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. It’s such a gift to be able to hire care before your parent is ill or requires urgent care. This allows them to build trust and a routine, and make sure you’ve 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 absolutely extraordinary caregivers, and it’s 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 how they went above and beyond, showing my father genuine love, compassion, commitment, and true dedication. 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 24/7 coverage 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 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 medications and oxygen, kept him clean, comfortable, andfree from bedsores, all of this while also maintaining his dignity. They worked with love, attending to every detail. In addition to caregiving, they performed high-quality housekeeping and prepared basic, 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. They were all incredibly flexible with their hours and catered to his every need. He consistently felt loved, respected, adored, and most importantly, 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. We called ourselves “Team Martin,” 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 leader of Team Martin. She began by caring for Shelby, Martin’s 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. In Martin’s home and while in the hospital, Yaneth ensured everyone followed strict safety protocols 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 “soft, 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 “once-in-a-lifetime” type of person. She is very special.” She became a member of the family to Anita and Martin, and treated Martin with such care and compassion every single day. Yaneth took charge in the hospital alongside Anita, and the nurses and doctors worked with them to ensure Martin’s 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 dedication and loyalty, her experience and extraordinary work ethic, are amazing assets for any family. Anita shared that “her warmth, love and loyalty lead everyone, and everyone loves Yaneth…absolutely everyone.”
Yaneth has worked for nearly thirty years in eldercare, spending over twenty years dedicated to one family. She has a deep understanding of dementia and Alzheimer’s patients and has an innate ability to build a bond with them, even those who are struggling with their diagnosis and with aggression. She prioritizes building trust with her patients and ensuring their safety while allowing them to maintain as much independence as is safely possible. 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 full-time in-home work and is flexible to work any schedule, including weekends.
Cynthia, Overnight 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 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’s 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’s 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’t 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 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’s 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 “pure sunshine, loving, caring, sensitive, professional, loyal, totally committed, highly intelligent, and adoring.” In addition to all of this, she is a great team player – she is a hard worker, has no ego, and a wonderful disposition. Yaneth and Paola loved working with her, and she with them. She is forever part of “Team Martin.”
Cynthia has 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. She is now seeking full-time work and is flexible and able to work any schedule, including long hours and overnights.
Paola, Companion, Personal Assistant, & Executive Housekeeper
Weekends, Overnights, Flexible Schedule
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 “Team Martin”. 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. She is a loving, detail-oriented caregiver with no ego who followed all the rules perfectly. Anita shares that she is truly good at everything and that Paola’s 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 “bright, 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,” and went on to say “Paola is a rare gem.” Paola’s love of Martin meant so much to Anita.
Paola’s background is in nannying and teaching before she transitioned to executive formal housekeeping, eldercare, and personal assistant work. She’s extremely tech-savvy and excels at creating and maintaining 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 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’s 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 experienced registered nurse. Dawn is always 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 “Team Martin.”
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’s decades of experience as a highly intelligent RN are invaluable.
She worked with both Anita’s 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 medical care, did CPR when necessary, and handled light cooking and housekeeping. Working alongside her, Anita observed how capable, helpful, and deeply kind Dawn is. Anita shared that if Martin had come back from CPR, it would have been Dawn that saved his life: “when he stopped breathing she started CPR in milliseconds and had me call 911. If he had lived, it would have been her who saved his life. She was incredibly fast and calm.” Anita says “Dawn is phenomenal, experienced, intelligent calm, strong, incredibly capable and a wonderful, secure presence in the home. She is completely dedicated to her work and gives her all. She is very quick on her feet, extremely thorough, and excellent with patients. She can handle serious situations with total professionalism. She is amazing.”
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 IVs, ventilators, pumps, drains, tracheostomies, and more. She is looking for a role in eldercare or with any age patient in need of care. She has a Compact Nursing License, meaning she can work in many states. She is 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 ideal role is for a client who needs long-term care. 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.
It’s such a gift to be able to hire care before your parent is ill or requires urgent care. This allows them to build trust and a routine, and make sure you’ve 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 absolutely extraordinary caregivers, and it’s 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 how they went above and beyond, showing my father genuine love, compassion, commitment, and true dedication. I am deeply grateful, as was he. He always felt safe, loved, and respected. These girls adored him.
