Management Team

Get to Know Our Orlando Home Care Management Team

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Anthony Ford - Owner

I have designed Plan Life Care LLC and Partners in Health Care to be the support structure and helping hand I wish had existed to help my mother. I become a Certified Senior Care manager and Certified Aging in Place specialist, setting up Plan Life Care in 2017.Plan Life Care was ranked in the top 2% (2019) of all agencies in Florida. Partners in Health Care appealed to myself, because they also offer an extremely high level of quality. Partners in Healthcare is one of the very few Accredited private duty home care agencies. This means a full time director of nursing manages all aspects of the client’s care.

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Yonese Guerrier - Office Director

 

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Bonnie Gillenwater, RN, BSN, COS-C - Director of Nursing

Bonnie has 30+ years of experience as an RN, predominantly in the home healthcare field. Her other experience is military service with US Navy and is a Viet Nam Era Veteran.   Bonnie has 4 “grand-dogs” and is a portrait artist.   She is an enthusiastic advocate for senior care and maintaining independence in the home setting.  She is dedicated to training/teaching caregivers and assuring skills vital to care of our clients. Bonnie will be actively communicating with our clients by phone and through periodic home visits to assure peace of mind.

 

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Meghan Lightfoot - HR Admistration

Meghan Lightfoot is a  proud wife and mother of two and values family first. She has been working in the Healthcare field for over 5 years and has been in Office Administration for over 10. She has worked in many different aspects from billing and HR, to scheduling, intake and management but most importantly, client and patient care. Meghan values hard work and is always eager to learn and grow in experience. She’s an outgoing people person by nature and loves connecting with others, she has a passion to inspire with her positive attitude and believes kindness and compassion should be a daily practice and goes a very long way.

 

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Carolyn Barnhart - Client Schedule Coordinator

Carolyn has thirteen years of experience working in the scheduling and administrative department for both nursing agencies, hospitals and home health.

Carolyn ensures our clients’ needs and personalities are met through matching them with the perfect health care professional. She also enjoys supporting our health care staff in whatever way she can, as she believes that quality health care services come from a strong team.

 

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Kim Elfast - Billing & Invoicing

For 14 years prior to having children, Kim was the Administrative Assistant to the Director Of Trade Relations for a major pharmaceutical company in Massachusetts. Drawing on her administrative and organizational skills have made for a smooth transition to her current position at Partners in Healthcare.

Kim is very excited to be a member of the Partners in Healthcare family, and for this opportunity to assist our clients while treating them with the utmost respect and and dignity.

 

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Christine Howd - Admin Support

Christine assists with A/R, HR and Client Scheduling to ensure our clients and caregivers always have a positive experience with the office team.

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Jeff Nickel - Website Design/Development

Jeff has supported the web presence of several fortune 100 companies as well as helped numerous start-up businesses get their websites off the ground, including Partners in Healthcare. Ha has a B.A. in Digital Media and specializes in site design as well as photography and graphic design.

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Bonnie Charpentier - Executive Director of Nursing, RN, CDP

Very early in my life, I knew I was a caregiver. Helping others is truly what motivates me. My first job as a nurse’s aide was in a nursing home, caring for elderly individuals. Then I began my professional nursing career as an LPN and gained vast experience in eldercare.

After my sons began school, I decided to continue my education. During this same time, my dad, who had been such a strong supporter and positive influence in my life, was diagnosed with a brain tumor and died a few months later at the young age of fifty-nine. I knew from this personal experience that there had to be a way to keep loved ones with their families during these trying times and hopefully to the end of their lives if that is what they desired. I returned to school and earned a degree as a registered nurse.

Homecare was relatively new and growing in Massachusetts, but I knew this was the niche in which I needed to work. My desire has always been to provide clients with the support and assistance necessary to stay independent for as long as reasonably possible. I am certified by the State of Florida’s Department of Elder Affairs as an Alzheimer’s Trainer and by the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners as a Certified Dementia Practitioner (CDP). Today, after a multitude of changes, I find my life has come full circle. I am pursuing the same goals I did all those years ago, helping others through RN-managed home care.

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Hank Charpentier - Executive Director of Operations, MBA, MA

While working, I earned a BS in Business/E-Business, an MBA, an MA in Marketing, and I’m a Certified Senior Advisor (CSA). A few years ago while in transition from my last job of 15 years, my wife expressed an interest in starting her own home health agency. Unsatisfied with the pursuit of technically-focused positions, I yearned for more control of my own destiny, and thus Partners in Healthcare was born.

I am the Home Health Agency Administrator for Partners in Healthcare, responsible for all the non-medical aspects of the business. I am passionate about the work we do. Helping others age in place safely and independently provides the personal satisfaction that I have seldom felt in other positions. As a Navy veteran and member of the American Legion, I would be honored to help all vets and their families to develop a care plan that meets their needs.

Want to know more about our management team or our Orlando home care services? Contact us today!

 

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