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Judith Clinco, R.N.
Consultant & nationally
recognized industry
leader in home care
Judith B. Clinco, RN, BS is the founder, President, and CEO of Catalina In-Home Services, Inc., located in Tucson Arizona. Catalina is a 25 year-old innovative private duty adult home care company providing nursing coordinated personal care and supportive services.
Judy is at the forefront of raising public awareness about the status of caregivers who work with Tucson's senior population. From Catalina's inception, Judy has professionalized direct caregivers and their work by including them in the health care team (briefing before beginning an assignment and inclusion in team conferences), providing meaningful training, orientation, benefits, on-going education, and career advancement.
Her many awards include:
First to receive Tucson Arizona's Better Business Bureau "Business Ethics" award
Winner of the "YWCA Woman On The Move" award
The Enterprise Award for Best Business Practices awarded by Norwest Bank in the area of Employee Retention and Training
The Working Woman Regional Award for "Best Employer"
The Arizona Nurses' Association awards for "Best Employer" and for "Administrator of the Year"
Biography
Judith B. Clinco, RN, BS, President and CEO of Catalina In-Home Services, Inc., Tucson Arizona, has been an innovator in community-based long-term care for more than 25 years. A tireless advocate for professional standards for senior home care aide education and service, she also promotes livable wages and benefits for the industry.
Judith is an active participant on the National Council on Aging's Institute for Community Based Long Term Care Committee and a past member of the Advisory Board for the Home Care Aide Association of America. She has received the YMCA Women on the Move Award, the Arthur Andersen Award for Innovation, the Working Women's Regional Award for Best Employer, and Arizona Nurses' Association Awards for Best Employer and Administrator of the Year. In 1998 as president of the Old Fort Lowell Neighborhood Association, Judy started the Old Fort Lowell Live at Home Program. This model volunteer organization services Tucson seniors and disabled who live in the neighborhood with companionship, transportation, yard work, home maintenance, light housekeeping, and meals.
In December 2000, Judith started "The Direct Caregiver Association" (DCGA), nonprofit training program dedicated to providing leading edge training to professional Direct Caregivers. The DCGA offers the only program in Arizona that combines caregiver training with nursing assistant training services, which results in more healthcare job opportunities for their graduates.
Volunteer And Community Participation
Tucson Botanical Gardens, Horticultural Therapy Advisory Committee, 2003 to present
Arizona Women's Conference, Charting Your Own Course, Steering Committee Member, 2003-2004
TUSD Catalina Magnet High School, Allied Health Advisory Board, 2003 to present
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Advisory Board, Better Care Through Better Jobs, 2002 to present
Direct Caregivers Association Board Executive Director, 2000-2004
Direct Care Alliance, Board of Directors, 2000 to present
1800HomeCare.com, Home Health Advisory Board, May 2000-Spring 2001
Editorial Advisory Board, Private Duty Homecare, 1999-2000
National Council on Aging, delegate to National Institute on Community Based Long Term Care Committee, 1999-Present
Home Care University - Quality Reviewer of Publications, 1998-2000
National Association for Home Care, Home Care Aides Advisory Board, 1996-2000
Task Force member, City of Tucson Agency Van Pool Project, 1998-1999
Community Development Advising Committee, City of Tucson, 1996-1999
Board Member, Old Fort Lowell Live At Home Project, 1997-Present
Board President, Old Fort Lowell Neighborhood Association, 1995-1998
Advising Committee, Pima Assoc. of Continued Transportation Planning Division, 1995-1996
Member, City of Tucson Para Transit Task Force, 1995-1996
Advisory Board Member, Pima Community Desert Vista Campus Allied Health, 1986-Present
Member, Holistic Nurses Association (National and Local), 1986-2004
Member, Arizona Nurses Association, Chapter 2, 1989-Present
Member, Women At The Top, 1989-Present, President 1998
Board member, Mobile Meals, 1991-2000
Member, National Council on Aging, 1990-Present
Member, Tucson Licensed Home Health Agency, 1983-2000
Board Member, Tucson Interfaith Coalition on Aging, 1988-1992
Member, Tucson Gray Panther Steering Committee, 1989-1992
Board Member, Kino Learning Center, Inc., 1990-1991
Member, United Way of Greater Tucson Planning and Allocation Committee, 1989-1900
Board Member, Morning Sun Children's School, 1986-1987
Board Member, Miracle Square, 1985-1988
Member, Tucson Association of Nursing Educators, 1982-1986
Honors
2004 Influencial Leaders - Presented by Inside Tucson Business
2002 Business Ethics Award presented by the Tucson Better Business Bureau
2000 City of Tucson Neighborhood Recognition Award
1999 Best Employer-Working Women Entrepreneurial Excellence Award, Regional Finalist
1996 Employer of the Year - Arizona Nurses' Association
1996 Arizona Chamber of Commerce - Finalist, Athena State Award
1996 Enterprise Award for Best Business Practices -Arthur Andersen, Norwest Bank, Business
Journal-Employee Retention and Training
1996 Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nurses, 1993
1995 The Tucson Nurses Foundation - Tucson's Premiere Fabulous Fifty Nurses
1988 Arizona Nurses Association, Chapter 2 - Nursing Administrator of the Year
1988 YWCA Women on the Move Award
1984 Clarion Honor Award for Women in Business
