Staff
The Generations Team
VICKI SHERMAN (DOUECK), MSW, LCSW, ASWCM – PRESIDENT / CEO
Ms Sherman has been a leader in the field of geriatrics for over twenty-five years. As Coordinator of Geriatric and Outpatient Services at Douglas Gardens Community Mental Health Center, a division of the Miami Jewish Home and Hospital she developed and implemented demonstration programs for clients with dementia that serve as a standard of care to this day. Before founding GENERATIONS she was a director at the Jewish Family Service of Greater Hartford, Jewish Family Service of Bergen County and Mid-Bergen Community Mental Health Center. In 1987 Ms Sherman founded the agency and has guided it to a position as the premier provider of services to the elderly, disabled and their families throughout New Jersey.
OUR CLINICAL STAFF
RISA AGIN LEVIN , LCSW – CARE MANAGER
Ms Agin Levin has a diverse background as a social worker having worked in St. Margaret’s Hospital for Women, Jewish Family and Children’s Service and Family Service Association in the Boston area. For five years she provided social work services to home bound patients for Rush Home Care Network in Chicago. Her most recent involvement with Englewood Hospital Home Health Services gave her the opportunity to use her experience and skills conducting psychosocial assessments, evaluating client’s in-home care needs and providing long term care planning through in-home visits and family counseling. Ms. Agin Levin joined GENERATIONS to manage our contractual case management and monitoring commitments to the local community and state wide programs.
SONYA J. ATKINS, CSW – CARE MANAGER
Ms Atkins brings over thrity years of experience working with the Bergen County Board of Social Services to her position. She was a social worker and case manager for special Medicaid waiver programs. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in psychology and early eduacation from Goddard College in Vermont in 1974. She is licenesed by the State of New Jersey as a certified social worker. Since joining the GENERATIONS team in December of 2010 Sonya has been actively involved with our contractual involvement inproviding assessments for clients of the Global Options for the State of New Jersey and Bergen Counbty.
KIMBERLY HAMILTON, LSW – CARE MANAGER
Ms Hamilton received her Master of Social Work from the University of Wisconsin in 1995. She has twenty years of experience in numerous areas of social work including homeless youth, families, addiction issues, and foster care. As a social worker she has worked with crisis intervention centers, detox and treatment centers, childrens services and homecare agencies before joing the GENERATIONS team in 2009. She that time she has broadened her experience and abilities as a care manager working with the elderly and individuals with disabilities involving challenging cases involving families, guardianships, legal actions and mental health issues.
SHEILA LAST, LSW – CARE MANAGER
Ms Last received her Master of Social Work from the University of Toronto and is licensed by the State of New Jersey as a licensed social worker. Over the span of her career she has worked with children and the elderly with Thistletown Regional Center for Children and Adollescents, Dorot Inc. and Jewish Family Services. Since joining GENERATIONS in January of 2007 as a care manager she has been working with the elderly and their families.
JENNIFER PERELMAN, RN; UK – CARE MANAGER
Ms Perelman has more than 35 years of experience as a registered nurse and corporate overseer of over 17 long-term care facilities throughout the United Kingdom. Prior to joining GENERATIONS she was a General Manager with Marriott Assisted Living. Ms Perelman is our care manager for cases that present medical priorities that require negotiating medical systems; dealing with complex family relationships and consulting on long term care monitoring and placement.
LISA REZNIK, LCSW – CARE MANAGER
Ms Rezznik has over 15 years of experience working with individuals with disabilities, families, the chronically ill and the elderly. She received her Master of Social Work from New York University in 1994. Her experience is based on her work with mental health centers, hospitals and private practice. Since joining the GENERATIONS team in June of 2006 as a care manager she has worked with adults with disabilities and the elderly providing care management, family therapy and psychotherapy.
DIANE STOLLER, LPN – CARE MANAGER
Ms Stoller is a licensed practial nurse with a bachelor degree in pyschology from Marymount Manhattan College and a Master of Public Health from Hunter College. She has 24 years of experience working with Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, NJ, Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood, NJ and Englewwod Hospital & Medical Center in Englewood, NJ. She joined the GENERATIONS team in August of 2008 as a care manager for the elderly.
MARIE T. THORPE, RN – CARE MANAGER
Ms Thorpe has been a registered nurse for over forty-five years in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Since 1984 she was the Director of Residential Services at Eastern Christian Children’s Retreat in Wyckoff, NJ, Hospice Nurse at Hospice of the Valley in San Jose, CA and Community Health Nurse at Valley Home Care in Paramus, NJ. Her extensive experience in providing care to the disabled, elderly and critically ill gives Ms Thorpe the opportunity to provide an insightful approach to care management and service for GENERATIONS clients and their families.
FRANCINE WEISBROT, LSW – CARE MANAGER
Ms Weisbroth has been a licensed social worker since 1996. She received her Master of Science in Socail Work from Columbia University School of Social Work in 1996 and obtained herLSW license from the State of New Jersey in 2000. Since that time she has been servicing a wide variety of clients ranging from nursery age through geriatrics in nursing homes, hospice, rehab centers, home care agencies and private agencies. Ms Weisbrot joined the GENERATIONS team in December of 2009 as a care manager.
SHARON MCCOBIN, MSW, LCSW – PSYCHOTHERAPIST
Ms McCobin has practiced as a clinical social worker for over twenty-five years. She has expertise in the treatment of depression, grief, life-stage issues, and trauma and in working with family and community systems. Ms McCobin works with GENERATIONS‘ clients in their homes as well as in assisted living and skilled nursing facilities. Her clinical skills enable her to work with a variety of clients and their families and help them meet the challenges of aging.
AARON G. WELT ,P.H.D. – PSYCHOTHERAPIST
Dr. Welt received his doctorate from Saint John’s University in 1987 and is licensed by the State of New Jersey as a Practicing Psychologist. Since joining the GENERATIONS team in 2009 he has been providing psychotherapy services to our elderly clients in group programs or individual seesion. The clinical skills he brings to the team is invaluable in working with a wide range of clients and their families when dealing with the challenges effecting the elderly.
OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
JIM LOCOCO – EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT / CFO
Mr. Lococo brings over 30 years of executive level experience in financial management, business development, technology management and systems design and development. Before joining GENERATIONS, he was the Chief Financial Officer of The Renfrew Centers, Inc., an internationally recognized mental health organization that provide service for women with eating disorders.
The GENERATIONS team is completed by a dedicated support staff that includes: reception, business office management and billing. GENERATIONS has also utilized the talents, enthusiasm and energies of graduate students in social work serving to insure there will be a “next generation” of compassionate, highly skilled professionals to serve the geriatric community. GENERATIONS is affiliated with professional care managers throughout the country and can coordinates services in most areas of the nation.
