Request a Bodyguard
This is you
A serious diagnosis. Portals full of summaries that do not match. A Bodyguard is the licensed professional whose only client is you — on the case, not on the clock.
You need professional eyes in the room — and a professional record in the archive.
A serious diagnosis. Appointments on the calendar. Portals full of summaries that do not match. Nobody licensed is holding the whole picture — and nobody there works only for you.
They are going through it. You are the one on the phone, in the portal, repeating the story. You still do not have a Bodyguard whose only client is them.
They said the plan is in place. Follow up with your specialists. That is when things fall through — before anyone can see it, while it still looks like it is being handled.
This is not a nurse taking shifts. A Bodyguard you hired holds the picture. We read what they gave you. We look at you. We sit in the visit if you want. We tell you what is missing and what to ask. We do not work for the hospital, the clinic, or the insurance.
Hired a nurse or aide at home? That is Care at Home. Already in a hospital bed? That is In the Hospital. Nursing Home, Memory Care, or Assisted Living? That is the facility door.
We cannot become your doctor. We cannot make insurance say yes. We can put it together, and we look at it for you — once, every month, or tighter if this just started.
We are an objective third party. We do not take over the clinic. We do not fight in the exam room. The doctors still doctor. The routine stays.
We come in quietly. We read. We look. We write. If something must be raised, we raise it with you — a question for the next visit, not a scene.
You keep it even if you never have to show it. We still write it down the day it happens.
A Bodyguard’s record is a licensed record — written as it happens, by a licensed healthcare professional, only for you, not for the clinic. Start while they say everything is on track. That is your baseline. If later a doctor, a clinic, or counsel needs to see how it was — from the first diagnosis through the months that followed — it is already there. You can ask for it.
Pick how you want a Bodyguard whose only client is you.
Once a month
Once a month we hold the whole picture: meds, specialists, what each of them thinks is happening, what is still sitting undone. Twice a month or weekly if the diagnosis just landed. You are the client. Not the plan. Between visits, you are not alone with the portal.
Keep a Bodyguard on your sideOnce
We read what they have given you. We look at you. We tell you what is missing, what does not match, and what to ask at the next visit — in writing, in English.
Review the case onceThe appointment
We sit in the room with you. We ask the questions you freeze on. We write what was said. We debrief you after — not the clinic’s after-visit summary, yours.
Sit in with meA folder review with nobody examined is a weak visit. The portal will say the plan is in place. The body and the gaps are what tell you if it is. We use every record they handed you only as a check against what we see, and against what still has not been done.
What we will not promise: that we will become your treating clinician, beat an insurance denial, or get you into a trial. We hold the picture. You decide. The doctors still doctor. That is how this stays on your side — and how we stay in the room.
If this is you, say so. If this is your person, say so. If the diagnosis is new, or you just got home, that is enough. We will tell you whether a review this week, a visit companion, or a Bodyguard on a schedule is the right move.
Request a BodyguardText or call (630) 415-0222 — answered right away, day or night. No menu.
Serving Chicagoland
We provide advocacy inside hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living, behavioral health units, and memory care communities across the region — Northwestern Medicine, Endeavor Health, Advocate, Edward-Elmhurst, UChicago Medicine, Loyola, Rush, and more.
Hospital, nursing home & memory care advocacy in Addison · Aurora · Batavia · Bartlett · Bensenville · Bloomingdale · Bolingbrook · Burr Ridge · Carol Stream · Carpentersville · Clarendon Hills · Darien · DeKalb · Downers Grove · East Dundee · Elburn · Elgin · Elmhurst · Geneva · Gilberts · Glen Ellyn · Glendale Heights · Hampshire · Hanover Park · Hinsdale · Itasca · Lemont · Lisle · Lombard · Montgomery · Naperville · North Aurora · Oak Brook · Oakbrook Terrace · Oswego · Pingree Grove · Plainfield · Romeoville · Roselle · St. Charles · Sleepy Hollow · South Elgin · Sugar Grove · Sycamore · Villa Park · Warrenville · Wayne · West Chicago · West Dundee · Westmont · Wheaton · Willowbrook · Winfield · Wood Dale · Woodridge · Yorkville
Hospital, assisted living & rehab advocacy in Algonquin · Arlington Heights · Barrington · North Barrington · Buffalo Grove · Cary · Crystal Lake · Des Plaines · Elk Grove Village · Fox Lake · Hoffman Estates · Huntley · Inverness · Island Lake · Johnsburg · Lake Barrington · Lake in the Hills · Lake Villa · Lake Zurich · Marengo · McHenry · Mount Prospect · Mundelein · Palatine · Prospect Heights · Rolling Meadows · Schaumburg · Spring Grove · Streamwood · Wheeling · Woodstock
Hospital & care facility advocacy in Berkeley · Bellwood · Berwyn · Broadview · Brookfield · Countryside · Elmwood Park · Forest Park · Franklin Park · Hillside · Justice · La Grange · La Grange Park · Lyons · Maywood · Melrose Park · North Riverside · Northlake · Oak Park · River Forest · River Grove · Riverside · Schiller Park · Stone Park · Summit · Westchester · Western Springs
Senior living & hospital advocacy in Antioch · Deerfield · Deer Park · Evanston · Glencoe · Glenview · Grayslake · Gurnee · Harwood Heights · Hawthorn Woods · Highland Park · Kenilworth · Kildeer · Lake Forest · Libertyville · Lincolnshire · Lindenhurst · Long Grove · Morton Grove · Niles · Norridge · Northbrook · Northfield · Park Ridge · Riverwoods · Round Lake · Skokie · Vernon Hills · Waukegan · Wilmette · Winnetka
Hospital & care facility advocacy in Loop · Lincoln Park · Lakeview · Bucktown · Gold Coast · Old Town · Logan Square · Lincoln Square · Wicker Park · Hyde Park · Beverly · Bridgeport · Norwood Park · Edison Park · Jefferson Park · Portage Park · West Ridge · Rogers Park · Mount Greenwood · Edgebrook
Hospital, nursing home & rehab advocacy in Blue Island · Bridgeview · Chicago Heights · Chicago Ridge · Country Club Hills · Crest Hill · Crestwood · Darien · Dolton · Evergreen Park · Flossmoor · Frankfort · Glenwood · Hazel Crest · Hickory Hills · Homer Glen · Homewood · Indian Head Park · Joliet · Lemont · Lockport · Matteson · Midlothian · Mokena · New Lenox · Oak Forest · Oak Lawn · Olympia Fields · Orland Park · Palos Heights · Palos Hills · Palos Park · Park Forest · Richton Park · Shorewood · South Holland · Steger · Tinley Park · Willow Springs · Worth
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