Meet Our Team
Erin Lynch, Gerontologist, CMC, LNHA, MS
Co-Founder & Director
Erin Lynch is passionate about helping people live their best lives as they age. Embracing a career calling that began with her close relationship with her grandmother, she co-founded TUCKed In Eldercare, an aging life care management business, in 2018.
Erin is a gerontologist with an MS in gerontology and management of aging service from UMass Boston and a BA in gerontology from St. Bonaventure University. She is a member of the Aging Life Care Association. She is a certified geriatric care manager by the National Acadademy of Certified Care Managers, a licensed nursing home administrator and an Alzheimer's Association family support ambassador.
Erin has built a team of aging life care management professionals throughout New England who work together to develop, implement and manage plans of care for TUCKed In Eldercare clients and their families. In partnership with a trusted network of home care, financial, legal and home modification experts, Erin’s holistic approach helps clients and their families experience their highest possible degree of independence, health and safety.
Kevin Smith
President & CEO, Best of Care
Kevin Smith is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Best of Care, Inc. – a non-medical home care agency which serves Greater Boston, the South Shore, South Coast and Cape and Islands communities with offices in Quincy, Milton, Taunton, New Bedford and South Dennis, Massachusetts. Best of Care’s concierge-level services include personal care services, homemakers and companions, hospice care, care management and specialty services as they relate to Alzheimer’s, dementia and acquired brain injury care. Under Kevin's direction, Best of Care has acquired two private pay agencies, expanded to Cape Cod and the Islands and obtained contacts with 8 of the state’s 26 Aging Services Access Points (ASAP) partners. A respected member of the home care industry, Smith is a past President and member of the Board of Directors for the Home Care Aide Council of Massachusetts. He graduated from Providence College with a BA in History in 2007.
TUCKed In Eldercare is affiliated with Best of Care. Erin and Kevin avidly share the vision and understand the importance of providing the highest quality of care to their clients. Together they hope to make a difference in the lives of those residing and summering to and from Nantucket.
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Serving Nantucket:
Jessica Trimble, CMC, RN
Manager of Care Services & Development
Nurse Care Manager
Jessica grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has lived in Los Angeles, Chicago and most recently New York city where she worked as an Emergency Room Nurse for 6 years. Jessica moved to Nantucket in 2016. She has welcomed the change from the big city and feels honored to call this little island her home. Jessica worked for 3 years in the Emergency Department at Nantucket Cottage Hospital and is also a freelance medical and forensics writer.
Jessica feels passionate about providing skilled and compassionate care. She earned her nursing degree at Columbia University School of Nursing in 2009. Since that time she has worked at the bedside and in nursing leadership. She was the co-director of a nursing education exchange program at Durgapur Hospital in India and has presented research at national and international conferences related to patient safety and improving patient outcomes. She is particularly proud of her work on a palliative and hospice care team which improved patient, family, and provider education and reduced obstacles to meeting the directives of the patient at end of life. Jessica is thrilled to be working with the aging island community to provide nursing and care management services. She fully intends to grow old here herself and is deeply invested in fostering supportive programs and services for the aging on Nantucket.
Annie-Kay Rose, RN
Wellness Nurse- Residences at Sherburne Commons
Annie-Kay has been a nurse for over 12 years working with the senior population. She has a BS in Nursing and teaches the skills portion of the Certified Nurses Aide program. She has lived on Nantucket with her family for over three years. Prior to joining our team she worked at a local nursing home as the charge nurse. Annie-Kay runs our wellness program at The Residence at Sherburne Commons, an independent senior community with support services to age in place.
Lois Alimonti, RN, MSN
Nurse Care Manager
Lois was born and raised in Queens, NY but spent most of her adult life in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York where her two, now adult children were born. She moved to Nantucket with her husband, 2 dogs and a cat in 2022.
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After an initial career in computer programming, Lois pursued her long-time interest in medicine and attended nursing school once her youngest started school. She subsequently worked as a medical-surgical nurse in a local hospital in Sharon CT where she also spent some time as a nurse case manager. Her love of hospital nursing led to a desire to become a nurse practitioner, and she obtained her master’s degree and APRN in 2002.
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A few years later Lois returned to Sharon Hospital as a Nurse Practitioner in hospital medicine and later in a cardiology office. During a period of “early retirement” she spent time with her mother in New Jersey who was recovering from hip surgery and then began to devote a significant amount of time volunteering at a therapeutic equine facility. Both working with the horses and seeing the growth in the clients was extremely rewarding.
When there was little to do during the COVID period she accepted a position as a nurse practitioner at a skilled nursing facility where she enjoyed working with the elderly population until deciding to move to Nantucket.
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She has been enjoying volunteering at the food pantry and the hospital thrift shop as well as her many activities including long walks on the beautiful Nantucket beaches and trails, bike riding, rollerblading, and learning how to snorkel for scallops. Quieter activities include reading and crocheting, especially when the yarn is from her former small alpaca farm!
Out of retirement once again, Lois is very happy to continue working with the elderly population at TUCKed In Eldercare.
Gennifer Costanzo
Care Coordinator
Gennifer earned her BS degree from Auburn University. Her thirty-two-year career on Nantucket has been in the nonprofit sector, supporting the community in various capacities, which have included Assistant Aquatic Director at Nantucket Community Pool, Program Director at Adult Community Day Center, Autism Speaks Program Coordinator, Program Coordinator at Alliance of Substance Abuse Prevention. She currently focusing on affordable housing as the Director of Development & Communication with Habitat for Humanity and facilitates the Memory Café for seniors through the Nantucket Community School.
