Our Programs

Personalized programs led by Lindern Care experts

Exploring What's Possible - Seven 60-minute sessions, with asynchronous support | $550/month or $1,925/4 month package

We offer a three-phase program that helps you prepare for your next chapter with personhood, agency, and dignity. First, we will help you explore your core identity, including your most cherished experiences, deepest values, and proudest achievements, to define who you are at your essence. Second, we'll support you in examining how your diagnosis has shifted your life's expectations, identifying where challenges have emerged while discovering new sources of meaning and strength. Third, building on these first two steps, we will help you craft a personal narrative that captures your legacy, clarifies your priorities, and informs important decisions ahead. Throughout this process, you'll build agency and hope while creating a living document to share with your care circle, one that honors your whole self and empowers you to shape your path forward with clarity and purpose.

Your Dignity Narrative - Four 60-minute sessions, with asynchronous support | $1,200

Disease can often overshadow your voice and sense of self. Drawing on the work of Dr. Max Harvey Chochinov, we will guide you to reclaim your story by reflecting on the moments, accomplishments, and values that define who you are. Together, we will create a meaningful document you will be able to share with your loved ones, care circle, or anyone you choose. This document will serve as both a lasting legacy that you can choose to share with the people who matter most to you, and as a meaningful way to celebrate your own story and values through life review. Through thoughtful interview questions and collaborative editing, you will shape a narrative that honors your life and brings a sense of closure and purpose.

Navigating Life with Serious Illness - Monthly 60 minute sessions, with optional biweekly 15-30 minute check-ins, and asynchronous support | $600/month or $1500/3 month package or $2500/6 month package

When a new diagnosis or complex medical decisions challenge your vision for the future, Dr. Suzana Makowski provides personalized guidance to help you gain clarity and communicate your priorities and hopes to your family, clinical team, lawyers, and financial advisors. This program can stand alone or complement any of the packages above.

Navigating ALS - contact us for more information

Few illnesses challenge every aspect of personhood like ALS/MND. Drawing on her extensive experience supporting people living with ALS, including patients, caregivers, and family members, Dr. Suzana Makowski will serve as your coach in bringing clarity to what lies ahead, connecting you to resources, and helping you make sense of complex decisions. This support is available for people with ALS and their families or caregivers.

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Lindern Care Circle: Our online community 

Join our online community for discussion, engagement, stories, and, resources, and support.

Lindern Care Speaks: Community Engagement Programs and Workshops

At Lindern Care, our commitment extends beyond one-on-one consulting to serve the broader Rochester, NY community, and the global ALS community. We offer educational workshops and lectures reviewing the principles of Lindern Care.

We build impact through strategic collaboration with organizations that share our dedication to dignity and agency:

Hearts for ALS

Our Collaboration: Partnering to provide local support and care resources for patients and caregivers in the Monroe County area. Our collaboration focuses on offering Lindern Care's narrative-based workshops to help individuals and families maintain dignity and personhood while accessing equipment and local support.

Waiting Room Revolution 

Our Collaboration: Working with Drs. Seow and Winemaker to empower patients and families by putting the human back at the center of care. We offer complementary workshops and lectures focused on improving the patient and family experience, using narrative tools to implement their "Seven Keys to be Hopeful and Prepared" when facing serious illness.

Eleven Labs 

Our Collaboration: We serve as a referral partner and educator for their Impact Program, which provides free AI voice cloning and text-to-speech technology to people with ALS/MND. This partnership ensures that clients losing their ability to speak can preserve a crucial aspect of their identity—their authentic voice—aligning perfectly with Lindern Care’s mission to honor a person’s legacy and dignity.

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We offer in-person and virtual programs to professional firms, agencies, and organizations. 

Dignity Principles for Professionals - call for details

A series of seminars designed to help guide professionals in a variety of service fields (financial management, law, funeral directors, and others) to apply dignity care principles in their interaction with terminally diagnosed clients to guarantee a respectful treatment and legacy planning that honors and follows clients wishes and prevent burnout among service providers.

Third Act Masterclass: Empowering Seniors to Own Their Stories & Their Choices - 90 minute seminar | call for details

An interactive, story‑driven workshop that guides seniors, families, and professionals through the process of capturing life‑long values, crafting meaningful advance directives, and securing a legacy that truly reflects the person behind the paperwork.

• For financial planners/advisors: Build trust with your clients by helping clients articulate goals, align financial plan with personal values.

• For law firms, estate attorneys: Showcase your firm's commitment to personalized, compassionate expert advice and support and facilitate the intake of completed documents.

• For medical practices, health systems: Improve patient engagement and satisfaction with this empowering workshop that results in clarifying advance-care planning and helps patients get the care they want (and not the care they don't want).

• For assisted-living communities: improve your resident engagement, mental well-being, and support staff in facilitating end-of-life conversations.

Please note: In-person services are available in Monroe and neighboring counties in New York State, or otherwise through video conferencing

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