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Blue Ridge Care

Your trusted source of compassionate care and support during life’s transitions and most profound moments.

Our Mission

Caring for life.

With the mission of “Delivering extraordinary care to improve life’s journey,” Blue Ridge Care is dedicated to providing the highest-quality compassionate and comprehensive physical, emotional, and spiritual care for aging and seriously ill members of our community, their families, and those affected by grief.

We envision a future where aging and serious illness are met with an integrated system of extraordinary care for all.

44 years of serving our community.

Our Services

Blue Ridge is committed to providing community-based, comprehensive care tailored to the unique needs of each individual. Our range of services spans the continuum of the onset of aging, living with serious illness, and end-of-life care, ensuring that our patients and their families receive the support they need at every stage.

PACE

A Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)

Blue Ridge Independence at Home offers a comprehensive and integrated healthcare solution for seniors who need assistance but want to remain independent and continue living at home.

Serious Illness Care

Comfort-Focused Care to Enhance Quality of Life

Blue Ridge Palliative Care Services provides comfort, dignity, and personalized care to improve quality of life for patients at any stage of serious illness.

Hospice Care

Expert Care and Compassion for Life’s Final Chapter

Blue Ridge Hospice provides the highest-quality serious illness and end-of-life care including pain and symptom management and holistic support, as well as community grief support services.

Our Leadership Team

Our Leadership Team and Board of Directors drive our promise of exceptional care.

Jason Parsons

President and CEO

Altonia Garrett, MBA, MHA, RN

Chief Operating Officer

Jennifer Costello, CPA

Chief Financial Officer

Angel DeHaven, BSW, CHC

Chief Compliance, Quality, and Education Officer

Kim Golanski

Chief Engagement Officer

SueAnn Myers, BSW

Chief Officer, Community Care Division

Julie Landrio, MD

Medical Director, PACE

Anne Silao-Solomon, MD

Regional Medical Director, Hospice

Blake Smyle, MSN, RN, CEN, CHPN

Vice President, Hospice Operations

Jared Lanza

Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis

Shayda Amaya

Vice President, Business Development Hospice

Ben Weber

Vice President, Business Development, Community Care

Mohamad Hamad, PhD, PMP, CC

Vice President, Information Technology and Security Officer

Anthony Crosen

Vice President, Community Enterprise and Property Management

Our Board of Directors

Board Chair
Lynne Sayles

Vice Chair
Jennifer A. Coello, MHA, FACHE

Secretary
Leonard R. Yang, MD, FACEP

Treasurer
Paul E. Delmerico, MBA

Member Emeritus/Founder
Helen Zebarth

Directors
Marsha Barley
Charlotte L. Dillis, MD
William Houck, MD
Richard Kennedy
Greeley Myers, Ed.D
John E. Prescott, MD
John C. Potter, MD
Jared H. Truban, Esq.
Michael Wilkerson

Our Service Area

Blue Ridge Care provides the highest-quality compassionate care and support in a 2,400-square-mile service area across the northern Shenandoah Valley and northwestern Virginia.

“Delivering extraordinary care to improve life’s journey”

Helen Zebarth
Founder, Blue Ridge Hospice