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Margaret Ware has been named Elder Services’ SHINE Coordinator. As SHINE Coordinator, Ware will provide health insurance information, counseling and assistance to elders, coordinating a team of over 20 SHINE counselors throughout the county who do the same. Ware received an A.B. in 1971 from Mount Holyoke College, and is a Selectman in Williamstown, where she resides.
Elder Services also has two new casemanagers, Ralph Calamari and Judith Douville, who assess the needs of elders; develop, with the elder, a service plan; and interact with other aging network agencies to secure the services necessary to help the elder to remain in his/her own home.
A Pittsfield resident, Calamari was most recently a home health aide for Lee Regional Visiting Nurse Association, and had previously worked for 14 years in New York City as a Human Resource Administration Case Worker, and as a supervisor in Social Services and Special Services for Children. Calamari received his Bachelors of Science from Fordham University and graduated as a Licensed Practical Nurse from Berkshire Community College.
Judith Douville, a Dalton resident, was most recently employed at Ashmere Manor Nursing Home as a Social Worker. Douville has also held social worker positions at Willowood of North Adams, Berkshire Hills North Nursing Home, and at Project Aim. She has also been volunteer coordinator for hospice services and a guidance counselor for the Central Berkshire Regional School District. Douville, who holds holds a Masters in Education, is a member of the Dalton Library Board of Trustees, and a volunteer with the Foster Care Review Board for the Massachusetts Department of Social Services.