For the past 10 years I was the Director of Older Adult Services of Jewish Family and Children’s Services of the East Bay.

How I work. You may engage me for few hours to consult with you on a specific issue or, if necessary, for longer periods of intervention work. For example, I can help improve the communication between family members and older parents. I can also provide grief counseling, on going counseling in supporting a family member while he/ she engaged in caregiving, or general counseling for an aging person who is dealing with the accumulation of losses; as well as in home assessment.

As needed, I work together with Dr. Alex Hauptman, a geriatric psychiatrist, with whom I share an office.