Carol Wittenberg, a Patient Care Partners Patient Advocate, helped a 78 year old retired accountant, Mariana, negotiate the complexities of the healthcare system.  The patient was struggling with obtaining needed medical equipment.  Mariana was told she'd have to wait at least, a month. 

Carol stepped in and assisted in securing the equipment quickly.  With Carol Wittenberg’s support, the patient has been able to remain in her home.  It has also provided relief to the patient's daughter - who lived in London and was trying to help her mother remotely.  

Guyot, 45, a father of two young children, and his sister Samira, who lived in Detroit until recently returning to Madison, hired caregivers for their parents, Richard and Judith, who have early-stage dementia. The adult children tried to manage the paperwork necessary to bill their parents’ long-term care insurance plan.

But juggling the bills and assembling a care team became taxing. With aid from Debby Deutsch, founder and principal Patient Advocate at Patient Care Partners, “the weights are being lifted from me,” Guyot said.