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Two New Staff Join Elder Services
Elder Services is pleased to announce the addition of two new staff members: Lisa M. Sicotte-Russo as Protective Services Worker, and Angela Fields as Purchased Services Coordinator.
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A Lanesboro resident, Sicotte-Russo comes to Elder Services from Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services of the Berkshires, where she was a Case Manager in the Guardianship program. She holds an associates degree in Human Services and is currently working towards her bachelor’s degree in Social Work at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams. As a Protective Services Worker, Sicotte-Russo will receive, investigate and resolve claims of elder abuse, neglect and financial exploitation.
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New Purchased Services Coordinator Fields, who is a Pittsfield resident, will schedule and coordinate the delivery of purchased services, such as homemaking and personal care, to Elder Services’ clients. From 1992-94, she worked at Elder Services as Partnership Development Coordinator for Meals on Wheels in Adams,
as Development Coordinator for the Alzheimer’s Respite Program, and as Money Management Coordinator. Fields has been a Family Advocate with the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, and has served on the Advisory Board for the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit at Berkshire Medical Center.