Understood Care
Care advocates help manage lupus by coordinating care, simplifying treatments, and navigating benefits to protect daily life.
Lupus can affect joints, skin, kidneys, heart, lungs, and energy. With a clear plan and support, you can lower flares and feel more in control. At Understood Care, your advocate helps you understand options, prepare for visits, and keep care moving so you can focus more on living, not just managing lupus.
We help you track symptoms like joint pain, rashes, fevers, brain fog, and fatigue so you can spot changes sooner and share them clearly with your clinician. Your advocate sets up simple logs for sunlight, stress, infections, sleep, and medicines so you and your care team can see what worsens or calms symptoms.
We help you get to the right specialists, such as rheumatology, nephrology, dermatology, and others, so your care reflects the full picture of your lupus. Your advocate helps gather records, prepare questions, and organize test results so visits feel focused. We can also support seeking second opinions when needed.
Lupus care can involve prior authorizations, step therapy, specialty pharmacies, and forms for work or school. We help you keep track of each requirement. We check benefits, handle paperwork, and follow up on approvals so medicines and supplies arrive on time and you are not left waiting without what you need.
We keep your clinicians aligned on lupus medicines, labs, and safety, arrange eye exams, share updates after hospital visits, and help coordinate kidney care if lupus nephritis is a concern.
We look for Medicare benefits, assistance programs, specialty pharmacies, and community grants to lower costs, and find transport and home support so money and logistics do not block your lupus care.
We support daily routines for sun safety, rest, gentle movement, food, and infection prevention, create clear flare plans, and offer emotional and peer support so lupus feels more manageable and less lonely.
Erica Wolfe streamlines DME requests, meds refills, and stable housing support.
Liz Perez fixes DME hurdles, lines up doctors, and makes home setups safer.
Donald Washer gets DME approved, finds safe housing, and helps with food programs.
Jennifer Rodriguez clears DME red tape, arranges rides, and guides you to benefits.
Holly Sanford guides DME access and meds, with strong community and ride support.
We pair you with a dedicated care advocate who is the right fit for your needs.
Your advocate partners with trusted doctors to help you get the care, answers, and support you need, when it matters most.
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