The Heavenly Choice For Your Patients
Whether they’ve just completed a surgical procedure, you’re concerned about their ability to care for themselves, or you’re initiating comfort care, the Heavenly Care team is here to bridge the gap from your office, hospital, or facility to their home.
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Help At Home For Comfort and Support
Heavenly Care’ Services Are Ideal For The Following Candidates
Patients recovering from medical or cosmetic procedures who need temporary support.
Patients who are receving Hospice care and need more assistance
Patients Struggling with Cognitive Function, Memory Loss and Dementia, including Alzheimer’s. Those with a history of stroke, or experiencing Motor Movement Disorders such as Parkinson’s, ALS, MS, MD , as well as TBI.
Patients navigating physical challenges like walking, new limitations, eyesight or hearing loss, and chronic health concerns.
Patients in need of physical hygiene and quality of life support.
Patients who need Assistance with their ADLs (Activities of Daily Living).
Why Choose Heavenly Care?
As a licensed medical and nonmedical private duty agency, we offer concierge-style post-op and personal care for adults of all ages who are recovering from surgery, navigating physical challenges, or suffering from disabilities. Our highly communicative care team of caregivers, RNs, and CNAs bring personalized attention and skilled expertise to your patients.
Our referral and admissions specialists are ready to set your patient up for success comfortably in their own homes. Advancing our core values of Dependability, Compassion, Professionalism, And Initiative, our goal is to improve the lives of every patient with every visit.
Testimonials
See what members of the Heavenly Care family have to say
Great team, would work with again anytime!
When my very ill friend was discharged from the hospital (on short notice) under hospice care, the team at Heavenly Care was able to shore up round-the-clock caregivers with only 24 hours notice. The nurse sat down with me and created a good central plan that the caregivers would work from, and both her and the Care Coordinator were amazing and responsive partners whenever there was a question or need.
In Good Hands
I have been a hospice case manager for a while now and have worked with several care agencies. Heavenly is easy to work with and provides exceptional care. Whenever I see that they have been hired to care for one of my patients I know that they are in good hands.
Accolades and Awards
Over 15 Years of Leadership in Home Care
Heavenly Care Services
Offering a full continuum of post-operative and senior care services, you can have confidence that your patient will receive a custom care plan that is tailored to their individual needs.
Post-Op Care
Specializing in post-op care for orthopedic procedures, cosmetic surgeries, liposuction, mommy makeovers, and augmentation, our Heavenly Care help patients recover comfortably in the comfort of their own homes.
Hospice Integration
Integrating seamlessly with Hospice services, our caregivers are adept at providing proactive care to ensure everything related to patient comfort and care is taken care of as needed.
Nursing Services
The Heavenly Care team will coordinate with physicians to manage medications and refills and ensure consistency and safety for each patient. Our RNs can also manage medication administration, injections, g-tube maintenance and feeding, in-home infusions, injections, and clinical trials.
Senior Care Services
From personal care, companionship, and hygiene to meal planning, light housekeeping, and transfer assistance, the Heavenly Caregiver team is skilled and equipped to do it all and do it well. As a agency, we specialize in Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Hospice support, Parkinson’s disease, and more.
Personal Assistance Care
Even simple things can be too much for some. Assistance with all ADLs (Activities of Daily Living) is one of the most common services we offer. This includes bathing assistance, dressing, and grooming, as well as exercises, bed-bound care, household chores, medication reminders, and changing bed linens.
Companion Care
Your patients can experience the comfort and support of family-style companion services, so you can rest assured that they’re well cared for. Whether they just need someone to go grocery shopping with them and perform light housekeeping or transportation for medical appointments and communicating with family members.
Coordination of Care
Noticeable changes in awareness, ability, and health can present unexpectedly due to maturity, illness, or injury. Based on our decades of experience and compassion-driven strategies, we aim to meet each client’s unique needs.
Transportation Assistance
Ensure your patient makes it to and from every appointment to continue receiving the ongoing medical care they need. Our caregivers become personal chauffeurs to keep your patient’s life moving safely and consistently.
Administrative & Care Team
BENNY LATINO
Co-founder and CEO
Graduating from the University of Montevallo in Alabama, Benny has always had a desire to help others. He has been in the healthcare industry for 25 years, and an entrepreneur from very early on. His desire to help seniors enabled him to put the capital together to go out on his own in 2004, when he started Heavenly Care, Inc. He quickly realized he could serve seniors in an additional way, and began Heavenly Care Moving Services, Inc. in 2005.
