A Senior Care Advocate for Your Family
A senior care advocate stands with your family when a parent's care changes overnight. A fall, a hospital discharge, or a new diagnosis can force big decisions in days. Dave Brandt helps you see what is happening and decide what comes next, in the right order.
What a Senior Care Advocate Does
One week your parent is managing fine. The next, your family has to decide where they will live, who will pay for care, and what happens to the house. Safety concerns, legal gaps, money pressure, and family disagreement tend to arrive at the same time.
An elder care advocate brings order to that moment. Dave Brandt works as an advocate and elder care consultant for families. He helps you understand the situation, sort the options, and coordinate the people involved, so decisions get made in the right order instead of all at once.
You don't need to have everything figured out before you call. You just need a place to start.
When Families Call a Senior Care Advocate
Most families reach out when something feels urgent. These are the situations Dave helps with most often.
A sudden change
A fall, a new diagnosis, or a safety scare at home. Get help before decisions get made in a rush.
What to do in a care crisisA hospital discharge
The hospital is ready to send your parent home, but home may not be safe. Dave helps you plan the next step before discharge.
Hospital discharge planningChoosing a care setting
Assisted living, memory care, or a nursing home. Dave helps you compare them from your family's side.
Compare assisted living and nursing homesFamily disagreement
Siblings see the situation differently. Dave helps your family get on the same page about what matters most.
Money and legal gaps
Medicaid, VA benefits, and missing legal documents. Dave sorts out what needs to happen first and who handles each piece.
How Dave Advocates for Your Family
Every family is different, but the work follows the same order.
- Listen firstTell Dave what is happening, by phone or video. The first conversation is at no charge, and any family member can join.
- Sort the optionsDave lays out your choices for care, money, and housing, and the order to take them in.
- Coordinate the peopleHe works with the hospital, care communities, the certified Medicaid planner, or your attorney, so your family isn't the go-between.
- Stay until settledDave stays with your family until your parent is settled and the plan is in place.
An Advocate on Your Family's Side of the Table
Dave does not represent any assisted living community, memory care, or nursing home, and he does not work on a facility's behalf. When your family compares care settings, he works from your side of the table.
Some care communities pay Dave a referral fee when a family moves in, and he tells you which ones before you choose.
Questions About Working With a Senior Care Advocate
What does a senior care advocate do?
A senior care advocate helps your family understand what is happening, sort the options, and make care decisions in the right order. Dave helps with care crises, hospital discharges, choosing a care setting, and the money and legal questions that come with them.
Is an elder care advocate the same as a placement agency?
No. Placement guidance is one part of what Dave does, but he does not represent any facility or work on a facility's behalf. Some care communities pay Dave a referral fee when a family moves in, and he tells you which ones before you choose.
Can you help if we live far from our parent?
Yes. Most conversations happen by phone or video, and Dave works with families in all 50 states.
What does a senior care advocate cost?
Your first conversation is always at no charge. After that, Dave charges by the hour or a flat fee, depending on what your family needs, and he tells you which one applies before any work starts.
Why Trust LifeCare Senior Advocates
Dave Brandt brings more than 25 years in long-term care, including senior leadership roles with the long-term care insurance divisions of General Electric and John Hancock. LifeCare Senior Advocates is veteran-owned and based in Walnut, Iowa.
Dave Brandt is a licensed insurance agent. LifeCare Senior Advocates is not a law firm and does not provide legal or investment advice.
You Don't Have to Figure This Out Alone
Tell Dave what is happening with your parent, and he will help you see the next step. Your first conversation is always at no charge. No pressure. No obligation.
Dave Brandt is a licensed insurance agent. LifeCare Senior Advocates is not a law firm and does not provide legal or investment advice.