Become A Patient Advocate

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Become A Patient Advocate

Are you looking for a career that brings both personal fulfillment and the opportunity to make a real impact in people’s lives? If you have a passion for helping others and want to navigate the complexities of healthcare, pivoting your career to become a patient advocate could be your next step. Patient advocates play a crucial role in guiding patients and their families through the often overwhelming healthcare system, ensuring their voices are heard and their rights protected.

What Does a Patient Advocate Do?

A patient advocate provides essential support to patients and families by helping them understand their medical conditions, treatment options, and care plans. They assist in communicating with healthcare providers, resolving billing issues, coordinating care, and ensuring patients have access to the information they need to make informed decisions. Whether it’s offering emotional support, advocating for patient rights, or navigating the intricacies of insurance policies, patient advocates are there every step of the way.

Why Consider a Career as a Patient Advocate?

  1. Purpose and Fulfillment: As a patient advocate, you will experience the profound satisfaction of making a meaningful impact in the lives of those you help. Each day offers the chance to empower patients, alleviate their stress, and guide them through difficult decisions.
  2. Growing Demand: The need for patient advocates is increasing as healthcare becomes more complex. More patients are seeking knowledgeable professionals who can help them navigate their care, making this a stable and in-demand career choice.
  3. Leverage Your Existing Skills: Many people already have the skills needed for patient advocacy. If you have experience in healthcare, social work, education, or any field that requires empathy, communication, and problem-solving, you are well-positioned to transition into this role.
  4. Flexible Work Options: Patient advocacy offers various flexible work arrangements, from working independently to joining healthcare organizations or collaborating with non-profits, making it an ideal career for those seeking a balance between professional and personal life.

Ready to Start Your New Career?

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LORI IS EXTREMELY TALENTED!

What a great use of Lori’s talents!

I worked with Lori for several years during my career as an orthopedic surgeon. I know her to be not only compassionate and understanding but also a tireless advocate for what is right.

In difficult situations she was unwavering in her quest to enable me to provide the best possible care for my patients. She knows the system and how to work through it (and around it whenever necessary

LORI JUMPED RIGHT IN

If you are in need of a patient advocate, I would highly recommend Lori Schellenberg. She is extremely knowledgeable, effective, and professional. Knows when to be strong and forceful yet loving and caring with your loved one and your family. I was concerned about an elderly family member who had several severe falls, was forgetting to take medication, not eating healthy and not keeping up with housekeeping yet insistent she was fine and staying in her home. Even though Lori lived out of state she made phone calls on our behalf, made several recommendations to help us provide what our loved one needed and was an intermediary when it was necessary. Lori’s knowledge of geriatrics, continuous care/assisted living facilities, the health care system, long term care insurance and hospice is invaluable. She helped us put together a plan that provided the best and continuous care necessary for our loved one and our family. We are extremely thankful for her help and look forward to continuing to work with her as our loved one moves through the next phases of her life’s journey, thus enabling us to create loving memories.

LORI JUMPED RIGHT IN

My husband underwent nasal surgery 6 months ago, after he had a negative sleep study test and was referred to an ENT doctor due to continued fatigue and snoring.

Unfortunately, he developed two different serious infections, and we were concerned about his ongoing treatment with the ENT. In fact, we were very anxious because he wasn’t getting better but the surgeon was not clear with us as to what to do next.

When describing what was going on, Lori jumped right in, when she found out my husband was actually at the surgeon’s office at that time, and still did not understand the situation. She recommended that my husband ask to have the surgeon come back into the room, and to call her so that she could speak to the surgeon with my husband in the room. Lori was very professional and knowledgeable in her approach with his surgeon. She established a treatment plan, in a way that my husband could understand, and why this was the plan. She also discussed the “what ifs” the current treatment plan did not work. He ordered further tests to be completed prior to his next appointment, if he did not improve.

She followed up with my husband and I to make sure we understood the plan.

By advocating for my husband, Lori relieved a lot of anxiety and stress that this current medical concern was causing, and they felt more confident in the surgeon’s care.

We highly recommend Lori and Stepping Stone Advocacy Services, if you are experiencing a medical condition, and don’t know where to turn for answers. She is experienced and professional, yet able to discuss medical terms in a way that we understood.