In the spring of 1999, my father-in-law Ellsworth Fennimore died of lung cancer. Two days prior to his death, my mother-in-law was admitted with congestive heart failure to an intensive care unit at a community hospital in their hometown, Point Pleasant, New Jersey. Both of these tragic events changed our lives forever. Suddenly and without much warning, our family needed to deal with many different issues that required our time and attention, not to mention a certain amount of knowledge of the healthcare delivery system. The "fallout" from these real life events lasted approximately 6 months. During that time, we had to coordinate and manage from 300 miles away literally dozens of eldercare issues including but not limited to funeral/cremation services, medical bills, home health care services, nursing home services, Medicaid planning issues, real estate, legal, personal banking and property. It took an enormous amount of time to handle everything that needed to get done. We were away from work for more than four weeks. We spent many more hours at work and at home "surfing the web", making dozens of telephone calls and sending countless faxes. We did all these things because they were our parents. Helping them was an opportunity for us to reciprocate some of the love and nurturing that they had provided over many years. Every family in America would do the same thing. It was during that time that we realized that there was a real need for a company like ParentCareUSA.
        -Daniel P. Northrup, Founder and President