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Lucy Andrews

In 1988, after working in the University Health System at UC San Francisco, Lucy Andrews started understanding home care. She became a discharge planner and immediately fell in love with the concept of home care and the autonomous clinical practice it affords nurses. “Lucy was hooked and has been a strong advocate of home care ever since.”Lucy has worked in every aspect of home care from Medicare Certified, DME, Infusion, Hospice and finally Private Duty/Private Pay services. She also works as a home care consultant across the country and as a legal expert witness for the home care industry.

Having worked in all areas of home care, Lucy has a well rounded perspective of what we are facing as an industry, and as a provider she advocates for patients through the maze of health care services.Lucy has a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing from Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois. In 1994, she received her Master’s of Science in Health Service Administration from St. Mary’s University in Oakland, California. In 1992, Lucy was designated as a CAHSAH Certified Home Care Administrator. She is the founder and CEO of Creative Solutions Home Care Consulting Services and At Your Service Home Care, a company that provides the things she believes are essential for seniors to age in place by offering a higher level of service allowing people to be in their own homes with an emphasis on independence, safety, and quality of life.Lucy is the Chair of the Board of Directors for the local Senior Advocacy Services, a service organization that helps seniors and disabled in the Northern California area where she lives. She has served on the boards for both State and National Home Care Associations, and is currently on the following boards and committees: Board of Directors, California State Association for Health Care At Home, 2002-present, NAHC’c Private Duty Home Care Association Board of Directors, and multiple State and National home care committees. Lucy goes to Washington, DC, every year to advocate for home care issues.

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