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Orlando, FL
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Melbourne, FL
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Paramus, NJ
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Morristown, NJ
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Madison, CT
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Natalie M. Carey, RN Executive Director
Read a Home Healthcare Nurse column "Research on Reducing Avoidable Hospitalizations" that Natalie Carey co-wrote in 2008.
For more than 25 years, Natalie has been deeply immersed in many facets of home
healthcare. Most recently, she was Regional Clinical Manager of Long-Term Home Health
Care Programs (LTHHCP) for Visiting Nurse Services of New York and previously,
Patient Service Manager at the Certified Home Health agency of Lawrence Hospital
Community Health Services and at Warburg LTHHCP in Mt. Vernon. Natalie also served as
Director of Clinical Services at A&A Staffing, a home healthcare provider in White
Plains, and Director of Patient Services at Nathan Miller LTHHCP. Earlier in her
career, she was Patient Services Manager for Visiting Nurse Services of New York and
Home Care Coordinator at Montefiore Hospital's Home Health Care Agency, where she had
previously been a staff nurse in the Medical ICU. Natalie earned a BS in Nursing
magna cum laude at Boston University and is currently completing a Masters in Nursing
Education at Pace University. She participated in the Beatrice Renfield Evidence-
Based Practice Improvement Fellowship program while at the Visiting Nurse Service of
New York. Her area of research was the application of best practices to improve
chronic pain in home care patients.
Odalis Cortes, RN, CMC Director of Client Services
Odalis is a Registered Nurse who most recently worked in Mount Sinai Medical Center’s Acute Care for the Elderly Unit, where she managed an inpatient geriatric unit that implemented the Hartford Institute’s “Best Practices in Care for Older Adults” guidelines. She was also previously a Home Care Nurse at Mount Sinai’s Home Health Agency, assessing the comprehensive needs of adult and geriatric patients and at Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Services, providing case management for both geriatric and pediatric/maternal health patients. As well as earning an Associate Degree in Nursing from Orange County Community College, Odalis obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing at Lehman College School of Nursing. She gathered data on the prevention of pressure ulcers for a Mount Sinai Hospital study and presented findings on the importance of mouth care in the elderly population at a Mount Sinai geriatric conference.
Eileen Zenker, LCSW Director of Client Services
Eileen joins SeniorBridge with 23 years' experience as a social work administrator
and health care planner. Most recently, she served as Acting Director of the
Department of Social Work at NYU Langone Medical Center, responsible for leadership
and management of social work programs at Tisch Hospital and Rusk Institute, having
been promoted from positions as Associate Director and Assistant Director. Earlier,
Eileen was Senior Health Care Program Planner Analyst at the NYC Health and Hospitals
Corporation, working as internal consultant to 11 municipal hospitals and 4 long-term
facilities in the HHC system. She earned a BA in Psychology at SUNY Oneonta, a
Master's degree in Social Work at the Hunter College School of Social Work, and
completed a certificate in Bio-Ethics at Montefiore Hospital. Eileen has presented
papers on elder care, discharge planning, and bioethics at professional meetings.
Katie C. Dean, BA Director of Professional Relations
Until recently, Katie was Associate District Manager of Automatic Data Processing (ADP) in New York City, where she sold payroll services and HR solutions to accountants and banks, and developed new business. While in college, she was a Sales and Marketing intern at SK Bailey Marketing in Ohio, involved in sales calls, customer support, and new marketing campaigns, and also at Figlio Grandview, a multimillion-dollar restaurant, working on corporate functions, employee training, and winning awards for building and maintaining sales. Katie also worked full time with seniors for 2 years at the Westlake Village Retirement Community while earning her BA in Strategic Communications from Ohio State University.
Marsha Flowers, MSW Director of Professional Relations
That Marsha Flowers' unique career path took her to the doors of SeniorBridge was perfect. Her professional background integrates social work and sales and marketing. She is a psychiatric social worker with extensive, diverse experience that encompasses safe hospital discharge planning, family counseling on effective communication with relatives with dementia, and leading story-telling groups with Alzheimer's patients. Prior to joining SeniorBridge, Marsha held the position of Sub-Acute Social Worker at Jewish Home and Hospital. She was a Geriatric Social Worker at Schulman and Schachne Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, and held the position of Senior Account Manager for Wilson Learning Company, where she was responsible for selling and managing major training and development projects. She graduated from the University of Texas and earned her Masters in Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis.
Barbara E. Katz, MA Director of Professional Relations
Barbara joined SeniorBridge in 2006 as the Director of Recruitment and is now
Director of Professional Relations. Before joining us, she was a Recruiter of
clinical and nonclinical staff at the Hospital for Special Surgery and clinical staff
at St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers in New York City. In her diverse career,
Barbara has also been Placement Manager for an IT company, Training Manager for a
graphic arts/advertising company, and Manager of Education and Training at
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Previously, Barbara taught third grade
at The Dalton School. Barbara obtained her BS in Psychology/Communications from Montclair University and an MA in Curriculum Design from Long Island University.
