“My Grandma looked forward to spending time with Jan, reading old books, visiting museums, talking about old times.”

The concept of Angel Advocates was born from the personal experiences of owner Jan DeMars.

She has experienced first hand how emotional and stressful it is for families to juggle the caregiving demands of helping a loved one no longer able to conduct activities of daily living without assistance, while trying to maintain an already full life of their own. The added stress often decreases the quality of health, life, and relationships of all concerned. Additionally, pre-existing emotional issues often surface. Frustration, fears, and guilt come out actually as anger, impatience, and judgment.

How incredibly sad it would be for loved ones to spend their last years communicating with their family in this way! How incredibly sad it would be for the family to spend those last years feeling overwhelmed, guilty, and resentful of the added burdens!  Jan's heart and soul desire is to provide loving, skilled, safe, dependable and high quality services to these families and their aging loved ones.

Jan's education, life skills and background bring added value to those connecting with Angel Advocates.

• She is a former bank executive, trainer, seminar leader, business owner and published writer.
• She is a trained and certified Child and Victims Advocate, having served many volunteer hours assisting families and children with trauma situations.  
• A graduate of the Grief Recovery Institute, Jan is a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist. Jan’s training in this area has enhanced her ability to ensure that the emotional needs of aging loved ones and their families are considered along with all of the “to do” needs.   
• Jan conducts Grief Recovery Outreach programs for adults of any age who are finding it difficult to find joy in their lives.