HEBREW HEALTH VISITING NURSES
STAFF
Catherine Politis Collette, Administrator, Home Health and Hospice
Catherine (Kate) is responsible for ensuring that the Home Health Agency meets the needs of its members by ensuring the delivery of high quality services. She assisted in the development of the Hospice program, and provides oversight to existing programs by implementing ongoing improvements in Home Health Agency services.
Kate joined Hebrew Health Care in January of 2009 to start the hospice initiative. She has dedicated her career to hospice and has worked in the field in a variety of capacities since 1994. Kate received her Bachelors Degree from Saint Joseph College in 1995 and her Masters from University of Hartford in 2007. She has held certification in Hospice and Palliative Care since 2000. She is active in the Connecticut Association for Home Care and Hospice and is a member of the Hospice and Palliative Care committee and is Chair of the Hospice Directors Special Interest Group.
Christine Waldie, Director of Hospice Services
Christine Waldie is responsible for the care delivery of our hospice program. She has worked to develop and implement policies and procedures to assure the best quality of care for hospice patients and their families. She has worked to pull together a group of dedicated professionals to be part of the hospice team who are committed to the mission and vision of the organization and hospice. She works closely with the home health administrator to strategically plan for the ongoing development of services and the program.
Mrs. Waldie joined Hebrew Health Care as an Assistant Staffing Coordinator in 1996. While in this position, she attended St. Joseph's College to obtain her RN, BSN and became a nurse at Hebrew Health Care in 2004. She was a nurse on our Rehabilitation unit, Hospital unit and was an assistant supervisor on the weekend. She then became the Nurse Manager for the Hospital at Hebrew Health Care.
Mrs. Waldie has a Masters of Nursing in Management from Regis University of Colorado, and is a member of Sigma Theta Tau National Nursing Honor Society.
Nancy Oliveira RNBC, Supervisor of Clinical Services
Ms. Oliveria began her nursing career as a Pediatric nurse at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. She was recruited by Project HOPE for the 10th teaching and training voyage in 1972 in Natal, Brazil and spent 10 years practicing International Nursing, educating and training Brazilian nurses.
After returning to the USA she became a Nursing Supervisor at Newington Children's Hospital. She is certified by the ANCC in Community Health and has been in the Home Care arena for 25 years. Currently a Supervisor of Clinical Services at Hebrew Health Visiting Nurses and Hospice, since September 2009.
Ms. Oliveria obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from St Joseph College in West Hartford, CT.