Julie E. Lehrman, LCSW Director of Professional Relations
Before coming to SeniorBridge, Julie was a Pharmaceutical Sales Representative
promoting dermatologic products to physicians for Inventiv Health/Dermik Laboratories
and cardiovascular products for Inventiv Health/Novartis Pharmaceuticals in New York
City. Previously, she had been a Social Worker at the Children's Aid Society,
providing individual and group counseling in a teenage pregnancy prevention program.
Julie has also had a thriving private practice as a therapist in Chicago working with
couples and families often referred by local physicians and school social workers,
and she served as a Family Services Facilitator, coordinating healthcare and support
services for special education students in La Grange, IL school districts. Julie
earned her BA in Psychology from Michigan State University and MA in Social Work from
the University of Chicago. She also studied Spanish culture and language at the
University of Alcalá in Spain.
Christienne Mills Director of Professional Relations
Christienne comes to SeniorBridge from Sunrise Senior Living, where she has been
Director of Community Relations at its Brooklyn and Austin, TX, assisted living
facilities. Previously she was also Director of Marketing at Ashwood Retirement and
Assisted Living in Austin, and Marketing Coordinator at Hearthstone Health Center in
Round Rock, TX. Christienne served as Business Development Manager at Harder
Consulting in Austin, a professional employment consulting firm. Earlier, she was
Staffing Manager/Team Leader and Customer Relations Supervisor for Staffing Now,
Inc., West Hartford, CT, where she hired and trained office staff, planned and
monitored business development, and supervised employees. Christienne holds a
Bachelor of Science degree in Communication from Syracuse University and was a
teaching assistant in the Department of Reading and Language Arts.
Rae Richards Operations Manager
Rae comes to SeniorBridge with expert business management skills from various home
health care and hospital settings. He previously served as Business Operations
Manager at St. Mary's Health Care System for Children, Home Care Programs, in New
Hyde Park, NY, where he was responsible for hiring and supervising the business
staff, budgets, and work flow management. Previously, Rae had been Department
Analyst/Coordinator for the Visiting Nurse Service of New York's Long Term Home
Health Care Program in East Elmhurst, involved with budgets, P/L, reports, and
strategy development. He also functioned as Department Coordinator at Mt. Sinai
School of Medicine's Department of Surgery and Department of Medicine in New York.
Rae obtained his BA in Political Science from Denison University in Granville, Ohio.
Sharon Levi, CMC Care Manager Supervisor
Sharon was previously Director of Community Relations and Acting Director of Sales
for Marriott Senior Living Services in Bergen and Rockland Counties. She also served
as the Director of Admissions at Northfield Manor Nursing Home in Essex County and
Leasing Director and Community Relations Representative at Atria Assisted Living in
Westchester and Rockland Counties. She sold Prudential Health Care's Medicare
insurance and GE Capital's Long-Term Care insurance to New York seniors. Before that,
Sharon ran her own business, The Learning Continuum Corp, which provided training
resources to organizations. She was also a Sales Consultant for the Vital Learning
Corp, training staff in Fortune 500 companies, and for McGraw-Hill Training Systems.
Sharon has a BA in History and an MS in Education from Hunter College, and is
currently completing a Certificate in Geriatric Care Management at Hunter.
Patricia Charles, LMSW, CMC Care Manager
Patricia has been a social work professional in nonprofit and philanthropic
organizations for the past 30 years. She is a highly skilled care manager, as well as
a lecturer and educator. Patricia recently served as Educational Manager in an
evidence-based medicine and cultural competency research project for medical
professionals at Bronx Lebanon Hospital. For 18 years she was also senior case
manager/social worker at Jarvie Commonweal Services in New York, assisting older
clients to navigate their environment, healthcare, and life transitions. She has
worked as an Adjunct Professor of Gerontology at York College since 1993. Patricia
obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Columbia University and a
Master of Social Work degree from Fordham University, and is a Licensed Master of
Social Work in New York State. She is Co-founder of the National Association for
African American Social Workers on Aging and is a Cultural Consultant for Oregon
Center for Applied Research. Pat has a certificate for completion of training for Article 81 - Court
Evaluator and Guardianship Training.
Sheila M. Evangelista, LCSW, CMC Care Manager
Prior to Senior Bridge, Sheila provided care assessment and counseling for Value
Options, a managed care company. Previously, she had been a psychiatric social worker
at Holliswood and New York Presbyterian Hospitals. She earned a BA in psychology
from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and an MSW from the Columbia
University School of Social Work. Fluent in Spanish, she participated in clinical
research studies at Holliswood Hospital and Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.
SIFI course trained from Adelphi University, she supervised social work students at
Holliswood hospital.
