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Anita Mancini, LCSW, MBA Executive Director
Anita Mancini has spent more than 20 years in the behavioral health arena. She spent 16 years at The Holliswood Hospital, becoming Regional Director of Marketing. She also worked at the Corona Elmhurst Guidance Center Day Treatment Program with chronically mentally ill adults and at St. Vincent’s Hospital with chemically dependent patients. Ms. Mancini earned an MSW from the Hunter College School of Social Work and an MBA from Baruch College of the City University. She is also a cofounding member and Secretary of the Health and Business Alliance and a board member of the Alfred Adler Institute.
James C. Schmidt RN, CMC, BSN, MPA Director of Client Service
James Schmidt has over 25 years of experience in geriatric, home health and hospital
care, as well as assisted living. Most recently he was the Administrator and Director
of Patient Services for Extended Care Services, a home care agency on Long Island,
NY. Prior to that he ran a consulting firm doing home health assessments, was
Executive Director of Senior Care Assisted Living, and Director of Patient Services
for several home care agencies. He has also worked in Emergency, Coronary and
Intensive Care units in hospital settings. James has a Bachelors of Science in
Nursing from Adelphi University, a Masters Degree (MPA) in Health Care Administration
from Long Island University. In addition, he has a degree in Surgical Technology, a
Professional Nursing License (RN), and is a certified Family Caregiver Instructor.
Michael Rabinovich Director of Professional Relations
In the past 10 years, Michael has had a diverse business career. He was most recently Sales Manager at Rage/Brand Realty Co, supervising the sales department and all aspects of sales and closings, and specializing in condo development and conversions. Before that, he was a Sales Representative in Business to Business Security and Life-Safety Systems for Guardian/Mutual Alarm Co., where he was responsible for sales and marketing activities for the New York City territory, working with professionals to develop products and safety systems. He has also been a Sales Representative for Zeneca Pharmaceuticals in New Jersey, detailing products to medical professionals. Michael received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from St. John's University College of Business and is fluent in Russian.
Rita Campmier, RN, CMC Care Manager
Rita Campmier has more than 20 years experience as a nurse. Before joining SeniorBridge, she was a Nurse Manager for 8 years at Winthrop – University Hospital in Mineola, NY, an RN Care Manager at Sunrise Senior Services, Port Washington, NY and a homecare nurse with the Visiting Nurse Association of Long Island. She received a BSN from Adelphi University in Garden City, NY.
Carol DiBella, RN Care Manager
Carol DiBella joined SeniorBridge in March, 2005. Prior to that she worked for
Sunrise Senior Services in Port Washington as a Care Manager, and before that, she
spent 10 years at Booth Memorial Medical Center in Flushing, Queens. There she
worked as a RN on the medical surgical floors, in pediatrics, and in the ambulatory
surgical unit. She earned her nursing credentials at Adelphi University in New York.
Joanna Laplaca, LCSW Care Manager
Joanna LaPlaca joins our Great Neck office as a Care Manager with more than 10 years' experience as a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist. Previously, she
was a Case Manager for The Holliswood Hospital's inpatient and outpatient adult
psychiatric units. Her focus there was on adult substance abusers and geriatric
patients with mental illness. She was also the dedicated social worker for phase III
clinical research trials of psychiatric medications and has been a field instructor
for master's level social work students at Adelphi. Ms. LaPlaca obtained her MSW
from the Adelphi University School of Social Work.
Lori Costello, RN Care Manager
Lori worked for 8 years in Care Management at St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn before
joining SeniorBridge. She also served as a Critical Care Staff Nurse, Preceptor, and
Charge Nurse in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit at St. Francis. Lori's expertise
includes preventive cardiology-she has been a Research Registered Nurse in the Heart
Study-and in Cardiac Rehabilitation at St. Francis Dematteis Center in Old
Brookville. She has been a staff nurse at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Center
and began her career as a Vascular Trauma Staff/Charge Nurse in the Post Anesthesia
Care Unit at New York Cornell Medical Center. A Registered Nurse licensed by New York
State, Lori obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree at Molloy College and
did master's graduate work at the State University at Stony Brook's Nurse
Practitioner Program. She is a member of the National Association of Geriatric Care
Managers and the Case Management Association of America.
Ruth Farrago Vice President of Regional Operations
Ruth Farrago has over 20 years of experience in health care administration. She was the Administrator of an inpatient and outpatient comprehensive Rehabilitation and Orthopedic Division at Downstate Medical Centers in Brooklyn. She has an extensive background in home care marketing and management having worked for St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Centers as the Director of Intake and was then the Branch Manager/Administrator at New York Health Care. Ruth was also the Executive Director of Sunrise Assisted Living of East Meadow where she was responsible for the daily operations of the facility, client and family satisfaction, management of the sales and marketing team and coordinated community outreach and events. Ruth has a Bachelors of Science from SUNY College of Oneonta where she majored in Business Economics and she is currently completing a Masters Degree at Long Island University specializing in Gerontology.
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1010 Northern Blvd
Suite 236
Great Neck, NY 11021
Phone: (516) 767-8570
Fax: (516) 336-2549
NYS Dept. of Health - Bureau of Project Management, Office of Health Systems Management Application for HC License
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LIAF Spring Summer Newsletter 2008
SeniorBridge Professional Advisory Board member Dr. Peter Rabins at Long Island
Alzheimer's Foundation 20th Annual Coping and Caring Conference.
Dr. Peter Rabins of the SeniorBridge Professional Advisory Board and two Geriatric
Care Managers from the Great Neck office, Rita Campmier, RN, and Joanna LaPlaca,
LCSW, shared their insights about family caregiving at the Long Island Alzheimer's
Foundation's 20th Annual Conference and Expo that took place March 13 in Woodbury.
Over 150 family and professional caregivers attended the conference.
This year's theme, "Coping and Caring," drew families and professional caregivers
dealing with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias from around the area.
Attendees were able to meet a wide array of experts, have their questions answered,
learn about resources, and network.
Dr. Rabins, Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Program at Johns Hopkins School of
Medicine was the keynote speaker, offering thoughtful observations about the
challenges of caregiving. Ms. Campmier and Ms. LaPlaca distilled their knowledge of
working with clients and families for many years in a panel presentation on
"Overcoming Obstacles to Care at Home."
Ms. Campmier noted, "We wanted to offer caregivers ideas of how to better cope with
stressful situations, and also reach out to potential referral sources and staff
members to let them know of the vital services SeniorBridge provides.
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