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Caring For Seniors

Caring For Seniors

ShadowNurse offers healthcare navigation, real-time advocacy, and comprehensive support 24/7 for members of all ages.

But seniors often have unique needs.

ShadowNurse excels at helping elder patients after suffering a stroke, heart attack, or fall (spine & hip fracture), or getting a new cancer, dementia (Alzheimer’s), or Parkinson’s diagnosis

ShadowNurse can:

Immediately relieve burden and stress from patients, family members, and caregivers

Eliminate information loss and confusion, ensuring that you have all the information needed to make informed decisions

Identify and prevent medical errors

Ensure seamless communication between patients, families, providers, and retirement communities

Review medications and treatment plans

Coordinate follow up appointments and logistics

Decrease your number of medical visits

Ensure all paperwork is up to date (including POLST forms, advance directives, and more)

Oversee pain management and improve quality of life

“ShadowNurse was born out of a powerful belief that every person deserves an unwavering advocate throughout their medical journey.

For years, we have each been the ShadowNurse for our own family and friends—attending medical visits, answering urgent questions, and fighting tirelessly to ensure the best possible care for our loved ones. It is this same commitment that drives us to serve and advocate for you and your family.”

- The ShadowNurse Co-Founders

You may be wondering

  • ShadowNurse is a dedicated healthcare navigation and support service that provides personalized support to help you manage appointments, prescriptions, and other healthcare tasks. See our comprehensive list of services below.

  • We assist patients and their families in navigating the presently complex and frustrating healthcare system, ensuring you have access to expert guidance and navigation support (like your own personal expert assistant) for appointments, medication management, and much more. This is for everyday needs as well as during a healthcare crisis.

  • Our caregivers are experienced nurses who provide support through text, phone, or video to help you with your healthcare needs. We also keep track of your healthcare journey behind the scenes so you never miss a thing.

  • No, we're here to support you with a wide range of healthcare issues, from coordinating appointments to assisting with medication refills. In fact, if it is a true emergency, dial 911!

  • Getting started is simple. Click on any of the sign up buttons on our website and start your free trial for 7 days. We are confident that once you experience the art of ShadowNursing, you and your family will be hooked.

  • Yes, your privacy and confidentiality are our top priorities. Rest assured that your information is safe and secure with us.

  • We are committed to getting a ShadowNurse in every home. Therefore, we keep our pricing extremely affordable. Start for free today. After your 7 day free trial, the cost is only $199/mo for the standard subscription. Pretty remarkable, huh?

  • We focus on providing direct support to you. While we don't work directly with insurance providers, we can help you navigate your healthcare needs more efficiently.

    Furthermore, you may be able to use funds set aside in either a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) or Health Savings Account (HSA) to cover the cost of ShadowNurse. Check with your FSA/HSA benefits coordinator or your tax professional regarding eligibility and reimbursement.

    Rest assured that we are keeping our services as affordable as possible.

  • Absolutely! We can assist you in scheduling appointments with specialists, ensuring you get the care you need.

ShadowNursing [ shad-oh nurs-ing]: ShadowNursing is caring for patients and their loved ones throughout their healthcare journey by providing on demand remote and unbiased skilled medical support in the form of realtime advocacy, information deciphering, enhanced communication strategies, care coordination, and family member alignment.

  • "We started using ShadowNurse for my father-in-law. We've faced numerous challenges with him and his medical care, but the biggest one is actually getting details from his visits and suggested treatments. For example, in the first few appointments with ShadowNurse, we've come to understand that he should be doing x to prevent y. Information he's never bothered to share. Also, just by starting with Shadow Nurse, we're now aware of his upcoming appointments. We hope by having this info on our radar, we can schedule accordingly and avoid the night before the phone call that he needs a ride to said appointment. ShadowNurse's pre visit conversations can help my father-in-law and family members adequately prepare for each visit. We're hoping ShadowNurse will eventually be able to expand its services to help with organizing rides to appointments."

    Sheri, Bay Area, CA

  • "I sincerely applaud what you are doing. You are offering a service that is necessary and will lead to better health outcomes for many people."