Robert W. Hofman Care Manager
Rob has been a Geriatric Care Manager for the past 12 years. Since 2000, he has
designed and taught exercise programs for the elderly, including balance improvement
and fall prevention, both one-on-one and in small groups, specializing in the frail
and memory-impaired older adult. He works as an Exercise Specialist for the Elderly,
Advanced Personal Trainer and Chi Gong Group Instructor in New York. Rob finds Tai
Chi and Chi Gong, combined with regular exercises and breathing very useful for
improving overall well being, strength, flexibility, endurance and balance. He earned
a Masters degree in Psychology at the State University in Groningen, the Netherlands,
is certified by the National Academy of Certified Care Managers and the American
College of Sports Medicine. Rob's motto is "fun and functional."
Debra M. Jacobs, RN Care Manager
Debra most recently worked as a Teaching and Research Nurse in the Pediatric
Intensive Care Unit at Stony Brook University Hospital. She pursued the Critical Care
track in a Nurse Residency Program at Stony Brook and had clinical nursing experience
at Stony Brook University Hospital and other area hospitals in Manhattan and Long
Island. Prior to that, she was a home health aide and dermatologist's medical
assistant while pursuing her nursing studies. Debra has a Bachelor of Science in
Nursing from Stony Brook and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Natural Science from
Loyola College in Baltimore. She spent a junior year abroad at the University of
Newcastle, UK. She is currently in Stony Brook's graduate program pursuing an
advanced practice nursing degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner and will graduate in
2009.
Bina Luft Pribula, RN Care Manager
In the past 37 years, Bina has prepared herself in many ways for her work now with
SeniorBridge. As the sole School Nurse at a Brooklyn public school, she was
responsible for the well-being of 800 children, developing relationships with them
and their families as well as educating staff and families in individual and group
sessions. Concurrently she was a Legal Nurse Consultant and Court Evaluator for
Alleged Incapacitated Persons. Bina also worked as a Home Care Nurse at Mount Sinai
Home Care, handling complex cases and doing patient assessment with an
interdisciplinary team. She was a Nurse Consultant at the Counseling Center EDNY and
an Intensive Case Manager with the Visiting Nurse Service, as well as Inservice
Educator for the Nursing Staff for eldercare at the New York Foundation for Senior
Citizens. A Registered Nurse, Bina earned an AAS in Nursing at Kingsborough Community
College and a BA in Psychology at Lehman College.
Beverly Pearrear, RN, BSN Care Manager
In more than 30 years of nursing, serving many different healthcare populations,
Beverly has developed special expertise in homecare. Most recently, she was a nurse
educator of homecare aides at People Care Holdings, case manager/field nurse at
Englewood Hospital's Home Health Department, coordinating services for patients and
families, and a nurse/case manager for geriatric patients and staff at Co-op Care
Plan of Hebrew Hospital Home. Beverly has served as a home health RN case manager at
Montefiore's Home Health Agency and for GHI Home Care. She was Primary RN at Columbia
Presbyterian Medical Center on an inpatient unit caring for adult patients with
serious debilitating conditions and on the trauma surgical unit at Harlem Hospital.
Beverly earned her BSN at St. Peter's College in Englewood Cliffs and an AAS degree
in Nursing at Columbia Presbyterian's Clark School of Nursing.
Judith Race, LMSW, CMC Care Manager
Judith has been a strong advocate for older adults throughout her career. Most
recently, she was Director of Dementia Care Professionals of America at the
Alzheimer's Foundation of America. Previously, as a court-appointed guardian and
evaluator, she created and managed a guardianship program in Nassau and Suffolk
Counties to help the elderly remain independent in the community. She also served as
Coordinator of the Elder Abuse Project in the Queens District Attorney's office,
providing direct services to victims and developing in-service training seminars on
elder abuse. Among other roles, Judith was Planner of the Chronic Care curriculum for
medical students, residents, and practitioners at Weill-Cornell Medical College's
Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology and Supervisor of Direct Services in the
Elderly Crime Victims Resource Center for the New York City Department for the Aging.
She received a BA degree, summa cum laude, from Adelphi University, as well as an MSW
degree from Adelphi's School of Social Work. Judith is a licensed Master of Social
Worker, a Certified Care Manager, and has received a Geriatric Care Management
Certification from Hunter College's Brookdale Center for Health Aging & Longevity.
Jessica Salzberg, MSN, RN, CMC Care Manager
Jessica was a Nurse Educator of home health aides at Selfhelp Community
Services, Inc, in New York, as well as a Nurse Consultant providing
geriatric care management services and healthcare management training of
professionals for Care Management Consultants in New York and Boston.
Previously, she had been a Staff Nurse in the Maternal Child Health
in-patient unit at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, where she educated patients
and served as a student and new hire preceptor; and earlier, a Nurse
Student Scholar in neurosurgery. A Registered Nurse, Jessica earned her
Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Nursing Administration
degrees, with honors and academic scholarships at New York University.
She is a member of the New York Organization of Nurse Executives. She
is certified as a RN in both New York and Massachusetts.
Ruth Farrago, CMC Vice President of 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. Ruth has received her certification in Geriatric Care Management (CMC). She is a current member of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers and the Case Management Society of America.
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