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An acute illness can take the wind out of anyone’s sails.

 

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You are not alone.

An acute illness can take the wind out of anyone’s sails.

 

The fear, uncertainty and doubt caused by illness can overwhelm the strongest, most competent person of any age, especially singles.

I can help you clarify your personal values and life purpose,
so you can deal with your health challenge in alignment
with your true self. 

I come alongside on your journey as needed.
You are not alone.

 

As an independent board certified patient advocate,
I work for you—not for your healthcare practitioners, or any hospital or rehab center or nursing home.

 

You have the right
to be in charge of your
healthcare decisions.

The majority of healthcare practitioners are dedicated to excellent patient care. They are hardworking and diligent in practicing their specialty. They care deeply about their patients and they face obstacles imposed by outside influences. Most are frustrated by the constraints imposed by the rules and regulations of healthcare insurance.

My function as a board certified patient advocate is to facilitate a beneficial working relationship with your healthcare practitioners. I work for you and represent your best interests, so YOU can make the best choices. 

I do not choose for you.

Together, we design a plan of action which outlines what I can and will do for you. I follow through with regular updates. You are never alone as you rise to meet whatever health challenge you face.

The majority of healthcare practitioners are dedicated to excellent patient care. They are hardworking and diligent in practicing their specialty. They care deeply about their patients and they face obstacles imposed by outside influences. Most are frustrated by the constraints imposed by the rules and regulations of healthcare insurance.

My function as a board certified patient advocate is to facilitate a beneficial working relationship with your healthcare practitioners. I work for you and represent your best interests, so YOU can make the best choices. 

I do not choose for you.

Together, we design a plan of action which outlines what I can and will do for you. I follow through with regular updates. You are never alone as you rise to meet whatever health challenge you face.

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As a board certified patient advocate, I subscribe to the Health Advocates Code of Conduct and Professional Standards:
In my coaching practice as a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, I also adhere to the code of ethics of the International Coach Federation.
I have passed a background check to be an active member of the Ashland Community Emergency Response team, and yet another to be a Volunteer Mediator for the Resolve Center for Dispute Resolution and Restoration Justice.
Read more about me here.
 

What I Can Do for You:

The exact nature of what I do for you will be determined by what your individual health challenge requires.

Examples include,
but are not limited to:
  • In Southern Oregon, I can attend doctor appointments and diagnostic procedures with you, answer your questions, and provide you with documentation. If I don’t know, I will find out. I want you to be as informed as you want to be, so you can make the best choices for yourself.
  • I can join with your healthcare practitioners in facilitating your care, with your permission.
  • I can speak for you, with your permission.
  • In Southern Oregon, I can visit your bedside to monitor your care in hospital, in your home, or other institution.
  • I can be an extra set of eyes and ears, taking note of important details and keeping you and your healthcare practitioners abreast of your wants and needs.

What I Cannot Do:

Examples include,
but are not limited to:
  • Make decisions for you.
  • Cure your illness.
  • Make everything perfect.
  • Provide medical services or nursing care.
  • While I can attend doctor appointments with you, I cannot transport you there. (It’s against professional recommendations and standards.)

What I Can Do for You:

The exact nature of what I do for you will be determined by what your individual health challenge requires.

Examples include,
but are not limited to:
  • In Southern Oregon, I can attend doctor appointments and diagnostic procedures with you, answer your questions, and provide you with documentation. If I don’t know, I will find out. I want you to be as informed as you want to be, so you can make the best choices for yourself.
  • I can join with your healthcare practitioners in facilitating your care, with your permission.
  • I can speak for you, with your permission.
  • In Southern Oregon, I can visit your bedside to monitor your care in hospital, in your home, or other institution.
  • I can be an extra set of eyes and ears, taking note of important details and keeping you and your healthcare practitioners abreast of your wants and needs.

What I Cannot Do:

Examples include,
but are not limited to:
  • Make decisions for you.
  • Cure your illness.
  • Make everything perfect.
  • Provide medical services or nursing care.
  • While I can attend doctor appointments with you, I cannot transport you there. (It’s against professional recommendations and standards.)
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Contact me today for a
20-minute confidential consultation.

 

Take charge of your healthcare now. Replace fear, uncertainty and doubt with confidence, clarity and peace of mind.

Contact me today for a 20-minute confidential consultation. Please prepare to share your specific health concerns.

I will share what the next step with me would be, if appropriate for us to work together.

Let’s talk.

 

“Elizabeth’s approach focuses me as a client on what I can do instead of what I haven’t done, the positive instead of the negative. She zeros right in on people’s main issue in any given moment and helps them deal with that, which in turn creates clarity about surrounding issues.”
—KD, Cleveland, OH

“Elizabeth generously and nobly shares her experience in the health sciences to advance the well-being of our community because she cares deeply about the world, and knows how to use that caring in wise and immensely helpful, practical ways.”
— Peggy Rubin, Center for Sacred Theatre, Ashland, OR

“I have seen Elizabeth in action many times as a patient advocate. She has a cool head and provides sound counsel; has the disciplined background of an RN and the wisdom of the hawk and the gentleness of the dove when advocating for her clients.”
—Elizabeth V. Hallett, Senior Care Consultant, Ashland, OR