Anita Rogers with her father, Rabbi Dr. Martin A. Cohen
Anita Rogers, BAHS Founder and CEO, recently lost her father, Rabbi Dr. Martin A. Cohen (1928-2026). Prior to his passing, he was cared for by Anita, alongside a dedicated team of women. This week, Anita is proud to spotlight these incredible caregivers as they are now seeking their next positions. Anita gives each of them her highest recommendation and would be happy to speak directly to any family interested in hiring. Learn more about eldercare here.
A Note from Anita Rogers, BAHS Founder & CEO:
I first hired caregivers for my mother and father when my mother became ill. We started with Yaneth, whom my mother adored. Yaneth had experience with her illness and knew how gentle, loving, and respectful to be so my mother could trust her. Yaneth was like sunshine in our lives. My mother was very attached to her, and Yaneth helped her find comfort in someone outside of the family. Yaneth helped during such challenging times. When my mother died, I hired 2 other caregivers to work alongside me, so my father had 24/7 care, while he was still very healthy. He was in his late 90s and required a walker but was otherwise in excellent health. I wanted a team to ensure his safety 24/7 and to maintain a clean environment, and to prepare healthy meals. 滨迟鈥檚听such a gift to be able to hire care before your parent is ill听or requires urgent care. This allows them to build听trust and a routine, and make sure you鈥檝e taken the time to hire the right people without being rushed by a medical emergency. The four women, Yaneth, Cynthia, Paola, and Dawn, who cared for him are听absolutely听extraordinary caregivers,听and it鈥檚 hard to express how much they mean to me and how truly phenomenal they are. I was there, with them, taking care of him each day, so I witnessed firsthand听how they went above and beyond, showing my father听genuine love, compassion, commitment, and true dedication.听I am deeply grateful, as was he. He always felt safe, loved, and respected. These girls adored him.
In late 2025, my previously healthy father became ill and was hospitalized with a medication-related lung injury. At that time, I arranged for the caregivers to work their usual shifts ensuring听24/7 coverage听in the hospital room for over a month. I spent most of my days there alongside them and their dedication was extraordinary, as they stayed in the hospital room round the clock tending to his every need with patience, compassion, and kindness. The hospital nurses even said our eldercare team was听better than the hospital staff. They were there, and incredibly attentive. We all worked hard to make him feel comfortable in a hospital setting, which was very difficult for him.
Once he returned home and was bedridden, I added Dawn, an amazing RN, to the team. The caregivers, a team of four led by Yaneth, ensured he was always safe, managed his听medications and oxygen, kept him听肠濒别补苍,听comfortable, and听free from bedsores, all of this while also听maintaining his dignity. They worked with love, attending to every detail. In addition to caregiving, they performed听high-quality housekeeping听and prepared basic,听healthy meals. They even cooked and served when he had guests, usually 4 times a week, before he became ill. When he was ill and guests came to see him, the team ensured every medical rule was followed. All guests had to wear masks, gloves and get tested for COVID and flu at the door, only allowed in when the test was negative. They managed to help him drink water and eat, when he didn’t want to, but medically needed to. 听They were all incredibly flexible with their hours听and catered to his every need. He consistently felt loved, respected, adored, and most importantly,听he felt safe. The team wanted to be there caring for him, they wanted to support me, as well. They all gave us their hearts and true dedication.
I feel so fortunate that my father had this amazing team by his side during his twilight years. They are truly angels sent from heaven and an incredible dream team.听We called ourselves 鈥淭eam Martin,鈥� which included the four caregivers, one close friend, and me. They deserve only the best, as they truly are the very best you can find in every way.
Yaneth, Team Leader
Home Health Aide and Eldercare & Dementia Specialist
Yaneth was the听leader听of Team Martin. She began by caring for Shelby, Martin鈥檚 wife of seventy years, before she passed, then stayed on with Martin afterwards. He was quite healthy and independent at that time, so she helped primarily with housekeeping and cooking healthy, nourishing meals. As Martin progressed and needed more help, Yaneth oversaw everything, from personal hygiene to medication administration.听In Martin鈥檚 home and while in the hospital, Yaneth ensured everyone followed听strict safety protocols听to keep him well, including masks and gloves when required, as well as COVID and flu testing for all visitors. Even the hospital staff was impressed by and remarked on her level of cleanliness and diligence.
Anita describes Yaneth as 鈥渟oft, loving, totally dedicated and loyal, highly intelligent, kind, sensitive, and possessing great integrity and a huge, selfless heart filled with love. She is one of the kindest, hardworking people anyone could ever meet. Yaneth is a rare type of person, a 鈥渙nce-in-a-lifetime鈥� type of person. She is very special.鈥� She became a member of the family to Anita and Martin, and treated Martin with such care and compassion every single day.听Yaneth took charge in the hospital alongside Anita, and the nurses and doctors worked with them to ensure Martin鈥檚 comfort and recovery.
