Babette Becker, PhD, LCSW, BCD, C-ASWCM is one of the founding women of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (NAPGCM) that started in the l970s as a New York City based innovative organization to help families find care and services for their elder family members as they became increasingly more dependent, as well as to address the needs of the elderly themselves. The idea was to have a one stop shop where a professional would make assessments of the individual in question, the home environment, participating physicians, family members, other associated care givers, then to make recommendations and monitor all services and care. Caring for and about the elderly can be very stressful: long-standing family conflicts can resurface and new ones can arise. NAPGCM has since developed into a national organization serving families in all fifty-two states..