VIA Times – February 2016 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest
Mabel has over 20 years of experience in the Home Care industry. A nurse by profession, she is the President and Administrator of Healthcare Plus Corporation and HOPE Palliative & Hospice Care with offices in Palatine, Rockford and South Holland. Both agencies have recently been awarded “deemed status” accreditation by The Joint Commission.
She is a Board member and Treasurer of ACHHAI (Association of Certified Home Health Agencies in Illinois), a nonprofit organization. One of ACHHAI’s main missions is to foster education and understanding of regulatory compliance to its members. As an owner of agencies that participate in Medicare funded programs, she is an advocate of utilizing “best practices “in Home Health.
She recently co-founded KIANA (Kananga International Association of North America) and currently serves as Board member and Treasurer. KIANA is dedicated to assisting needy families in the Philippines by providing a portion of their needs like food, school supplies and clothing. One of KIANA’s initiatives that will begin this year is the establishment of a continuous feeding program that will provide nutritious meals to over 400 school children in four schools serving the most indigent families of Kananga, Leyte in the Philippines.
Mabel lives with her husband and son in Inverness, Illinois. An excited grandmother to five-month-old Baby Zoey, she always looks forward to take time off from her busy schedule just to see and be with her.
Mabel loves traveling and spending time with her family whenever she has a chance to take a breather from her hectic business schedules.