Yaneth is a phenomenal team leader. She treats everyone who works with her with love and respect. She has no ego, and she completely dedicates herself to her job. Her听dedication听and听loyalty,听her experience and听extraordinary work ethic, are amazing assets for any family. Anita shared that 鈥渉er warmth, love and loyalty lead everyone, and everyone loves Yaneth鈥bsolutely everyone.鈥�
Yaneth has worked for nearly thirty years in eldercare, spending over twenty years dedicated to one听family. She has a deep understanding of dementia and Alzheimer鈥檚 patients and has an innate ability to build a bond with them, even those who are struggling with their diagnosis and with aggression.听She prioritizes听building trust听with her patients and ensuring their safety while allowing them to maintain as much independence as is safely possible.听She has experience with cancer, wound care, heart disease, and lung disease. She speaks fluent Spanish and English, is an excellent cook, and has incredible attention to detail. Any client she works for will adore her. She is now seeking听full-time听in-home work and is听flexible to work any schedule, including weekends.
Cynthia, Overnight听Home Health Aide
Specializing in Overnights and Flexible Schedules
Cynthia was a bright light, a ray of sunshine on Team Martin, working overnights (13+ hours – she was awake and on call the entire time). Cynthia is听warm, always happy, diligent, detail-oriented, generous, and extremely flexible. No job is too small for her. She handled housekeeping as well as attended to all of Martin鈥檚 needs while constantly maintaining a positive disposition, no matter the hour. Her character is always positive – she never complains, everything is a joy for Cynthia. She approaches life with optimism and kindness, which radiates from her. Martin and the whole team could feel her positivity. All care teams will benefit from this kind of enduring and genuine warmth.
Cynthia鈥檚 love and care for Martin were extraordinary. He felt safe, loved, and taken care of with Cynthia. Her presence during the nights was a great comfort to Martin. She was constantly there for him; she didn鈥檛 even nap. She would assist him every time he got up, and she would log his vitals every night. She handled personal care, laundry, cooking breakfast (and often dinner), and medication reminders. Anita and the team were very strict with visitors, both听in the hospital and in the home, mandating that everyone be tested for COVID and flu, as well as wear masks and gloves. Anita created a firm set of rules and the caretakers followed her lead perfectly with no exceptions. Cynthia’s cleaning methods are both gentle and thorough. This balance of gentleness and thoroughness extended to how she handled Martin鈥檚 personal care; Cynthia would tend to him with patience, kindness, dignity, and extreme thoroughness, then moisturize his skin, ensuring he always felt clean, safe, and loved by all.
Anita describes Cynthia as 鈥減ure sunshine, loving, caring, sensitive, professional, loyal, totally committed, highly intelligent, and adoring.鈥澨齀n addition to all of this, she is a great team player – she is a hard worker, has no ego, and a wonderful disposition.听Yaneth and Paola loved working with her, and she with them.听She is forever part of 鈥淭eam Martin.鈥�
Cynthia has听years of experience as a HHA (Home Health Aide). She has worked with patients with dementia, TBI, cancer, heart issues and post-surgery, and wound care. She has experience with patients both recovering and terminally ill. She is happy to cook, help with pets and handle housekeeping.听She is now seeking听full-time听work and is听flexible and able to work any schedule, including听long hours and overnights.
Paola is a very special, highly intelligent, loving, and educated caregiver. She worked weekends and weekend nights for Martin. Incredibly hardworking, she never took a day off, always arrived early, and was totally committed to 鈥淭eam Martin鈥�. She would cover any shift that was needed without hesitation. Martin loved Paola and Paola cared for Martin as if he was her father. She is extraordinarily kind, while also being intellectually inquisitive, which Martin loved as he was a working professor of history. He thoroughly enjoyed teaching her while she cared for him.
In addition to being an exceptional caregiver for Martin, she was a personal assistant and executive housekeeper for him. She helped him with physical therapy and assisted him with his work, which Martin loved. She would organize, help him write his books, answer the phone, and care for the many guests that would visit on the weekends, including preparing and serving food for them.
Paola is equally fluent in both English and Spanish. Martin spoke fluent Spanish and loved the language, so they spoke mostly in Spanish, despite Paola being a native English speaker.
She was such a comfort to Martin and to Anita. She was extremely vocal and protective of Martin during his hospital stay. She was exceptionally careful, gentle, and loving. He felt her love and respect and felt very safe, as she had a lot of experience caring for her own family in medical situations. Paola is a special person. She gives her all, heart, soul, and mind to her job.
