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Senior Loneliness Is a Health Crisis
This Mental Health Awareness Month, Let's Treat It Like One. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It's a good time to talk about something many older adults are quietly struggling...
Meet Ajala Clark, RN, CSA
Ajala Clark is a registered nurse, Certified Senior Advisor (CSA) and patient advocate with Umbra Health Advocacy. She has more than 30 years of nursing experience and focuses on supporting...
State-by-State Long-Term Care Costs
A Reference Guide for Families Planning Senior Care Understanding Long-Term Care Costs Long-term care costs vary dramatically by state and care setting. Use this guide to understand what families in...
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...
Patient Advocate Profile: Victoria de la Cruz, BSHA
Victoria de la Cruz is a patient advocate with more than 25 years of healthcare experience spanning clinical care, healthcare administration, and senior care coordination. As an Umbra advocate, she...
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 2027
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...