Becca has a cumulative 10+ years in non-clinical care work, focusing on advocacy and service delivery to older adults and adults with disabilities. Becca enjoys creating systems, programs and activities that foster wellbeing, including care planning and life enrichment, as well as organizational process improvement.
Over their years working in long-term care, Becca has recognized a need for tools, education and outreach in order to prepare adults and their care partners for the transition to supported living. Becca finds purpose in helping folks prepare for the bureaucratic requirements that hinder fast and easy transitions to formal care services when it matters most.
Becca is also passionate about creating and offering affordable, community-centered, activity programming. Becca aims to promote the cultural values of community care, and dispel the fear and shame surrounding aging, disability and death. Becca loves integrating isolated seniors back into the broader community, facilitating intergenerational events, and serving as a resource for families and informal care partners.
Education
Becca received their Bachelor's degree in Health Studies: Community Health Education through the School of Public Health from OHSU and Portland State University.
This degree falls under the umbrella of Public Health and focuses on identifying and addressing socio-economic disparities and other challenges that impact communities. In doing so, the goal is to improve the overall wellbeing of individuals within that community, which improves the wellbeing of the community as a whole. Through proven methods such as program development and implementation, social marketing, and community engagement, communities experiencing inequities are given the resources and support they need to thrive. Health Educators utilize organizational, interpersonal and management skills to connect communities to community resources, collaborate and propose community resources when there are none, and operate community-based organizations.
Credentials
Becca is a Certified Health Education Specialist through NCHEC. Health Education Specialists "serve in a variety of settings and can use appropriate educational strategies and methods to facilitate the development of policies, procedures, interventions, and systems conducive to the health of individuals, groups, and communities." Folks with the CHES credential are required to complete 75 hours of Continuing Education over the course of five years to qualify for renewal. Job titles related to Health Education Specialist.
Becca is in the process of becoming an AFAA certified Group Fitness Instructor, with a specialization in Senior Fitness. GFI's are required to complete 1.5 credits of Continuing Education and recertify every two years.
Becca maintains status as a Medicaid Homecare Worker provider. They plan to complete the Professional Development Certification (PDC) and Community Health Worker (CHW) certification training options. HCWs are required to complete 12 hours of Continuing Education over the course of two years to qualify for renewal.
Mobile Notary Public in Portland, Oregon and surrounding areas.
Providing notary services with a personal touch and deep knowledge of long-term care, aging and disability.
Experience
Case Manager, 2025-present
Work directly with service recipients to define the supports they need with consideration of their strengths, independence, self-determination and autonomy, creating actionable care plans for service implementation.
Notary Public, 2024-2025
Supporting folks with the finalization of their estate and advance planning documents, providing mobile service options to facilitate access for seniors and folks with disabilities by meeting them where they are.
Community Relations Director, 2023-2024
Walked folks through the process of moving into an Assisted and Memory Care RCF, including identifying initial support needs, sourcing medical records, and connecting families and residents to additional resources.
Care Coordinator, 2020-2023
Facilitated a social day center for older adults with disabilities. This included hosting conversations around care with the supported participant and their team. I constructed and updated care plans, and lead staff through the provision of personal supports and enrichment activities.
Informal Support Worker, 2018-2020
Provided support to private individuals. Reasons included post-surgery, as well as downsizing living situations. Tasks included mobility assistance, and supporting IADLs such as housekeeping and organization.
Personal Care Attendant, 2014-2018
Provided resident-directed, unskilled personal supports to individuals experiencing physical disabilities. Care tasks included meal preparation, cleaning, showering, dressing, and restroom support.
Additional skills & knowledge
Coaching - Incorporating principles of Motivational Interviewing to help folks voice their goals and develop actionable strategies to achieve them.
Medicaid care coordination - Collaborate with medicaid consumers, case managers and care providers to ensure comprehensive provision of services and resources. Create and share care plans for service delivery.
Dementia-friendly activities - Engaging folks in stimulating activities for positive life enrichment. Activities can center on reminiscing, music, strategic thinking, physical exercise, creative expression and skill engagement. They can be adapted to different stages of cognitive decline.
End-of-life - Honoring conversations around the choice between life prolonging interventions and comfort care, providing resources to palliative and hospice care options, and creating space for grief-observance and comfort rituals.
