Nate Murray, LICSW - Managing
Partner
Nate Murray is President and Managing
Partner of MBC Senior
Services, Inc, the parent company
for The Visiting Angels of the South Shore, a private elder
home care practice
serving Massachusetts south of Boston. Nate is a licensed
Independent Clinical Social
Worker. Following his graduate work in 1980 at Columbia
University in New York, he has held numerous clinical
appointments including Director
of Social Work and Nursing
Home Services at Florida Keyes Memorial Hospital,
Clinical Director of the Survival Emergency Shelter, and Director of the first inpatient Dual Disorders Program
in Massachusetts at Arbor Health
Systems, Pembroke. In 1988 he co-founded Mass Bay Counseling, PC with Louis Schippers,
PhD
which has grown to become the largest
outpatient private, psychological practice in Southeastern Massachusetts.
Louis Schippers, PhD - Managing
Partner
Dr. Schippers is a well-known professional who has been in practice
on the South Shore since 1970 after
receiving his Doctorate
from Boston University. As Vice President of MBC Senior
Services, Inc he oversees the financial complexities of business operations. Dr. Schippers served as a Professor
of Psychology at Bridgewater
State University from 1965 – 2003 where he was instrumental in developing the Masters Degree program
as Chair of the Department. He is a founding
member of the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy in 1970 and has held Directorship
level positions at Arbor Health Systems,
Pembroke Hospital. As a Fulbright
Scholar he has traveled extensively in India and China studying
cross cultural approaches to human services
delivery systems. In 1988 he became President of Mass Bay Counseling,
PC
co-founded with Nate as noted above. It was from their experience working with couples in the “Sandwich
Generation” that gave rise to the interest
in geriatric services
and the subsequent founding of the Visiting
Angels of the South Shore.
Kim Bennett, LSW - Director
Kim Bennett, LSW, is the Director of Visiting Angels of the South Shore. Receiving her Bachelors Degree from Gordon College in 1990, she has been a Licensed Social Worker since 1992. Kim has been providing geriatric services in Boston and the South Shore for the past 20 years. Her extensive experience includes Elder Protective Services and Case Management in area ASAP’s. She served as a Rehab Social Worker at skilled nursing facilities and hospital based rehabilitation services. These included South Shore Hospital/Olympus Unit, Life Care Center of West Bridgewater and Harbor House Nursing and Rehab in Hingham. In 2003 she joined Visiting Angels as the Weekend Relief Coordinator and became Director in 2004. Her broad experience gives Visiting Angels its unique emphasis on helping seniors achieve their highest functional capacity in the optimal home environment.
Our Office Staff
Our
Staff is available to you Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm or in the event of
an emergency, 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
We always have both a scheduler and a manager on call 24/7.
Our
dedicated office staff works side-by-side with the managing partners and
director to provide the best possible care for our clients. Communication and attention to detail are a
top priority in providing every client with the services they need.
Our Caregivers are ...
Professional
At
Visiting Angels we know it isn’t easy to make the decision to invite a
caregiver into your home. That’s why our
personalized screening system, which includes two, secure, background checks,
is performed on every caregiver. We are
dedicated to providing private home care you can trust, allowing you or your
loved one to remain at home.
Experienced
Our
Caregivers are experienced, dedicated, trustworthy individuals who communicate
closely with the office staff and managers to provide the best possible care
for their clients.
Flexible
Visiting
Angel’s caregivers are Certified Nursing Aides, Home Health Aides, Personal
Care Assistants and Companions. Whatever
your needs, we can provide the right caregiver for you. We are proud of our reputation as the
nation’s leading, nationally respected network of non-medical, private duty
home care providers and our variety of special caring and supportive
services. All our Visiting Angel staff
are highly trained to provide the best care possible.
In addition, caregivers are provided free online Care-given courses, an additional 6 hour Alzheimer’s training certification course as well as ongoing Transfer and Hospice clinics.
