Support that
adapts as
life changes
Providing professional advocacy services for patients and the disabled. Personal representation, conservatorship support and executor services for individuals and families facing complex life transitions. With clinical background and systems-level experience, we help clients understand diagnoses, coordinate care, navigate the disability and legal maze, and make informed decisions when surrogate decision-making is required.
Bringing clarity, organization, and steady guidance during special circumstances—ensuring your voice, rights, and best interests remain at the center of every step.
Guidance for families and caregivers facing challenges with aging in place or exploring care optiosn. We can help you guide older loved ones, those living alone, experiencing memory loss, and in the more advanced cognitive decline of a dementia. We provide practical strategies, behavior management techniques, emotional guidance, and coordination tools tailored to your loved one’s stage of life.
Reduce stress. Improve quality of life. Supporting the path forward.
Get clear, compassionate support when facing a terminal illness. We can help guide you in making informed choices, honoring your values, and finding peace during the final chapter of life. We provide professional, tailored end-of-life guidance and help for those facing serious illness or life-limiting conditions.
After-loss assistance is an option to all families. We collaborate with you in navigating and prioritizing immediate needs, next steps, administrative tasks, and help with closing a loved one's life with grace and care. Our approach is grounded in professional experience, ethical boundaries, and family-centered advocacy.
Create meaning, closure, and the goodbye you want.
Servcies, solutions and support that adapts as life changes
Someone in your corner.
Every. Step. of. the. way.
Independent Patient Advocacy
Medical and non-Medical Advocate
Diagnosis and treatment plans insight
Medical Provider communication
Navigating the healthcare system
Understanding medications and procedures
Clarifying insurance issues
Bringing clarity, organization, and steady guidance to ask the right questions for understanding—ensuring your voice, rights, and best interests remain at the center of every step.
Navigating elder care and planning.
Know next steps.
Plans for aging in place
Exploring care and housing options
Guidance for seniors-living alone, solo aging, experiencing memory loss
Home Safety Assessments
Advanced cognitive decline- dementias and Alzheimers
We provide practical strategies, behavior management techniques, emotional guidance, and coordination tools tailored to your loved one’s stage of life.
Guidance and grace for life's most important journey.
Hospice and Palliative Care advocate
Death Doula support
Tailored plans and guidance
Informed choices
Honoring your values
Finding peace during the final chapter of life
Caregiver support
We provide professional, 1:1 end-of-life guidance and help for patients facing serious illness or life-limiting conditions.
After-loss assistance is
Create meaning, closure, and the goodbye you want.
Compassionate Consultation for Planning, Care Coordination, and Advocacy
Serving Middle Tennessee and beyond — in person or virtually
Shannon Pearson, BSN, RN, BCPA
Shannon is a practicing, double board-certified neurology nurse and end-of-life practitioner. She is a former hospice and palliative care nurse, a board certified patient advocate, and is a Fellow with the (ICA) International Caregiver's Association.
Shannon has extensively trained in chronic and terminal disease care, in dementia behavior management, and as a healthcare advocate in the areas of medical and non-legal support. Additionally, she is a Medical Affairs PACS (prior authorization certified specialist), skilled in working with insurance payers to resolve conflict, address barriers and further patient understanding.
She has served at the bedside for thousands of patients in the last 15 years, both as a nurse and as a healthcare educator. Shannon is a highly experienced and effective advocate and has a deep understanding of what people need when they are looking for answers to the hard questions.
At On Your Terms, Shannon empowers individuals and families to face the journey ahead with clarity, dignity, and peace of mind. Whether you’re planning ahead, dealing with a chronic or urgent circumstance, or in the initial after loss phase, she’s here to listen, guide, and walk with you every step of the way.
Schedule a 30 minute consultation with our inquiry form or call 615-510-1717
Having Shannon as our dementia consultant was invaluable. She helped us to understand the medical side of my husband’s condition, and steer through the constant roller coaster. She helped us speak with our doctors- which had been frustrating. She connected us with community support groups, respite care options, and even legal resources we hadn’t considered. Her knowledge and compassion lifted a huge burden off my shoulders as a caregiver.
Working with Shannon, was a game-changer for me and for our family. I felt helpless about my father’s needs as he aged and had ongoing health issues. Her depth of knowledge, calm presence, and clear guidance not only helped us navigate complex medical issues but truly empowered my father to make choices about his own care and lifestyle. She made sure he felt heard, respected, and in control. One person can make a big difference.
Shannon and her team provided the end-of-life support our family didn’t know we needed. The compassion, guidance, and professionalism made a difficult time more meaningful and less frightening. We felt supported and empowered every step of the way. I can’t imagine going through this without them.