JUPITER/STUART - Paul Cain, Ph.D., owner of Comfort Keepers of Northern Palm Beach County and The Treasure Coast, recently announced the appointment of Linda DelPrete as Registered Nurse and Alternate Administrator.

Comfort Keepers provides in-home services on an hourly, daily or weekly basis with tailored packages customized to an individual's needs. Packages include companionship, personal care, light housekeeping, meal preparation, incidental transportation, laundry, and more.

DelPrete will be providing in-home assessment services, assistance in care plan management, caregiver training, client care quality control and community partner development as the company expands in the Northern Palm Beach County and Treasure Coast area.

"We are very pleased to have DelPrete join the Comfort Keepers Jupiter/Stuart area team," said Cain. "We realize the enormous stress and mixture of emotions that families face when it comes to caring for a loved one and are confident that DelPrete will provide area families with an option of care that allows them to remain independent and at ease in their home."

Before joining Comfort Keepers, DelPrete served as an RN Clinical Lead in the OR, PACU and Pre-OP units at Children's Hospital in Lexington, Mass. DelPrete was responsible for all aspects of patient care and unit personnel management and development. She attended Curry College and Northeastern University and is a graduate of Quincy City School of Nursing.

"I consider myself fortunate to work with an organization that has seniors' best interests at heart," said DelPrete. "I look forward to providing on-going education and support for our caregivers and to continuing the Comfort Keepers mission of improving our clients' quality of life through Interactive Caregiving™ and through specialized Alzheimer's and related Dementia Care in the comfort of their own homes."

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