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Avila Home Care Receives Best of Home Care® Provider of Choice Award for the Sixth Year in a Row!
Baltimore – Avila Home Care announced today that for the sixth year in a row, it has received the prestigious Best of Home Care – Provider of Choice Award from Home Care Pulse. The Provider of Choice Award is granted only to nationally top-ranking home care providers, based upon client satisfaction scores gathered by Home Care Pulse, an independent…
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Meet Susan Skoda,
Business Manager at Avila Home Care!
Originally from Rockville, Maryland, Susan has extensive experience in administrative business management, and has worked in the HVAC and financial industries for two decades. Susan began her career working with The Trane Company in their Washington, DC office, and transferred to the Baltimore office when she got married. Next, she worked at T. Rowe Price…
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Meet Tamara Price,
Registered Nurse at Avila Home Care!
Tamara Price, RN, joined the Avila Home Care team in 2018 with over 12 years of experience working as a Caregiver and a Nurse. “My heart leads when providing care to others. Medical knowledge, training and experience are of course foundational assets to our line of work, but providing care from the heart makes…
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Meet Sarah McCullough,
Client Care Coordinator at Avila Home Care!
Sarah is from Washington State, and attended Simpson University in northern California, which is part of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. She majored in Business, with a minor in Cross Cultural Studies. After college she moved to Maryland to teach preschool and get her Montessori Certificate. It was through her volunteer work with the disability’s…
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Michele Steele,
Director of Client Care at Avila Home Care!
Michele’s extensive experience in streamlining operational practices and effective business processes in the real estate, non-profit and senior home care industries is complemented by her unwavering dedication to serving others and her lifelong connection to seniors. Michele has always been attracted to opportunities to serve others, and believes she was created with the attribute of…
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Meet Joe Dickerson,
Client Care Coordinator at Avila Home Care!
Joe Dickerson brings over 8 years of Customer Service expertise and a passion for helping others to his role as Client Care Coordinator at Avila Home Care. Joe was inspired to work with seniors while caring for his own grandparents, and he vowed to support others who are faced with some of the same challenges…
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Meet Wendy Marvel,
Registered Nurse at Avila Home Care!
Wendy brings over 30 years of dedicated nursing experience to her role at Avila Home Care. Driven by a passion for working with seniors and those with chronic health issues, she was inspired to serve at an early age while helping to care for her mother, who had ALS. In 1989, Wendy received her Bachelor…
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Meet Sanarta Murray-Barry,
Human Resources Specialist at Avila Home Care
Sanarta originally hails from Brooklyn, New York and has extensive experience in human resources, sales and home health care. She began her career as a legal secretary in New York City, worked with a cold storage company in Atlanta, Georgia, and then moved back again to NYC to work for Pepsi, Co. In 2016, Sanarta…
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Meet Lisa Erdman,
Client Services Manager at Avila Home Care!
Lisa has a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from Towson University, and for over 10 years she worked in assisted living in Baltimore City at every level- human resources, compliance, hiring, training and managing caregiver and client relationships. She met Avila’s Founder and CEO Danny O’Brien through Grace Fellowship Church, and was impressed by…
Read MoreStay Social and Enjoy Hobbies This Summer’s End
In late August, it is the perfect time to explore the outdoors and enjoy the sunshine. In addition to the physical benefits of natural sunlight and fresh air, being outdoors provides many mental health benefits for seniors, offering a wonderful outlet to reduce anxiety and feelings of isolation. Here, the qualified aging in place professionals…
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