    Eleanor, Palo Alto, CA

  • "The pre-visit call helped me organize my thoughts and prepare for my appointment. I was less nervous approaching my doctor with questions because I had been through them with ShadowNurse. In the visit it was very reassuring to have a medical professional on the line with me. And my ShadowNurse reminded me to ask a couple important questions I would have otherwise forgotten to bring up–saving me the time of having to try and reach the doctor at a later date. The ShadowNurse After-Visit Summary is a great all-in-one summary of my visit. To have everything written down in one document is invaluable & makes it easier to follow up with my next steps."

    Alex, For Lauderdale, FL

  • "I have found Shadow Nurse to be very professional and efficient. They have followed through with everything they promised and did it in a timely fashion. I would recommend their services to anyone looking for this type of help."

    Ann, San Jose, CA

  • "ShadowNurse is a wonderful patient centered approach to streamlining healthcare. As a virtual patient advocate it will make healthcare visits more relevant and useful to patients. In our fast paced healthcare environment ShadowNurse will distill and decipher medical providers communications by summarizing visits and providing take-home points patients can use. As an emergency physician with over 20 years of practicing clinical medicine I anticipate ShadowNurse will revolutionize the patient experience and make healthcare visits more efficient for both providers and patients."

    Dr. Abram Levin, Sacramento, CA

  • "I have been running and competing for decades; these activities are an important part of my life and my self-image. I have a congenital heart defect, which my cardiologist has been carefully tracking. At a recent appointment with the doctor, I included Shadow Nurse by phone for the first time. Part way through the visit, my cardiologist unexpectedly warned me to stop running competitively! On hearing this, I was so stunned and worried that I was not able to focus on her comments for the rest of the visit. Fortunately, my Shadow Nurse listened for me! She joined the conversation with cogent questions for the doctor, asked about possible diagnostic tests, and in our follow-up session, she suggested helpful reading material for me. It was a great comfort to have a skilled professional with me, who understood my medical conditions and was dedicated to helping me deal with unexpected advice."

    David, Palo Alto, CA

A Wide Range of Support

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  • Going through a health crisis, whether alone, or with family assistance, is daunting. Let ShadowNurse take a heavy load off your shoulders by giving you and your family members the support needed when life gets turned upside down. Patient advocacy, caregiver and provider alignment, home assessments, medication reviews, appointment and second opinion management, and so much more are included for every member.

  • Providing guidance for managing chronic health conditions effectively and preventing complications

  • Researching, screening, and applying for clinical trials.

  • Offering guidance, resources, and relief of many duties for family members and caregivers supporting loved ones.

  • Navigating healthcare decisions together, with expert facilitation and compassionate support.

  • Helping manage and understand medication regimens and interactions.

  • Receive prescription text, emails, or phone calls so you never miss a refill.

  • Assisting with remote monitoring of health conditions and sharing data with healthcare providers.

  • Assistance with scheduling and coordinating rides to and from medical appointments.

  • Facilitating second opinion consultations with trusted medical experts.

  • Ensuring a smooth transition between different healthcare settings, hospital admissions, or providers.

  • ShadowNurse offers healthcare navigation, real-time advocacy, and comprehensive support 24/7 for members of all ages.

    But seniors often have unique needs.

    ShadowNurse excels at helping elder patients after suffering a stroke, heart attack, or fall (spine & hip fracture), or getting a new cancer, dementia (Alzheimer’s), or Parkinson’s diagnosis

  • Advocating for your needs and ensuring your preferences are heard and respected.

  • Ensuring all relevant medical information is gathered accurately and comprehensively.

  • Offering support in making end-of-life decisions and creating advance care plans and other necessary paperwork.

  • Providing access to reliable healthcare resources, specialists, and facilities.

  • Coordinating care among different healthcare providers for a comprehensive approach.

  • Call us into rounds, document storage, admission and discharge instruction education, family updates, and more within this complex healthcare setting.

  • Traveling? Or live outside the US? ShadowNurses are available to help navigate care abroad.

  • Help in navigating insurance policies, claims, and coverage details.

  • Offering the option to have a support person virtually present during medical visits.

  • Helping you prepare for medical appointments, questions to ask, and documents to bring.

  • Managing and organizing your medical records for easy access and review.

  • Providing educational resources to enhance your understanding of your health conditions and options.

  • Assisting in developing personalized health management plans.

  • Assistance in understanding and preparing for surgical & medical procedures procedures and tests.

  • Support in exploring and deciding on treatment plans, therapies, and alternatives.

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