Throughout the years we have received hundreds of thank you notes and calls regarding our successes in helping families whose aging loved ones were facing nursing home or hospital challenges of one sort or another. We are pleased to provide you with this short list and cross section of the comments we’ve received:
Please accept my sincere appreciation for your efforts on behalf of my father. His last days were happy and in the place he called “home” as a result of your caring, efficient and professional service. Frankly, when I called to tell you how the facility where my Dad lived wanted to transfer him elsewhere, I didn’t have much hope that you or anyone could stop what seemed to be the inevitable. I was surprised that you understood how devastating such a move would be to him.
In an effort to keep him where he was, I had contacted everyone that I could think of. I ran into indifference and red tape. I couldn’t let them move him. At 90 years old this was home. He was happy there, he had friends there, and he felt secure there.
I called you as a last resort. When I told you my problem, you understood how important this was to us. I will never really know how you accomplished it, but after your visit to the residence, they agreed to let him stay. It took you one day to resolve a problem that I had been battling for a month.
My only regret is that I didn’t learn of you sooner. I could have saved myself a great deal of stress. Nevertheless, in the end you came to the rescue. It’s good to know that there is someone out there who is willing to stand up for the elderly.
Thank you again. –– Liza Oliva
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Jack Halpern guided my family through some very difficult decisions regarding long-term care for my dad and helped us negotiate an at-times baffling chronic care system.” –– Dennis M.
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Without Jack I could not have made the most difficult decision and that was to put my Mom into a skilled nursing facility. He helped me from a distance of 1,500 miles identify the things to look for and then helped me to determine if we could cover the cost for it. All during the Thanksgiving holiday. It also had to be done in 24 hours. It allowed me the time to airlift my Mom a few months later to a facility closer to her family. He’s like your big brother that is not willing to let anyone bulldoze you into doing something that would not be in the best interest of Mom or Dad. –– Ester H.
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When my 90-year-old grandmother broke her hip and vertebrae in her back, we hired Jack Halpern. The goal was for my grandmother to be able to go home. Jack not only ensured that the hospital and rehab center remembered that a 90 year old woman deserved appropriate care and respect, he fought diligently when we realized my grandma developed a very serious bedsore. With all the obstacles my grandmother faced, Jack helped my family achieve its goal – to get my grandmother back to her home. –– Beth P.
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Less stress and lots of help and support. THAT is what Jack Halpern did for my family. Mom was in the hospital recuperating from a fractured hip. That alone was stressful. But when we found out that the hospital gave her a stage 4 bedsore and thought nothing of it, we turned to Jack for help. Not only did he register the complaints, but he made sure mom was getting the proper care. We didn’t know where to begin. He knows the ins and out of hospital politics, jargon and red tape. He knew where to get the proper help we needed. Jack made our lives easier for us to cope with mom’s injuries and handled the beaurocracy of the hospital and rehab. –– Aileen S.
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It was heart breaking to find out that my father, who resided in Maryland, began to fail and need someone to oversee his daily living. His health was failing, as was his spirit. Our family is forever grateful for the compassion and caring My Elder Advocate showed to him because it enabled him to accept the help he so sorely needed. Through contacts you have in Maryland and elsewhere you got him on his feet again and he lived another three years and died peacefully. –– John P.
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What do you write when you really believe that a person helped to save your mother’s life? I think I’m pretty articulate but in this case the words elude me. Jack stepped into my family when my mother fell and broke her hip. The rest of the saga included Jack coming to the hospital and being the liaison with the geriatric care manager and discharge team. He then consulted with me about my mom’s “next steps” and helped make the arrangements for her to move into his recommended nursing home. That was 3+ years ago and my mom is now doing better than she was when she was at home. She’s eating and has social interaction. And frankly, without Jack’s gentle and patient guidance and expert suggestions I am not certain what I would have done. Oh yes, 3 years later, Jack is still asking about my mom and when he is at the nursing home, he makes a point of visiting her. Jack’s care and concern for the elderly is without comparison. –– Adrian M.
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I cannot tell you how much I appreciated your help. Thank you! When my mother was no longer able to care for my father –– Jack Halpern provided my mother, my brother and I with the assistance we needed. We did not know how to begin the process of exploring our options. He conducted a conference call (the three of us live in three different cities), understood our needs and pointed us to a professional in my mother’s home town that met with us (in person) and gave us the necessary guidance. Jack is resourceful, professional, and empathetic. I’ve encouraged all of my friends to contact him when the time comes to address the needs of the elderly in their family. –– Cheryl C.
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Jack Halpern knows his business. Most of all, Jack Halpern, CARES. –– Don C.
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Suppose that you had a Grandmother who needed to enter a nursing home or hospital? Do you know where to place her? Do you know how to follow up to ensure that your Grandmother receives the proper medical and/or nursing care that they need? I am happy to say that Jack Halpern is uniquely qualified to place your senior in an appropriate and loving environment and also to follow up with the staff to ensure that he/she is well cared for. My clients have attested to the fact that he continuously manages their loved one’s care so that they are always comfortable and treated with dignity. He does this by first placing them in facilities that can take care of their unique needs and desires and then second, by following up with the staff continuously. He cares and he understands what seniors want and need and is uniquely qualified to help any family deal with these stressful decisions and their desire to take care of the people they love. –– Iris B.
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Jack is THE person to contact for Elder Care. I trust him completely; when he helped me with my father’s care, Jack was knowledgeable, thorough, and compassionate. I recommend him with the greatest enthusiasm. –– Maria G.
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And many more…