When Martin was ill late last year and returned home, Anita wanted two caregivers at all times, in addition to herself. Paola covered all the extra shifts, with joy, optimism, dedication, and love.听She is a loving, detail-oriented caregiver with no ego who followed all the rules perfectly.听Anita shares that she is truly good at everything and that Paola鈥檚 presence is special and so lovely to have in the home. She is very intuitive and knows when to step in or step back. Anita describes her as 鈥渂right, dedicated, extremely special, dedicated, committed, loving, fast and thorough, good at everything – everything she did, she did incredibly well, she worked quickly and thoroughly while always giving Martin love and respect and always keeping him safe,鈥� and went on to say 鈥淧aola is a rare gem.鈥澨齈aola鈥檚 love of Martin meant so much to Anita.
Paola鈥檚 background is in nannying and teaching before she transitioned to executive formal housekeeping, eldercare, and personal assistant work. She鈥檚听extremely tech-savvy听and excels at听creating and maintaining听organizational systems, both in the home and digitally. Paola is very flexible regarding schedule, ideally looking for part-time work. She is happy to work听weekends and overnights. She is in the process of becoming a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) and she plans to continue on to get a master鈥檚 degree part-time, so she is very flexible to work days and nights, part-time or full-time with any two days off to continue with her studies.
Dawn, Registered Nurse12-Hour Shifts, Medical Care including IVs and Ventilators
Dawn is amazing. She is an extremely听experienced registered nurse. Dawn is always听calm, strong, incredibly dedicated, and very professional. When Dawn is around, everyone feels safe – she has that immediate effect. Her calm, loving, and intelligent personality is a gift to have on a team. She can handle any type of medical need with ease and grace. She is truly incredible. Her quietly strong and caring presence was a fantastic addition to 鈥淭eam Martin.鈥�
Dawn handled anything Martin needed relating to his lung injury and oxygen, and new medical issues that arose. She advised and worked with him with such professionalism and a deep commitment and loyalty. Dawn gives her all: her heart, her soul, her mind, her experience, especially when the medical needs are serious. Dawn can do it all. She is an incredible team player. She treated everyone with equal respect and love. Dawn has no ego, she takes her job extremely seriously, and dedicates herself completely to her clients. The team loved her and followed her lead when necessary. Dawn鈥檚 decades of experience as a highly intelligent RN are invaluable.
She worked with both Anita鈥檚 mother and father, closer to the end of their lives. She joined Team Martin once he returned home from the hospital and was bedridden. She provided听medical care, did听CPR听when necessary, and handled听light cooking and housekeeping. Working alongside her, Anita observed how capable, helpful, and deeply kind Dawn is.听Anita shared that if Martin had come back from CPR, it would have been Dawn that saved his life: 鈥渨hen he stopped breathing she started CPR in milliseconds and had me call 911.听If he had lived, it would have been her who saved his life. She was incredibly fast and calm.鈥澨鼳nita says 鈥淒awn is听phenomenal, experienced, intelligent calm, strong, incredibly capable and a wonderful, secure presence in the home.听She is completely dedicated to her work and gives her all. She is very quick on her feet, extremely thorough, and excellent with patients.听She can handle serious situations with total professionalism. She is amazing.鈥�
Dawn has been a Registered Nurse for over thirty years. She adores her job and loves people; this passion is evident in how much care she gives her patients and in how meticulous she is with every task. She is capable and experienced with all necessary at-home medical care, including听IVs, ventilators, pumps, drains, tracheostomies,听and more. She is looking for a role in eldercare or with any age patient in need of care. She has a听Compact Nursing License, meaning she can work in many states. She is听flexible in terms of schedule and hours, willing to work 12+ hour shifts, and willing to drive to second homes as needed. Dawn is looking for a long-term position. Her听ideal role is for a client who needs long-term care.听 In addition to her nursing and medical excellence, she is happy to care for a client and do light housekeeping and simple food preparation. Dawn can relocate for her ideal job.
滨迟鈥檚听such a gift to be able to hire care before your parent is ill听or requires urgent care. This allows them to build听trust and a routine, and make sure you鈥檝e taken the time to hire the right people without being rushed by a medical emergency. The four women, Yaneth, Cynthia, Paola, and Dawn, who cared for him are听absolutely听extraordinary caregivers,听and it鈥檚 hard to express how much they mean to me and how truly phenomenal they are. I was there, with them, taking care of him each day, so I witnessed firsthand听how they went above and beyond, showing my father听genuine love, compassion, commitment, and true dedication.听I am deeply grateful, as was he. He always felt safe, loved, and respected. These girls adored him.
