Lisa Mclendon
Registered Nurse, Certified Long Term Care - CLTC, Licensed Life & Health Broker
Simplify Elder Care & Advocacy, LLC
Lisa Mclendon
Registered Nurse, Certified Long Term Care - CLTC, Licensed Life & Health Broker
Simplify Elder Care & Advocacy, LLC
Advocate Location
Beaufort , SC 29902
Specialty
Special Care & Aging
Other Services
Insurance & Billing
TeleAdvocacy Available
Offers FREE Initial Consultation
*Greater National Advocates Terms of Use Apply
How I Can Help
I specialize in navigating the complexities of our healthcare systems. Drawing on decades of bedside nursing experience in cardiac critical care and Gero-Psych, I guide families through new diagnosis, standards of care and best treatment practices, and safety concerns. I've acquired a deep expertise in long-term care planning, enabling me to empower families in understanding Medicare, Medicaid, and long term care planning.
Clinical Care Mapping may include:
• Clarifying a new dementia diagnosis and preparing the family for safety risks and care progression
• Identifying gaps in care or unsafe discharge plans and advocating for appropriate follow-up and support
• Coordinating transitions from hospital to rehab or home, ensuring continuity of care and medication safety
• Educating families on fall prevention, polypharmacy risks, and how to advocate during provider visits
• Liaising between primary care, specialists, and family to ensure clear communication and shared goals.
Medicare, Medicaid & Long Term Care Mapping may include:
• Assisting in understanding Original, Supplemental, and Advantage plan.
Clarifying the differences of these plans and the potential effects on cost and care over time.
• Appealing denials from Medicare or private insurance companies.
• Providing long-term care education and guiding families through Medicaid spend-down strategies.
Guiding families on estate protection strategies.
Clinical Care Mapping may include:
• Clarifying a new dementia diagnosis and preparing the family for safety risks and care progression
• Identifying gaps in care or unsafe discharge plans and advocating for appropriate follow-up and support
• Coordinating transitions from hospital to rehab or home, ensuring continuity of care and medication safety
• Educating families on fall prevention, polypharmacy risks, and how to advocate during provider visits
• Liaising between primary care, specialists, and family to ensure clear communication and shared goals.
Medicare, Medicaid & Long Term Care Mapping may include:
• Assisting in understanding Original, Supplemental, and Advantage plan.
Clarifying the differences of these plans and the potential effects on cost and care over time.
• Appealing denials from Medicare or private insurance companies.
• Providing long-term care education and guiding families through Medicaid spend-down strategies.
Guiding families on estate protection strategies.
Important Information About Me
- I offer a FREE Initial Consultation
- I offer TeleAdvocacy Service
- I am insured
- My geographical area of practice is Remote/Virtual Nationwide
Why I Became A Professional Health Care Advocate
My heartfelt passion for advocacy has been instilled from both years at the bedside of patients and from within my own family circle. For years I supported and cared for patients facing some of life’s scariest health crisis; stroke, cardiac crisis, heart failure, cancer diagnosis, psychosis and mental health changes. I've seen the invisible wounds carried by our veterans, and those who have suffered abuse and violence, reflected in their eyes and their incapacity to function in society. I’ve seen how health crisis, trauma, and care giver burn out reshapes lives. I've seen how our system fails in meeting the needs of those who are most vulnerable. It shifted my passion from bedside to advocacy.
My own father’s journey has encompassed the acute care needs of a stroke survivor, the cognitive, behavioral and mood changes of a dementia patient, and the reality of the exorbitant cost of long term care. As a daughter and a nurse, I was heartbroken by his suffering, by the lack of compassionate care or clear guidance, and by the pure overwhelm of decisions, emotions, and financial strain. That experience lit a fire in me to offer my healthcare knowledge and long term planning knowledge to families in the midst of similar struggle.
It taught me that true advocacy must go beyond physical wellbeing. It must embrace the emotional shifts, the cognitive and mood changes brought on by dementia, and the financial strain that becomes the realities that families face.
My own father’s journey has encompassed the acute care needs of a stroke survivor, the cognitive, behavioral and mood changes of a dementia patient, and the reality of the exorbitant cost of long term care. As a daughter and a nurse, I was heartbroken by his suffering, by the lack of compassionate care or clear guidance, and by the pure overwhelm of decisions, emotions, and financial strain. That experience lit a fire in me to offer my healthcare knowledge and long term planning knowledge to families in the midst of similar struggle.
It taught me that true advocacy must go beyond physical wellbeing. It must embrace the emotional shifts, the cognitive and mood changes brought on by dementia, and the financial strain that becomes the realities that families face.
Contact Advocate