Philadelphia, PA · Healthcare Beauticians Consulting

Patricia
Pingitore.

Healthcare Beautician · 47 years Death Doula · End of Life Specialist Reiki Master · Inter-Faith Minister Author · Founder · Consultant

The beauty industry forgot about patients. Patricia didn't. Since 1979, she has carried her work into nursing homes, hospices, hospitals — the rooms the rest of the beauty world never enters.

Est. 1990 · Dignity Home Hair Care · Philadelphia, PA
47 Years of service
Grooming neglect in healthcare is an epidemic.
She has been fighting it since 1979.

Patricia Pingitore has spent four decades in the rooms the rest of the beauty industry never enters — nursing homes, hospices, dementia wards, children's hospitals. She is the first person to write a book about it, and she is not done.

The Practitioner
Patricia
Pingitore
Certified End of Life Specialist Death Doula — accompanying families through the dying process with dignity and presence
Reiki Master · EFT · Metaphysics Ordained Inter-Faith Minister · Founded Sacred Healing Group for Women
Healthcare Beautician 47 years · Dignity Home Hair Care, est. 1990 · Philadelphia tri-county area

She carries the salon to patients the world has stopped seeing.

Patricia's clients cannot come to her. They are in beds, in chairs, in rooms that smell of antiseptic. They have Alzheimer's disease, or are recovering from surgery, or are in the final weeks of their lives. The act of washing someone's hair, of making them look and feel like themselves again — Patricia has understood for 47 years that this is not a luxury. This is dignity. This is care. This is healing.

47 Years in practice
2 Books published
1979 Since
Where she works
Nursing Homes · Hospices · Hospitals · Rehab Facilities · Private Homes · Children's Hospitals · Dementia Wards

Forty-seven years,
not a career —
a calling.

Record of Service
1979
Career begins
Healthcare Beautician Career Begins
Healthcare beautician work begins across Philadelphia hospitals, hospices, and nursing homes. A calling recognized before it had a name.
1990
Founded
Founding
Dignity Home Hair Care
Mobile hair care for people with physical or mental challenges throughout the Philadelphia tri-county area. The salon comes to the patient.
1999
Certified
Spiritual Practice Deepens
Reiki, Metaphysics, EFT. Ordained as an Inter-Faith Minister. Founded Sacred Healing Group for Women. Beauty and healing becoming one practice.
2005
Pioneer
Pioneer
First Alzheimer's Friendly Salon
A therapeutic salon environment designed specifically for patients with dementia — calming spaces for those confused, combative, or frightened by water.
2020
Specialist
Certified End of Life Specialist & Death Doula
Expanded her practice to accompany families and patients through dying — with dignity, presence, and beauty to the last.
2022
– Present
Active now
Healthcare Beauticians Consulting — Founded
The first consulting practice of its kind in the nation. Expert guidance for beauticians entering and operating in healthcare settings nationwide.
Published Works

The first books ever written from inside this field.

I
Healthcare Beauticians Training Manual Vol. I cover
Vol. I · Co-Authored · 2022
Healthcare Beauticians Training Manual: On the Job Mastery Made Easy
ASIN B0BNV3V337 · The first publication ever written from inside this field. Professionally recognized as a mandatory supplement to proper training.
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II
Healthcare Beauticians Training Manual Vol. II cover
Vol. II · Solo · 126 Pages · 2023
Healthcare Beauticians Training Manual
ASIN B0C7T9N2X4 · Written through the lens of a practitioner in a workspace markedly different from any commercial salon. Paperback and digital.
Paperback →

A free call. That's how it starts. No pressure, no pitch — just a conversation.

$0
Free Intro Call
A complimentary phone interview. Tell me where you are. I'll tell you what I see.
$150/yr
Annual Membership
Monthly phone or Zoom consulting. A full year of professional support and guidance.
$55/hr
Business Coaching
Focused, hourly mentoring for specific challenges, new launches, or strategy sessions.

Look Good.
Feel Good.
Heal Good.

"If this work sounds like something you or your team needs, I would like to hear about you."

"Patricia changed the way our entire staff thinks about patient dignity. She does not lecture — she shows you, and it stays with you."

Director of Nursing Long-term care facility · Philadelphia, PA

"In twenty years of hospice work I had never seen a training that moved staff to tears for the right reasons. She gave our aides something they will carry forever."

Volunteer Coordinator Hospice organization · Pennsylvania

"We booked one session and ended up bringing her back three times. The families notice. The residents notice. The work speaks for itself."

Activities Director Skilled nursing facility · Delaware Valley
Phone
215.939.0294
Office
733 Magee Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19111
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