Her pride and joy are her two sons, Dominic and Joseph.
The natural beauty of Nantucket is what drew Gennifer to the island but it has been the caring and supportive community that has kept her here.
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Derona Beckford-Clarke, BS
Office Manager
Derona was born in Jamaica and moved to the United States in 2014 to further her education. She attended Anna Maria College and graduated with a BS in Health and Community Services, with a minor in Psychology. Her Passion is helping others, so while going to College she worked as a home health aide taking care of the senior community for four years. During the peak of Covid-19, she worked at Nantucket Cottage Hospital. She then moved to Springfield Ma to start her family, with her husband, in 2022. She is a mom to an amazing and beautiful baby girl, Thierry. Derona is happy to be living back on Nantucket with her family and joining the TUCKed In Eldercare and Best of Care team as the Office Manager.
Serving Cape Cod:
Sandra Lucca, PTA, CDP
Care Manager
Sandy has many years of experience in the healthcare industry as a Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) working in the South Shore. She has since moved to Cape Cod.
Her roles during her career have included, PTA, Director of Rehab, Clinical Liaison/Marketing in SNF's and Memory Care Director in ALF. She is also a certified dementia practitioner.
Her passion as a Care Manager is working with the senior population and advocating for their care and needs. Whether it be to age in place with supportive services or relocate to a senior community, she has compassion and knowledge to help achieve our client's quality of life, safety, and their goals.
On a personal level, Sandy is married and has four children and is the Nanny to her beautiful grandchildren.
Her hobbies are baking, gardening, biking and walking the canal and she’s a…sugar cookie artist!
Janice Donelan-Matheson
Nurse Care Manager
Bio to come…
Kristin Loftus
Nurse Care Manager
Kristin started her nursing career in 2018 after working in education for 24 years. She has worked as a cardiac nurse in a hospital setting as well as a school nurse at a boarding school. She is currently working at an Urgent Care center, when not providing care management services to our clients. She grew up in northern New Jersey, attended UVM as an undergraduate and UMASS Amherst for both her Masters and BSN. She lives with her husband in Chatham and has two adult children; a son in the Navy and a daughter who is an architectural designer in Aspen. She is about to welcome the newest member of her family, Rosa, a yellow lab puppy.
Serving South Shore & Greater Boston:
Cara Kelley, M.Ed., BA, CDP
Community Partnership Specialist & Care Manager
Cara Kelley grew up on the South Shore and from a young age was an advocate and ally for older adults. It began with an intergenerational household that created a unique and close bond with her grandmother, Elsie. Today, Cara lives in the same town she grew up in with her three children; Elsie, Kathleen and Jerry.
In her high school and college years, Cara volunteered at Milton Hospital (now Beth Israel Deaconess - Milton) and was a team leader for local Meals on Wheels.
These experiences grew Cara’s interest in helping older adults embrace the next chapter in their lives with dignity, grace and independence.
While Cara was enrolled in the Sociology Program at Bridgewater State College, Cara began her career as an Activity Director in assisted living. She quickly made the decision to pursue a career in the field. Cara stayed with the same organization for many years and became the Director of Memory Care, a role she held for 17 years.
Cara brings over 25 years of experience in elder care and a trusted network of professionals to work alongside of to always bring the very best of care and resources to her clients. She embraces TUCKedIn Eldercare holistic approach to assisting clients and their loved ones as they continue on each individual journey, as an advocate and partner.
Emily Sokol, MPH
Care Coordinator
Emily graduated from Brown University with a master's degree in public health and Boston College with a bachelor's degree in English. Emily has worked across the public health field in patient education, journalism and event organizing, government contracting, and care management.
Serving Western Massachusetts:
Katie Krupka, Gerontologist, CSA, MS
Care Manager & Director of Placement and Aging Services
Katie Krupka grew up in the Berkshires and has always been passionate about helping older adults in her local community. She started her career over a decade ago working at an assisted living community in Boston and now lives in Western MA with her husband, Eric and two young sons, Nolan and Liam.
Katie has a MS in Gerontology from the UMass Boston and a BS in Hospitality Management from Champlain College in Burlington, VT. In 2020, she founded her own business, Home Sweet Home Senior Living Advisor, in which she helps older adults and their families find the right fit in independent living, assisted living and memory care communities. She is also a Certified Senior Advisor (CSA)® and a Certified Dementia Practitioner.
Through an empathetic and consultative approach, she advocates for older adults to ensure they have the support and guidance needed to be able to access the right resources and highest quality of care available.
Beth Cardillo, M.Ed., LSW, CDP
Support Group Leader & Care Manager
Beth has worked with senior adults for the last twenty-five years as a geriatric social worker and as a director of three assisted living communities in western MA. Beth has been on the leadership committee for the Alzheimer’s Association for their “Walk to End Alzheimer’s” for over twenty years for the Pioneer Valley. Beth is a licensed social worker and a certified dementia practitioner. Beth pioneered the Dementia Friendly Movement for Massachusetts and has advocated for legislative changes in Washington, DC on behalf of the Alzheimer’s Association.
Jillian Joyce, LICSW, CCM
Care Manager
Jillian is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with a Case Management Certification. She attended Our Lady of the Elms College earning a BSW and obtained her MSW from Springfield College School of Social Work. Through career experiences in family therapy, hospital social work, rehab case management and hospice, her passion for helping people find and receive "the right care" developed. In 2020 Jillian started a private psychotherapy practice serving young adults to seniors, supporting emotional and mental health needs which she continues to grow. Jillian is currently on the board of directors for a developing nonprofit hospice home in the Springfield area. She has resided in Western Mass all her life and has strong ties to this community.