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Understanding Long-Term Care
A Complete Guide to Your Options When a parent starts struggling at home, missing medications, falling, or just seeming less like themselves, families often find themselves thrust into a world...
Meet Amanda DiGiovanni, OTD, BCPA
Amanda DiGiovanni, OTD, BCPA, is a patient advocate with Umbra Health Advocacy and a Doctor of Occupational Therapy with more than 25 years of experience. She is also a Certified...
Patient Advocate: Noel Harrington, MSN, RN, BCPA
Noel Harrington, MSN, RN, BCPA is an Umbra patient advocate and a registered nurse with more than 35 years of clinical experience. She supports older adults, people with complex medical...
Advocate Spotlight: Dalia Cabrera
Dalia Cabrera is a patient advocate with Umbra Health Advocacy who specializes in health insurance and billing problems. She spent 17 years working inside the health insurance industry for Medicare,...
How to Support Someone Going Through Breast Cancer: Tips from Survivors
When someone you love gets diagnosed with breast cancer, you want to help. But you might not know what to say or do. The good news is that you do...
Real Help for Caregivers: Guide to state and federal programs
If you are a caregiver for your mom, dad, spouse or elderly loved one you are probably exhausted. You love your mom (or dad, or spouse). You want to take...
How Do I Get Paid to Take Care of Mom?
Are you caring for an aging parent while also working full time, raising kids and running your own household? Perhaps you have wondered "how can I get paid to take...
Medicare Costs Decoded: What You’ll Really Pay in 2026
You've seen the ads. A smiling person on TV holding up a big sign: "$0 premium!" Is that what Medicare costs? It sounds amazing. Free healthcare! But then you talk...
Meet Barbara Gaynor, RN, LNC, BCPA
Barbara Gaynor, RN, LNC, BCPA, is a registered nurse and patient advocate with Umbra Health Advocacy. She has more than 25 years of nursing experience across hospitals, long-term care, home...
State Guide to Medicaid Caregiver Payment Programs
Looking for Medicaid caregiver programs that pay family members to care for elderly loved ones? Every state has Medicaid programs that can pay you to provide care. Use the table...
Medicaid Eligibility Guide by State for Long Term Care
If you or a loved one needs nursing home care or help at home, Medicaid may be able to cover the costs. Medicaid eligibility is not simple. Every state has...
Having Important Conversations: Talking to Parents about Senior Care this Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Umbra Health Advocacy! As we gather with loved ones to share gratitude and good food, we also have a unique opportunity. When family...