Meet Our Team

Ron and Christine Krasnansky opened their first Home Instead office in State College in 2002. A year later they opened a second office in nearby Saxton.

Ron impacts the community through his efforts to improve the quality of life for senior adults as they age. The quality standards of Home Instead are recognized nationwide and the local offices set the Standards of Excellence in the industry. All of the State College and Saxton CAREGiver staff are continually educated, trained, and screened through many background checks. In requiring this level of quality, Ron and Christine allow thousands of seniors and their families in the local area to enjoy peace of mind, independence, and dignity. Ron is a hands-on owner with an exemplary caring spirit. He is committed to improving the lives of Central Pennsylvania's seniors.

Currently, the State College team provides home care in Centre, Clearfield, and Mifflin/Juniata counties. The team at the Saxton office provides home care service to Huntingdon, Fulton and Bedford counties.

Ron and Christine Krasnansky both graduated from Penn State University. As co-owners of these two franchises they share a deep commitment to providing excellent homecare and to fulfilling our mission:

"To provide compassionate care and inspiration to our local seniors. We aim to exceed expectations."

Amy has been our Director of Client Experience for fourteen years. She came to us with almost fifteen years of experience as a visiting nurse. Amy is responsible for supervising the function of all client scheduling as well as overseeing assignments of new clients and ongoing quality assurance. She is an important link to our client's and their families as we develop and maintain their ongoing needs and ability to age in place. Amy works very closely with service coordinators from Veteran's Affairs and the Area Agency on Aging to provide adequate services to those in need.

Dana is our Director of CAREGiver Experience. She is responsible for ensuring the needs of the CAREGivers are met, and develops and maintains a workplace culture that retains quality CAREGivers. Dana is also responsible for building community awareness of open CAREGiver jobs while overseeing our Recruitment and Learning and Development teams. If you know of anyone interested in becoming a CAREGiver, please contact Dana today.

dana.romanini@homeinstead.com

As our Client Care Coordinator, Denise meets with clients and their families that are interested in home care to discuss ways that our services can help them age in place. Her role includes completing in-home care consultations to help determine how home care can best fit their needs. Denise then provides quality assurance visits to all of our clients to ensure that our services are meeting their needs.  She can also re-evaluate our clients needs should their be a change in condition. Denise is also active in the community building relationships so that we can be a resource to any senior in our community!  

Ashlee is responsible for building community awareness of open CAREGiver jobs, and finding quality candidates to join our team. Ashlee is active in our CAREGiver recruitment events as well as interviewing potential CAREGivers. She also leads the building of our recruitment referral partner database. If you know of anyone interested in becoming a CAREGiver please contact Ashlee today.

ashlee.daly@homeinstead.com

Taylor is our Learning and Development Coordinator - CAREGiver Supervisor for all CAREGivers. She began her career with Home Instead as a CAREGiver and was promoted to this position after being a part of our team for one year. Taylor conducts new CAREGiver Orientations and all CAREGiver trainings. She motivates and inspires our CAREGiver workforce and develops and tracks retention strategies. Taylor creates and implements annual CAREGiver trainings, as well as engagement opportunities with our CAREGivers.

Our Service Coordinator oversees the communication of scheduling changes and updates to clients and Care Pros as they occur. They coordinate services with Waiver Service Coordinators as well as the Veteran's Administration. They provide accurate client information with new Care Pro assignments resulting in quality service. The Service Coordinator plays a vital role in all of our scheduling needs.

These are the friendly voices you will hear after business hours for both the State College and Saxton offices. They are fully trained to ensure that your needs are met outside of normal business hours. They can assist you with scheduling needs, CAREGiver and Client issues, service inquiries, CAREGiver inquiries and any emergencies that should arise. Our phones are answered 24 hours a day.