Aging Network Services

What Aging Network Services does

Aging Network Services is a Bethesda, Maryland-based private geriatric social work practice founded in 1982 by Barbara Kane and Grace Lebow. The firm delivers five integrated service lines—Consultation, Assessment, Care Management, Psychotherapy, and Long-Distance Care—to older adults, caregiving spouses, and adult children navigating aging-related challenges, including dementia, transitions in living arrangements, caregiver stress, and family conflict. Services are delivered by nine master-degreed, licensed clinical social workers and psychotherapists via telehealth, phone, in-office sessions at 7910 Woodmont Ave., Suite 630, and in-home assessments, with each clinician maintaining a deliberately small caseload to preserve accessibility.

The business model is straightforward fee-for-service professional services with no publicly disclosed pricing, no third-party payer integration described beyond compliance with the No Surprises Act's Good Faith Estimate requirement, and a free 30-minute introductory session as the primary conversion mechanism. Go-to-market is entirely inbound and earned: physician referrals, direct outreach from adult children, national media coverage in outlets including Time, Newsweek, and The Washington Post, educational seminars for family caregivers, and continuing-education programming for licensed social workers. The firm also maintains a national network of over 300 certified private-practice social workers that enables long-distance care coordination for families separated geographically from aging parents.

There is no proprietary technology platform; the firm's 'technology stack' is limited to standard telehealth/video tools used to extend clinical reach. Authority assets include two co-authored books, with 'Coping with Your Difficult Older Parent' continuously in print since 1999 and 'Working with Siblings When Aging Parents Need Care' published by Columbia University Press in 2016. In September 2022, founder Barbara Kane transferred operational leadership to three longtime employees—Melissa Needleman, Leslie Clarke, and Alison Carelli—while continuing her own small separate psychotherapy practice. The firm has never raised external capital and operates as an independent, management-owned professional practice.

Name

Aging Network Services

Legal name

Aging Network Services Inc.

Website

https://agingnetworkservices.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Aging Network Services is a Bethesda, Maryland-based private geriatric social work practice, founded in 1982, providing consultation, care management, and psychotherapy to older adults and their families across the U.S. via a nine-person clinical team and a national network of 300+ social workers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geriatric Care Management

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Resources, Social Services & Transportation Coordination (HLADALAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Elder Services & Aging Support (BPAGAEAF), Dementia Personal Care (ADLs) Support (HSABAEAB), Companion Care & Social Support (non-clinical) (HLADAGAB)

Keywords

• Geriatric care management
• Elder care services
• Geriatric psychotherapy
• Aging life care
• Caregiver support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bethesda

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Consultation Services: Initial and ongoing consultation sessions with families to discuss parents' challenges, provide resources, and strategize next steps. Conducted virtually or in-office.
2. Care Management Services: Weekly coordination of home care, living options, medical appointments, and daily living issues for older adults. Ongoing engagement typically billed on a service basis.
3. Psychotherapy Services: Weekly psychotherapy sessions for older adults, caregiving spouses, and adult children dealing with anxiety, depression, grief, relationships, and caregiving stress. Delivered via telehealth, phone, or in-office. Subject to Good Faith Estimate under the No Surprises Act.
4. Long Distance Care Coordination: Connecting distant family members to care managers near their parents' location, coordinating care across geography.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Aging Network Services provides private geriatric care management and psychotherapy to older adults, caregiving spouses, and adult children. Its core offerings include Consultation (strategy and resource referrals), Assessment (in-home care needs evaluation), Care Management (ongoing weekly coordination of home care, medical appointments, and daily living), Psychotherapy (telehealth, phone, or in-office therapy), and Long Distance Care (connecting distant families to a national network of certified social workers). Services are delivered by licensed master-degreed geriatric social workers and psychotherapists.

Product overview

Aging Network Services is a small group of seasoned master-degreed geriatric social workers providing individual care coordination and psychotherapy services to families navigating aging-related challenges. The core service portfolio consists of five integrated service lines: Consultation (strategic planning and resource referrals), Assessment (in-home care needs evaluation), Care Management (ongoing coordination and advocacy), Psychotherapy (telehealth/phone/in-person therapy for older adults and caregivers), and Long Distance Care (remote family coordination with local care managers). The company also publishes educational products including the book 'Coping with Your Difficult Older Parent' and contributes chapters to academic publications. Educational offerings include family caregiver seminars and continuing education credits for social workers. Services are delivered by licensed clinical social workers and psychotherapists in Maryland and Washington, DC.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Consultation
• Assessment

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Honor Technology: Technology-enabled home care and senior care platform pairing caregivers with older adults. Competes for the same family buyer purchasing care management and home support services from ANS.
• Wellth: Digital care management and adherence platform serving older adults and chronic-condition populations. Represents the technology-enabled, scalable model that could disrupt traditional boutique care management practices like ANS.
• Papa: Companion care and senior support platform connecting families with vetted Papa Pals. Overlaps with ANS's companion care and social support work, delivered through a digital marketplace model.

Broad incumbents

• BrightStar Care: National home care and medical staffing franchise. Adjacent to ANS's care management scope—provides in-home aide services that ANS coordinates but does not directly deliver.
• Jewish Family Services: Network of social service agencies (national umbrella) running geriatric care management, counseling, and case management programs. Comparable community-based elder care service model with broader mission and religious-affiliation backing.
• A Place for Mom: Senior care referral and advisory network helping families find living options. Direct overlap with ANS's consultation and living-option advisory services, delivered as a national consumer marketplace.
• Home Instead: Largest senior home care franchise network globally. Provides personal care services that ANS refers into and helps families select, competing for the same family decision-maker budget.

Direct peers

• Lifesprk: Tech-enabled geriatric care management and home care provider serving seniors across multiple states. Operates in the same care coordination / aging-in-place category as ANS but at broader scale and with private-equity backing.
• Institute on Aging: San Francisco-based nonprofit offering geriatric care management, psychotherapy, and home support for older adults. Closest analog to ANS's integrated social-work + counseling service model, just at greater scale and West Coast footprint.

Others

• Family Caregiver Alliance: National nonprofit providing information, education, and support services for family caregivers. Not a direct competitor but operates in the same caregiver-support ecosystem where ANS sells its consultation and psychotherapy services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aging-network-services-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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