About Us

We help aging adults and their families navigate healthcare, care decisions, and life transitions with clarity, compassion, and dignity.

Google Rating
4.8
BBB A+ Accredited
Aging Life Care® Member
Serving All San Diego County
Available 24/7 On-Call
Administrator, CEO & Aging Life Care Manager®

Tina Buchanan

MSW, ALCM, CMC

Hi, my name is Tina, I’m an Aging Life Care Manager® and a Certified Care Manager through the National Association of Certified Care Managers. I have been helping people like you for over 25 years. 

An Aging Life Care Manager® helps older adults and their family members maximize and manage resources for their family members. 

Our Values

What we stand for

Our work is guided by compassion, integrity, and a commitment to putting families first ensuring every decision supports dignity, clarity, and quality of care.

Advocacy That Matters

We help families navigate complex healthcare systems.


Dignity & Integrity

Everyone deserves respectful, thoughtful care.


Compassion First

We treat every client like family.


What makes Visionary Care different?

Besides having over 25 years of combined experience in the field of aging, social work, nursing, and mental health services, our team members are dedicated to serving our families with excellence.

All Visionary Care Consultants team members are active members of the Aging Life Care Association.

Visionary Care Consultants team members are active members of the Aging Life Care Association® as well as the National Academy of Certified Care Managers.

Our dedication to inclusion and cultural competencies is a huge part of Visionary Care as well. That is why our clinicians are all SAGE-certified platinum providers, serving LGBTQ communities in San Diego.

Our team uses a client centered approach to care advocacy. We are concerned with how to get your loved ones care needs met to ensure the best quality of life possible, no matter what it takes. We work for you and your family, not the government or the systems that leave you lacking and frustrated.

We often have two experienced care managers assigned to cases so that there is a multi-disciplined approach to care planning and implementation. You won’t find this with any other concierge care management group.

Your Path to Peace of Mind

01Free Consultation Call

02Comprehensive Assessment

03Ongoing Care & Advocacy

Who We Work Best With?

Our programs and services were created for people who are excited and serious about getting the help they need – it means not running around all day long, beating yourself up anymore saying: “I don’t understand the systems or I don’t have any support ”

Our processes are created for you to put systems in place within a few months (sometimes weeks!), which will eventually lead you to peace of mind, ongoing support, and clarity regarding the resources available to you and your loved one.

We work best with people who are committed to success and who want to change the lives of their loved ones for the better. Our clients often say – “Just tell me what to do, and I’ll do it!”

You Will Be Supported

You will have the support to achieve your loved one’s goals, giving you peace of mind and allowing your loved one to age with dignity and integrity.

AGING LIFE CARE™ is a trademark of the Aging Life Care Association®.

Only ALCA Members are authorized to use this term to identify their services.

AGING LIFE CARE PROFESSIONAL®, AGING LIFE CARE MANAGER®, and AGING LIFE CARE SPECIALIST® are trademarks of the Aging Life Care Association®. It is an indication of membership in ALCA, and only ALCA Members are authorized to use this term.

Real Families, Real Relief

What Families Say About Visionary Care Consultants

A few words from the families whose lives we’ve helped transform — right here in San Diego.

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Families Supported in San Diego

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Years of Care Management Experience

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On-Call Support, Every Day of the Year

Google Rating
4.8
Yelp
5.0

Talk With Someone Who Cares

Connect with us now to book a time that suits you. Let’s talk about how we can support your loved one.

How I Became an Aging Life Care Manager®

To answer this question, it’s probably best that I share a defining moment and the compelling story that resulted from it. This experience brought me to where I am today, coaching people like you on how to help older adults and their family members maximize and manage resources for end-of-life planning.
 
That defining moment in my life happened in late 2016. I come from a very tight-knit family. We were always very close spending most holidays together especially Christmas. These extravagant gatherings were the doing of my grandmother and grandfather mostly. They always went above and beyond and made these times so memorable for all of us. My Grandfather and Grandmother fell ill a few years back and eventually signed onto hospice early 2017.
 

In leading up to this moment, I watched them struggle endlessly. The Veterans Administration, the policies behind long term care benefits, the overwhelm of deciding if they wanted Advance Directives and of course the red tape. I stepped up and became their Care Coordinator in my mother’s sheer overwhelm. She was aggravated by the systems and all of the paperwork that came with the end of life planning.

When I realized the fragile nature of my grandparents’ condition, I knew I needed to provide this support to other family members out there that were struggling with the same issues. Before founding Visionary Care Consultants, I spent nearly 10 years working in the field of end-of-life care within a corporate setting. My journey into this work began while I was pursuing my degree in Social Work, where I discovered a passion for supporting individuals and families through some of life’s most challenging transitions.

We didn’t get to choose our internship placements, and at the time, I was certain I didn’t want to work with older adults. It’s often said that what we resist most can become our greatest teacher. In my case, that couldn’t have been more true.

The very first patient that I was paired with was a Hospice patient “Mary”. She had no support system and no living relatives. They asked me to be her support system. I remember so clearly seeing her in a room alone, stuck in bed all day, unable to sit or stand, and I was the only human that she looked forward to seeing every day.

She mentioned that she had nothing to offer me and sometimes there weren’t many conversations between us, but seeing the light that spilled over her face during our time together was even more heartbreaking. She needed to navigate these huge decisions alone.

She felt tossed uncomplainingly aside, and I was there to help guide her through her last days. Mary and I saw each other for a few weeks every day, up until she passed. I was heartbroken and more importantly, forever changed. Mary didn’t realize that she had given me the most important lesson of my life. She didn’t know that she had changed me forever.

While working in skilled nursing facilities as the Director of Social Services and Home Health Agencies, I learned, over time, that the industry was severely fragmented. In the nursing facility, I could help people within a limited scope, but their quality of life was out of my control once they left the facility.
 
I learned that many of them did not understand how they got to where they were and that they were searching for an advocate to guide them. Alternatively, the insurance would run out in the Home Health setting, and my services would end. It was heartbreaking and frustrating because I couldn’t create the impact I craved with someone else governing how we worked together. After years of helping in a fractured way, I started Visionary Care in 2017.
 
I began teaching families how to navigate the aging journey seamlessly: I observed their peace of mind increase and their stress levels drop. Families started to have a clearer understanding of the resources available to them, resulting in a better quality of life for all involved. I have since committed to dedicate the rest of my professional life to helping other families maximize and manage resources for their loved ones. Since then, Visionary Care has worked with many families and changed hundreds of lives.
 
Together, our team has carried out my dream of supporting, nurturing, and guiding families in navigating a complex healthcare system with ease. Visionary Care has created programs throughout San Diego and now designed to help you every step of the way.