What We Value

“Caritas, Veritas, Fortitudo . . . ”

During my childhood, I experienced medical conditions that heightened my awareness of how medicine was practiced and how society regards people who are ill.

As a young hospice worker, I saw the kind of assessment and care that I believed all people, not just the dying, deserved and required. At the same time, a paradigm shift was happening, from acute to chronic illness and thus an opportunity to reconsider how we care for the chronically afflicted and their loved ones. This paradigm shift continues worldwide.

Decades ago, I saw the epigraph, “Caritas, Veritas, Fortitudo,” carved into a building scheduled for demolition. These words captured for me what is required of those with chronic illness and those who work with them … these words guide us in our work:

• Caritas means not only “love,” but also compassion.
• Veritas refers not only to “truth,” but also to authenticity
• Fortitudo is not simply “strength, but also courage

It is my hope that our work gives professionals and caregivers the help they need to assist patients in achieving “Caritas, Veritas, and “Fortitudo“ and, with them, better, more meaningful lives.

What We Do

Albany Health Management Associates, Inc., was founded in 1989 to provide therapy, consulting and case management services to people who were seeking help integrating the experience of chronic illness into their lives. Over time, AHMA began to provide consulting services and training to government, corporate, patient, clinical and other groups in the areas of healthcare delivery, chronic illness, post-viral /post-infectious syndromes, autoimmune disease, innovation, trauma, criminal justice, forensics, Restorative Phase Practices™, Fennell Four Phase Model™ applications, and related fields, worldwide.

The organization also participated in research on chronic illness and mental health, focusing primarily on the Fennell Four-Phase Model™ of chronic illness; subsequently, we have been actively involved in research design and development for more than 30 years. We have developed, executed, and/or have collaborated in a variety of research initiatives addressing chronic syndromes, trauma, autoimmune disease, post-viral/post-infectious disease, clinical education, and training. In this pursuit, we have developed novel models for assessment and treatment with complimentary instrumentation, and served as primary investigators.