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HomeCare Options honors aides on Home Health Aide day 2011

Luz E. Rodrigez being honored for 25 years of service. Director of Services, Alexis Barry is on left and Sophia Zak, Nursing Manager is on right.

Honored for 20 years of service are, left to right: Carmen DaCorte, Beatriz Acosta, Gladys Salazar, Carmen Collado, Carmen Aponte-Post, Evelyn Chapman, Betty Bravo, Viola Mahan, Louise Crawford, and Marta Vinales

National Memory Screening Day November 15, 2011

Alex Barry, HomeCare Options Director of services, second from left, and Professor Jill Nocella of William Paterson University on right, along with student nurses from WPU lend a hand at Memory Screening Day at the Paterson Museum.

HomeCare Options 57th Annual Dinner, April 28, 2011

Center, HomeCare Options Board President Ken Morris welcoming guests to the 57th Annual Dinner.  Clockwise from upper left: Home Health Aide of the year, Lora Ellis being recognized by Alexis Barry, Director of Services; Agency Executive Director Ken Wessel presenting the Abe S. Berliner Community Service Award to Yvonne Zuidema, CEO of the United Way of Passaic County; Larry the Magic Guy entertaining guests at the dinner; Ken Wessel and Fr. Michael Burke of Catholic Charities presenting the Annual Caring Award to Brenda Berkley of Catholic Charities for her work in public housing.

Robert Parker of NewBridge, left, presenting a 2011 Helping People Move Forward award to HomeCare Options' Executive Director Ken Wessel at the Magic of NewBridge Gala, March 31, 2011

Volunteer Appreciation Dinner December 8, 2010

Among those honored at HomeCare Options Volunteer Appreciation Dinner  for most shopping visits were MaryAnn Vecchione left, and right Lynne Lefeler. Volunteer Coordinator Virginia Statile is in center.

HomeCare Options staff prepare Thanksgiving Baskets for patients with food they donated

Yvonne Hester, a home health aide at HomeCare Options for 36 years, prepares to deliver a Thanksgiving Meal to a patient

Enjoying the HomeCare Options Wine Tasting Fundraiser at Lambert Castle

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.

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.

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. 

 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.

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.

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

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.

Home Health Aides Receiving GED diplomas through HomeCare Options
GED classes





Monsignor Richard Rusconi, Board Treasurer, meets the Pope in Vatican ceremony.

Congressman Bill Pascrell (right) on home visit with Home Health Aide Candida Mendez and Executive Director Ken Wessel

Executive Director Ken Wessel discusses Medicaid Cuts with President Clinton




HomeCare Options Headquarters are in the Historic Rogers Locomotive Building in Paterson

The locomotive on the right, #119, was built in the Rogers Building.  The picture depicts the driving of the Golden Spike at the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

The Great Falls of Paterson, one block from our office, were the source of Power for America's First Industrial City.

Ariel view of Paterson NJ