A Family Owned Business Dedicated to Care with Gratitude at its Core

We are a family-owned business with a mother and daughter as co-owners. We approach your loved ones just as we would our own family elders. We value this family orientation in all of our team members. This provides a comfortable and familiar feel to our caregiving experience.

Strong Leadership from an Experienced and Committed CEO

Jela Maretic

CEO and Co-Owner

We were founded under the vision and leadership of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jela Maretic, a healthcare professional with more than 30 years of experience in clinical areas including:

  • catastrophic care management
  • acute and subacute care
  • private duty care and staffing

With the last decade of her career focusing on homecare, Jela’s experience and knowledge in the field translate into better patient care. Jela recognizes that knowledge is power—and ensures that each team member is properly trained on an annual basis to keep up with the latest in modern-day medicine as it pertains to delivering the best home care.

Additionally, Jela fosters a family-owned and operated culture at Gratitude Homecare. She is committed to creating a beautifully kind environment for her team that leads to better relationship-building, communication, trust, empathy, security, and care for patients and their loved ones.

Jela loves to travel.  Most recently she spent time in Italy touring Rome, Vatican City, Florence, Senna and Umbria.  She looks forward to visiting Alaska in the near future.  At home, Jela is focused on spending time with her family which includes, three children and her two precious dogs.

Jela is committed to supporting charities and is a member of the Annual Walk Committee for the Alzheimer’s Association.  In addition, Gratitude Homecare is a supporter of the Phillips Fund, a scholarship-based charity providing the opportunity to attend Don Bosco Prep and Bergen Community College.

Compliance Adherence and Best Practices Implementation

Gabriela Sango

Director of Company Culture & Compliance and Co-Owner

Gabriela has a background in Human Resources, Recruiting, and Compliance gained through experience with other home care agencies.   She is focused on maintaining a strong compliance environment and strengthening recruiting at Gratitude Homecare through the implementation of industry-standard best practices.

In addition to her formal role at Gratitude Homecare, Gabriela recently founded a “Young Professionals in Healthcare” networking group, in conjunction with a sales director from a local assisted living residence.

Gabriela is recently engaged and in her free time, she loves being near water, whether at the beach in Long Island or on a boat in Greenwood Lake.  She loves to cook but she regrets that she has little time to cook.

Our Unifying Mission

Our Mission is GRATITUDE

The state of being grateful or thankful and readiness to show appreciation and thankfulness. We have embodied the very essence and overarching definition of gratitude into our core values and mission statement as it pertains to caring for our elders. After all, our elders have groomed us, shaped us, instilled our cultural values, and played pivotal roles in creating the world we all live in— and we are forever thankful.

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Our Core Values

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GRATEFULNESS

R

READINESS

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ATTENTIVENESS

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TENDERNESS

I

INDEPENDENCE

T

TEAMWORK

U

UNDERSTANDINGNESS

D

DUTIFULNESS

E

EFFECTIVENESS

Our Promise

We promise to always provide exceptional non-medical, in-home care to seniors, disabled adults, those recovering from surgery, illness, or injury, or anyone who needs help with the activities of daily living. Our trustworthy care professionals provide personal care and homemaking services in your home whenever needed.

Because we are guests in your loved one’s home, your comfort and trust are paramount to us. Caregivers are bonded, insured, and subjected to a rigorous screening process, including background and reference checks and verification of credentials. Ongoing supervisory visits by management help ensure that our care continues to meet your expectations.

A Support Team Focused on Quality Care

Our management team is focused on facilitating the caregiving process and they work behind the scenes to ensure a seamless and high-quality experience for our clients and their loved ones.

Stefanie Rubin

Care Manager

Yiomary Auceda

Business Office Manager

Brooke Bertolino

Staffing Coordinator

Sharine Annoh

Operations Manager at Summit

Marko Setka

Business Strategies and Special Projects Consultant

Training & Support of Our Team

Better client outcomes are only achievable through proper training, support and education—and this principle is of utmost priority to our care team at Gratitude Homecare. To accomplish this effectively, we partner with CareAcademy, an award-winning online training platform for caregivers. Through these extensive disease-specific and knowledge-based courses, our care team is fully equipped to provide care in the following areas:

You can rest assured that our caregivers are highly qualified in being able to assist you and your loved ones with all individual needs while being compliant with best medical practices and state requirements.

  • Activities of daily living (ADLs) such as feeding, toileting, dressing and bathing
  • Alzheimer’s and other dementias
  • Cancer care
  • Communication and professionalism
  • Diabetes
  • Emergency and safety
  • End of life care
  • Falls prevention
  • Gastrointestinal issues
  • Heart disease
  • Home management
  • Infection control
  • Instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) such as shopping, using the telephone, preparing food and housekeeping
  • Mental health
  • Non-drug pain management
  • Nutrition and meal preparation
  • Obesity and weight management
  • Parkinson’s Disease
  • Post-stroke care
  • Respiratory diseases
  • Skin care and wound prevention

You can rest assured that our caregivers are highly qualified in being able to assist you and your loved ones with all individual needs while being compliant with best medical practices and state requirements.

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