Kerney Hopkins is Avila’s Caregiver of the Month for March, 2024!
Kudos to Kerney Hopkins for being selected as Avila’s Caregiver of the Month for March 2024! “She provides kind, humble and respectful care,” shares Leslie Johnston, Director of Healthcare Services at Brightwood Senior Living. Kerney even gives extra support beyond her shifts- including calling her clients to remind them to take their medications, and visiting them in the hospital. We thank Kerney for her extraordinary dedication and service to Avila’s clients- congratulations!
A Life of Miracles- In Honor of Avila Home Care Client Helen “Halina” Silber
Avila Home Care was blessed to care for Helen “Halina” Silber until her passing this year. A survivor of the Holocaust, she was number 16 of the 1200 souls on Schindler’s list.
“She always said that her life had been a series of ‘miracles with improbable ends and that God was with me all the way,’ and he was until the end of her days,” her daughter Fran reflects.
Laverne Branch is Avila’s Caregiver of the Month for May, 2021!
Avila Home Care is proud to have Laverne Branch as a member of our exemplary Caregiving team! Laverne has been named May Caregiver of the Month because she has been a faithful and committed Caregiver since she came to work with Avila in the summer of 2017. She has worked with many clients over the…
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Avila Caregiver Omowumi “Esther” Ajepe’s Story
Omowumi Ajepe was born in 1978 in the southwestern region of Nigeria, Lagos, where she was raised. “Esther” was her baptismal name, which she now goes by. When Esther was a girl in Nigeria, she enjoyed going to school. She also loved the company of her grannies when they visited, which is how her love of seniors was inspired and nurtured.