GENERATIONS HEALTH ADVOCACY
Helping people and families through medical issues from the common to the complicated
Independent, private, MD-guided services
Even seasoned problem-solvers can feel lost when they or someone they love falls ill, gets injured, or receives a surprise diagnosis. It can be difficult to know where to start. You may feel frustrated, exhausted, or even stunned.
Generations Health Advocacy helps you and your family understand what is happening and what might come next. The goal is to help unburden and educate so that you can make informed decisions with the support you need. You’ll have the advantage of being guided by a trusted MD with over 25 years of clinical experience, connections, and insight.
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SERVICES
These are broad categories of what we can do for you
There are a surprising number of things you might not even realize you need
Diagnosis-focused support and navigation
Research & explanation of options
Care coordination and scheduling
Medication management
Patient-Provider liaison
Health education
Healthcare advocacy
Local resource connections
Living arrangements and out-of hospital logistics
Family meetings and communication
Why Generations Health Advocacy
As a physician who has recently retired from clinical practice, experienced a significant amount of time as a patient, AND as an established member of the sandwich generation, I’ve reached the point in my life where I can offer services that I know are needed.
Every person, family, and medical situation is unique. In my role as your advocate and independent consultant with years of medical experience and a vast network of resources, I can help smooth your family’s health journey.
I have a special interest in helping adult children help their aging parents.
Elizabeth Garr is double board-certified in anesthesiology and interventional and clinical pain management. She practiced for over 25 years. She lives in Seattle with her physician husband where they enjoy the outdoors and have three grown kids.
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How would having an independent health advocate make a difference?
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Private, independent, professional health advocates are defined as those advocates who work directly for patients, their families and caregivers, and not through an intermediary such as a hospital, insurer, or other person or organization that may have conflicting interests.
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From the Alliance of Professional Healthcare Advocates:
Health advocates’ primary commitments are to promote the health, safety, and rights of their patients and clients.
Health advocates will, at all times, be transparent in their work with clients. They will disclose to clients their credentials, experience, pricing structure, and any financial relationships they hold with other professionals, businesses or institutions.
Health advocates will, at all times, maintain privacy on behalf of their patients and clients and will keep confidential all activities and records according to agreements among them, and any applicable laws.
Health advocates will guide and assist their clients-patients in medical decision-making but at no time will make decisions about health or medical care or payment for medical services on their behalf.
Health advocates will promote use of their client-patients’ values and belief systems as the foundation for their decision-making.
Health advocates will, at all times, practice within their competency. Any requests for services outside the advocate’s expertise will be referred to someone else who is equipped to provide those services to ensure the client-patient is benefitting from the best knowledge base.
Health advocates will, at all times, work within their professional boundaries and will reject any requests or demands that would cause them to violate those boundaries. Such violations may include, but not be limited to, accepting money or gifts as compensation for referrals to or from other professionals, businesses, or organizations; fulfilling requests to perform illegal or unethical actions; agreeing to provide services outside any geographical limits; developing a romantic or sexual relationship with a client or someone related to the client; agreeing to perform any duties without the disclosure or input needed from the client; or any other circumstances that could result in conflicts-of-interest or the inability to fully perform the work the two parties have agreed upon.
Health advocates will not discriminate. They will at no time refuse to work with someone due to that person’s age, race, religion, culture or ethnic background, gender, sexual orientation, or immigration status.
Health advocates will continue to pursue education to further their knowledge base, skill set, and practice in order to provide client-patients with the most current information relevant to his/her health situation.
Calm, competent & candid communication
“Dr. Beth Garr helped me and my family figure out what type of doctor my mother needed for her problem. It was such a relief to know we were finally in the right place. “ JN
“I now understand my medications better and have a chart to help me. It’s complicated because I take them three times a day. I also learned what I should not eat with the medicines so that they work properly. “ KU
“We are extremely grateful for Dr. Garr’s experience and kindness. “ DD