• I offer a FREE Initial Consultation
• I offer TeleAdvocacy Service
• My geographical area of practice is Tampa, Florida (Tampa Bay and Surrounding areas)

Life handed me this path one loved one at a time. These experiences are what led me to the path to provide Patient Advocacy services for others. First it was my great aunt, then my mother, and most recently, my Dad. All were challenging in different ways and for different reasons. I learned a lot while caregiving for my great Aunt who was in a facility. There were many challenges from the facility issues to medical and mental health issues of my great aunt. She had no one else to help her, so I did it.
My mother was next, and I was caregiving through complicated medical issues, was my catalyst to learn more and it took me to nursing school. It also was healing for my relationship with my mother. That doesn’t always happen, but it did for me.
Caregiving my father provided valuable lessons about setting up safety strategies and the importance of treating each patient uniquely. Over a year and a half of experience inside of caregiving involved extremes from sweet and happy memories to exhaustion and frustration with a difficult patient. All the while you love them, want the best for them, and will do what you can to make things happen. However, you should never ever do it at the cost of your own health or sanity. I can help you figure out how to use other resources that will be beneficial to both you and the patient. That is your mission if you choose to accept it!
Always have a back-up plan as well, you may use it a lot!
Advocacy Role: I now advocate for families, helping them navigate the complexities of caregiving and healthcare, ensuring they do not feel alone in the process. I became an advocate, so others don't need to figure out caregiving by themselves and "reinvent the wheel", so to speak. I help families find their clarity, options and peace of mind so they can focus on what truly matters. I can help you with strategies that can be put in place for you and your loved one. They might involve attending physician appointments with you and your loved one, medication management and finding strategies to carefully manage medication, patient and caregiver education, safety measures as well as social engagement and meeting personality or family challenges.
Together we can look at transitions of your loved one (coming from the hospital to home, or the rehab center and then home etc) and put in place all the pieces we can to make it work smoothly by planning. I can assist you with many different areas of the caregiving process or maybe your own health care. I can meet you to a physician’s appointment if you need some support or to discuss your concern with the physician or in interpreting what the physician is saying in “medical speak”. An advocate will work to assist in presenting your questions or concerns to your physician and to make sure your voice is heard.
There are many ways we can help you through this process.
You don't need to do it alone!