Vicki Abdella Named Community Services Director

Pictured: Vicki Abdella, RN, AAA7’s Community Services Director
 

Pamela K. Matura, Executive Director of the Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc. (AAA7) is pleased to announce the appointment of Vicky Abdella, RN, to the new Community Services Department as Community Services Director and a member of AAA7's senior management team. The AAA7 Community Services Department currently includes the following programs: Care Coordination, National Family Caregiver Support, Service Coordination, Electronic Resource Directory, "Making A Link," Residential State Supplement Provider Development, and Community Service Outreach Programs serving participants in Adams, Brown, Gallia, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, Ross, Scioto and Vinton Counties.
 

Ms. Abdella has 22 years of nursing experience as an educator and administrator with the past 20 years spent in homecare. Her experience includes working in hospitals, home health care agencies, health departments and medical equipment companies. She has worked with regulatory agencies at the state and federal levels and has worked cooperatively with community agencies throughout her career. Ms. Abdella has experience with public speaking at the local, state and national level.
 

Ms. Abdella holds an Associate Degree in Nursing from Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio and is a certified Train-the-Trainer to be a Program Coordinator or Primary Instructor for Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program from Columbus State Community College. She is a certified Information and Referral Specialist for Aging and has completed on-line coursework for Project CARES (Caregiver Adaptations to Reduce Environmental Stress) from the National Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification of the University of Southern California. Ms. Abdella has attended numerous continuing education seminars in the field of aging.
 

For the past six years, Ms. Abdella has been with the Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc. as a PASSPORT (Medicaid Waiver) Case Manager, and then as Supervisor of the National Family Caregiver Support Program where she worked to assist with the development and implementation of the program that now assists over 500 caregivers in the agency's service district.
 

The Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc. (AAA7) administers programs for older adults funded by the state and federal governments. Federal funds managed by the Administration on Aging and the CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services), as well as all state funds, are received through the Ohio Department of Aging. The Agency contracts with agencies and then channels funds through this network of service providers. These agency providers include senior centers, community action agencies, home health agencies, health departments, etc.

For complete listing of programs from the Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc., visit www.aaa7.org of the web or call 1-800-582-7277.