About Joseph Scott McCarthy
Joseph Scott McCarthy is a veteran advocate with more than eight years’
experience working with Aid and Attendance and Housebound pensions. With the help of veteran service officers at the American Legion, county
veteran service officers, and VA personnel, he has educated and guided thousands of veterans and their surviving spouses through the VA pension process. Joe has given numerous presentations explaining VA pension benefits to veterans’ organizations, assisted living and skilled nursing facilities, hospital staff, social workers’ organizations, and lawyers who work with veterans. In 2005, he earned the Western Pennsylvania American Legion annual award for “selfless service” to veterans.
He has been a healthcare professional for twenty-nine years in Pennsylvania. Eleven of those years have been in long-term care marketing and administration for national and regional assisted living, independent living, and skilled nursing facilities. Joe is a registered respiratory therapist and for sixteen years, he was the director of cardiopulmonary services at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Joe is the president of McCarthy LTC Consulting, LLC.
He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor of science degree in biology and a master of business administration degree. He received his respiratory therapy education at Northwestern University Medical School.
