About Authentic Life Care Services
Authentic Life Care Services is a professional fee-for-service fiduciary firm serving individuals with temporary, future and/or permanent needs for support with daily financial management, healthcare decisions, and lifestyle logistics.
Social scientist Dr. Brené Brown, Ph.D. defines authenticity as “the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be, and embracing who we actually are.” She teaches that “Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It’s about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.”
Authentic Life Care Services was named intentionally to emphasize and uplift authenticity in the delivery of our services and in our day-to-day decision-making on each client’s behalf.
Our Mission
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What's In A Name?
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Our Why
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Who Are Our Clients?
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OUR MISSION
The mission of Authentic Life Care Services is to support the quality of life of our clients by recognizing and embracing their authentic selves while working to preserve their safety and well-being.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
We named our firm Authentic Life Care Services as a prominent daily reminder to ourselves, to our clients and their families, and to everyone we work with that our actions will be driven by integrity, truthfulness and transparency. We will make every effort to get to know each client’s background and important relationships, to embrace each client’s whole self, and most importantly to understand what each client’s deeply-personal priorities and preferences may be – in other words, what represents their authentic view of quality of life. We pledge to prioritize each individual client’s authentic self and their preferences and objectives in our decision-making and actions on their behalf.
OUR WHY
Our founders are grateful to have originated in values-driven, supportive families and have endured and supported others in navigating numerous life and health challenges with this benefit at our disposal. Time and again, when health crises or natural disasters or economic instability struck one of us or someone we loved, our family members showed up for one another. In our gratitude, we wondered:
“What do people do when they don’t have family like ours? How do they endure life-altering challenges? How do they understand what’s happening when they’re hospitalized? Who handles their day to day needs when they can’t do it for themselves and don’t have family to turn to?”
We formed Authentic Life Care Services to provide an answer to this question. We wanted to pay it forward for the advantages we have enjoyed by serving our vulnerable neighbors who don’t have the benefit of nearby, trustworthy and/or supportive family connections.
WHO ARE OUR CLIENTS?
Our clients include aging and vulnerable adults, adults with cognitive and/or developmental disabilities, and adults with complex medical and/or mental health needs, primarily in southeastern Pennsylvania.
We recognize that many forces in our culture, our political process, our economy, and our healthcare systems can work against individuals’ ability to embrace their true selves, to define their own quality of life, and to live their lives with authenticity. These forces can be especially harmful to LGBTQ+ people, individuals with disabilities or mental health challenges, aging adults vulnerable to elder abuse and financial exploitation, survivors of trauma, those who struggle with addictions, and anyone without supportive family relationships. We formed Authentic Life Care Services to specifically serve clients at risk of these challenges.