Staff

At CarePlus we take pride in hiring staff members who embrace our philosophy. The following list of team members have been with us for a number of years and are dedicated to acting as a partner, an advocate and a friend to our clients and their families during what is one of the most challenging, transitional periods in their loved one's lives.

 

Executive Staff

 

Tom Najjar is the Founder and President of CarePlus Home Health. Tom graduated from Florida State University with a business degree in Hospitality Administration and spent several years working in hotels and managing various restaurants in the D.C. metro area. Using his hospitality experience, he embarked on a new career working in the eldercare community. Tom saw the need for reasonably priced, quality service that adds a touch of personalized care to each of his client’s unique needs. As a result, he launched CarePlus Home Health in 1995. Tom had the opportunity to personally utilize his agency’s caregivers when his own father needed care in his last months of life, before succumbing to cancer. Tom brings to CarePlus a higher standard of customer service.

 

Heather Najjar, RN, BSN is the Director of Nursing for CarePlus Home Health. Heather brings over 17 years of emergency and critical-care nursing experience to CarePlus, having worked in several hospitals in the Washington, D.C. area. She graduated from Jacksonville State University with a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing in 1992 and has been caring for the neonate to geriatric population ever since. Heather is a native to suburban Maryland, is married, and most enjoys family life with her husband and six children. She has the dedication and warmth that’s rarely found, yet so needed, in this field.

 

Management Staff

 

Lily Groh is the Client Relations Manager and began with CarePlus in 2004. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia. She has lived in the Washington area for many years. Lily is now coordinating client relations matters for CarePlus. In addition, she is continually working with clients and caregivers on a daily basis to find the right match to fit each individual’s situation. Her previous work at a nursing home and at a support service for the elderly provides her with valuable knowledge that has been useful when dealing with the many day-to-day issues of assisting families of those in need of care.

 

Margret (Maggie) Gerardi is the Staffing and On-Call Coordinator and an invaluable asset to CarePlus. She draws on her previous work experience as evidenced in her excellent administrative skills and her knowledge from pharmacy technician experience. Maggie provides efficient services to our caregivers and outstanding care to our clients.