Photo
Gallery
56th
Annual Dinner
Board President, Ken Morris, welcomes guests to
HomeCare Options 56th Annual Dinner April 29, 2010
Assemblywoman Nellie Pou accepting Home Care Advocate
Award from Executive Director Ken Wessel at the Agency's Annual Event
Shirley Force of the Passaic County Department of
Senior Services was recognized with the Abe S. Berliner Community
Service Award at the dinner
Mujibar Rahman, left, was honored as homemaker of the
year at the event
Alzheimer's Certificates Awarded February 24, 2010
Certificates Awarded to HomeCare Options Aides who
have completed specialized Alzheimer's training provided by the
Alzheimer's Association of Greater New Jersey.
Volunteer Appreciation Dinner December 2, 2009
Among those honored at HomeCare Options Volunteer
Appreciation Dinner were left, with Volunteer Coordinator Virginia
Statile, MaryAnn Vecchione, for most shopping visits. At right with
Virginia Statile is Joan Silvano who was honored for 10 years of service
as a volunteer shopper.
Home
Health Aide Day November 19, 2009
Left Euphemia Richman, Sharon Faison,
and Ardine Bardin are honored for 25 years of service. Right, Yvonne
Hester with Executive Director Ken Wessel. Yvonne was honored for
35 years of service. Below being recognzed for 20 years of service
are, left to right Rebecca Briggs, Phyllis Brown, Maria Cotrina, Shirley
Scott, and Romona Sierra.
National Memory Screening Day November 17, 2009
Director of Services, Alexis Barry, right, Dr. Connie Bareford
left, with William
Paterson University Nursing students who volunteered to assist HomeCare
Options' staff in National Memory Day screenings.
Homemaker of the Year
Honored at State Celebration
Wilean Carroll, Agency Homemaker of the Year, was
honored at the New Jersey Home Health Aide Day celebration at the
Foresgate Country Club on November 5th. She is with Agency
Executive Director Ken Wessel, left, and Director of Services Alexis
Barry, right.
Enjoying the
HomeCare Options Wine Tasting Fundraiser at Lambert Castle
Alzheimer's
Association Provides Respite Grant
HomeCare Options' Executive Director Ken Wessel,
center, receiving $10,000 grant from the Alzheimer's Association of
Greater New Jersey's President/CEO Pat Lombreglia while Association Vice
President of Programs and Services, Laura Holly-Dierbach looks on.
The funds will be used to provide respite care services to Alzheimer's
families in Passaic County.
NJBIZ Magazine
Volunteer of the Year
HomeCare Options Volunteer Coordinator Virginia
Statile, right, being recognized by Colleen Matthews of Horizon Blue
Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey as a Heatlhcare Hero Volunteer of the
Year. The Healthcare Heroes Awards are sponsored by NJBIZ
magazine.
2009 Annual Dinner
Left to right, Frank Reyes, Miriam A. Forbes
Scholarship Winner, Carmela Mitchell, Caring Award winner, Wilean
Carroll, Homemaker of the Year, and Nancy Eberhardt, Abe S. Berliner
Community Service award recipient.
Phil Rongo (right) and Ron Ricci (center), founding
co-partners of Round Valley Wealth Management, present a check to Agency
Director Ken Wessel to provide flu shots to agency staff.
Agency Director
Ken Wessel, right, accepting recognition from NJBIZ magazine for
HomeCare Options as a 2008 Corporate Healthcare Hero. The
recognition was for the efforts the organization makes to care for its
own employees. At the far left is John D. Fanburg of WofBlock LLP
and Judith Roman, CEO of Amerihealth. They were cosponsors of the
event.
HomeCare Options' Home Health Aide, Shreen Savage,
received $1000 scholarship from Home Care Foundation of NJ President
Frank Giannantonio at the organization's Annual Meeting May 13th.
Shreen is attending Nursing School at Passaic County Community College.
2008 ANNUAL DINNER
Dixie Stokem, left was honored for her 28 years of
service upon her recent retirement as Agency Director of Services.
Maria Carpio was honored as the 2007 Homemaker of the Year.
Assemblywoman Pou being introduced at left and Board
President Ken Morris at the podium on the right.
Some of the 415 guests enjoying the Dixieland band
Summer
Camp
Children of our Staff enjoying time at Camp Hope in
West Milford
2007 Annual Dinner
Awards
Homemaker of the Year Bettye Sheppard with Director of
Services Dixie Stokem on left and Executive Director Ken Wessel
Miriam A. Forbes Scholarship winner Emmanuel Baralt
with his father and mother, home health aide, Maria Baralt.
Emmanuel is attending William Paterson University.
Caring Award winner Vince Cocilovo with Trustee Diane
Silbernagel who was this year's recipient of the Abe S. Berliner
Community Service Award
From Left, Carol Kientz Executive
Director of the Home Care Assoc. of NJ, Home Care Options’ Certified
Home Health Aide Sheika Rose, Senator Loretta Weinberg, and Home Care
Options’ CHHA Ieda Castilla. Ms. Rose and Ms. Castilla were honored at
the 5/10/06 HCANJ Annual Meeting at the Forsgate Country Club in
Jamesburg. Each received a $1000 scholarship from the Home Care
Foundation of NJ to help with expenses for Nursing School.
Executive Director, Ken Wessel, left, receiving the
Untied Way of Passaic County's 2005 Community Cornerstone Award.
United Way Executive Director Yvonne Zuidema, and HomeCare Options'
President Ken Morris are at right.
Senator Bill Bradley accepting Lifetime Caring Award from Board President Ken
Morris, left, and director Ken Wessel, right, at the Agency's 50th Anniverary Dinner
2004 Abe S. Berliner Community Service Award winner,
Dept of Aging Director, Mary Kuzinski with Agency Executive Director Ken Wessel
Agency Trustee Diane Silbernagel presents first annual Caring Award to
Frank and Diane Mollo of Wayne
Danitza Helena, left,
and Tamar C. Gordon, right, are 2003 winners of the Miriam A. Forbes Scholarship. Mrs.
Forbes is at center. HomeCare Options is proud to provide $2500 College Scholorships
each year to the children or grandchildren of our Home Health Aides.
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Board member, Virginia Statile, the 1998 Home Health Assembly of New
Jersey's Martha Esposito Award Recipient, Receives Jersey City's Leadership Award
from Mayor, Bret Schundler. This year Virginia was a recipient of the Abe S.
Berliner Community Service Award at the Agency Annual Dinner.
Patrice and Ken Wessel with Senator
John Glenn at National Association for Home Care meeting in
Baltimore
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