Aging Gracefully understands that the core of our agency is our staff
Shannon Fothergill, Administrator Shannon is a Licensed Social Worker (LSW) and has over 15 years experience in long term care. She has worked in hospitals, nursing homes, and Home Health Care settings. for over 10 years Mrs. Fothergill has worked with caregivers in home health care job placement.
Debra Henderson, Staffing Supervisor Debra has been working with seniors for over 20 yrs she has worked hands on as well as management. Debra understands the full scope of quality care. She is very involved in our day to day management and staffing of employees
That is why all of our caregivers and certified nurses aides are trained and experienced in working with seniors with following conditions: Alzheimer's, Dementia, Parkinson's , Diabetes ,COPD, Heart Disease and Cancer. **We provide meal planning for diabetic and heart healthy diets
Our staff consists of over seventy-five qualified in-home assistants. Our employees under go extensive background, reference, and criminal history screening prior to employment and they are fully bonded.
We check each employee with the states Misconduct and the states Certified Nurses Aide database.
Criminal History checks are performed in the following states: Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Connecticut Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Wisconsin
In addition to the normal application process we complete a employee work sheet that contains all the pertinent information including a photo and finger prints.