Gerry
Angel, RN, Ph.D., the principal of Long-Term Insurance Services, possesses a strong commitment to educate
and help people plan for their future health care needs.
Gerry’s experience with her own family’s long-term
care needs, particularly her Dad, who had Parkinson’s Disease for a number of years, provided the impetus for her to
obtain a health insurance license in 1993 with the goal of specializing in LTCi. “I saw the critical need to help families
not only protect assets, but also to have an insurance plan in place that would provide access to quality care options and
choices, while providing peace of mind and security for their future,” she explains.
This protection is even more important now. With our country’s unpredictable
economic climate, people need to stretch their retirement savings even further. Individuals are also living longer, more women
are working, and families are often geographically dispersed; making direct “hands-on” family care less likely.
Gerry Angel and Congressman Tim Murphy
Gerry’s background and credentials are as unique
as the services she provides. She received her undergraduate degree in nursing from Duquesne University and her MNEd &
Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. She was a university psychiatric mental health nursing educator and one of the first
nurses to enter private practice. She conducted courses and workshops regionally and is a published author. Her book, “Developing
the New Assertive Nurse: Essentials for Advancement,” which she co-authored and published in 1986, was an outgrowth
of her seminars & workshops.
In addition to writing awards from the American Journal
of Nursing and the Pennsylvania Nurses Association, she has received awards in research, community service, and insurance;
including a “strategic impact” award from the Westinghouse SURE organization. She was named a “Distinguished
Nurse of the Year” by District Six of the Pennsylvania Nurses Association.
"It is indeed an honor and
a privilege for me to be a member of the nursing profession,” Gerry states, “a profession that ranks year after
year as Number One in both the Harris and Gallup National Polls for “Honesty and Ethics of Professions. Our Code of
Ethics clearly states that our primary commitment is to the health, well-being, and safety of the patient. As registered
nurses, we will advocate for patients as our priority over all other considerations.” Dr. Angel holds dual licensure in both nursing and health insurance, serving as a consumer
advocate to individuals, families, and organizations for her expertise in long-term care insurance and Medicare advantage
plans. She has addressed multiple organizations on these subjects, published in consumer periodicals, and served on the State
Secretary of Aging’s Long-term Care Council’s Consumer Advocacy Committee. She is a Board member of the University
of Pittsburgh’s Center for Healthy Aging, the Duquesne University School of Nursing Alumni Board, the American Association
of Long-Term Care Insurance, the Southwestern Pennsylvania Partnership for Aging, and U.S. Congressman Tim Murphy’s
Health Care Task Force Advisory Committee.
Duquesne University Nursing Alumni Board