Since then, both businesses have grown substantially due to the focus on quality care and the mission of Providing Home Care and Moving SOLUTIONS. Heavenly Care Moving is now local and nationwide, serving residential, commercial, and long distance. “It’s the best decision I’ve ever made,” states Benny of starting his businesses. “I know I make a difference every day, and I am proud of my team in the field and everything they do.” He’s also very proud of his marriage of 28 years to wife Alice, and their three children.
ALICE LATINO
Co-founder
Alice brings over 25 years of experience in Health Care Management to Heavenly Care Home Health. With an MBA from the University of Alabama and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Montevallo, her love and dedication to the lives of Seniors brought her to work with Emeritus Senior Living. Serving in various capacities for over 17 years, including Vice President of Operations, she positively impacted both the quality of care delivered and the profit metrics within her Division’s 60 properties and over 5,000 units.
In 2004, she co-launched Heavenly Care Home Health and Heavenly Care Moving in 2005. These Austin based companies lead with the Mission of Creating Home Care and Moving SOLUTIONS by offering Private Duty medical and non-medical Home Care and both local and nationwide Moving. Alice is also the President of the Coming of Age Board (now known as EngAGE) supporting volunteerism. She considers it an honor and a privilege to be in a position to help Seniors in Texas maintain independence as well as contribute to the community in various capacities of their choice.
CARLY ROBINSON
Branch Manager
Carly has been in Texas since 1997 when she moved to Austin from Kansas City, where she was born and raised. She owned and operated a daycare from her home for 10 years. She then moved into geriatric care as the House Manager for a personal care home, and later decided to pursue her CNA certification.
She has been working in home health ever since. Her roles have included Skilled Intake Coordinator, Branch Manager, Administrator and Director of Business Development.
CASEY RYAN
Director of Nursing
Casey is a Registered Nurse who started her career in California over 20 years ago, focusing on Neurotrauma patients in the ICU at both UCLA and UCSF hospitals. She went on to Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara where her health care focus was in Cardiothoracic post-op. Casey is passionate about senior care as well, an area where she has volunteered in the past and takes special pride in ensuring practice-wide excellence for Heavenly Care.
When Casey is a mother of three who loves hiking and spending time with her family on Lake Austin.
CINDY GUNDERSON
Organization Development
Cindy Gunderson has been a key leader, decision maker, strategic planner, and developer of innovative HR programs for a variety of organizations for 25+ years. Spanning companies from Fortune 500, to nonprofit, to start ups, Cindy connects the talents of employees to the needs of any company to better serve its clients. Throughout her tenure Cindy exemplifies her proven capability in spearheading HR initiatives, restructuring businesses for growth, and transitioning operations. Cindy has been the VP of HR for large national financial company and for a local Austin nonprofit. She has been an individual contributor and a leader for others.
For 10 years, Cindy has poured her heart in to ensuring seniors and other vulnerable individuals get the services and care they need. She most recently joined Heavenly Care as the Organization Development/HR Strategist to continue the growth and good work Heavenly provides to those who need it. A graduate of the University of South Florida with a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Cindy holds an SPHR and a SHRM-SCP as well as dedicates her time to various philanthropic needs including Coming of Age and Mobile Loaves and Fishes.
PAT GRIDER
Assistant Director of Nursing
Register Nurse in Texas with Certification in Gerontology. Experience in ICU, Surgery, Med-Surg, Home Health and Gerontology. Primary and recent nursing practice over the last 25 years has been Long Term Care and Assisted Living serving as a Director of Nursing in Long Term Care and as a Divisional and Regional RN Consultant for Long Term Care and Assisted Living.
When not working, Pat is an avid bird watcher, wine connoisseur, and loves classic cars.
YVONNE PRIMANIS
Business Office Manager
Born in Upstate New York and graduating from SUNY Broome with a Hygiene Degree, Yvonne made her way south to Austin. She married a Texan and raised their boys in Austin and Wyoming, eventually making Austin their home to be close to family. Yvonne spent over 25 years in the medical and dental field with 5 years caring for her mother through illness and dementia. She is excited to bring her caregiving and health care experience to Heavenly Care. When she’s not at work, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, hiking, and creating in her art studio.
LANA EMMICK
Administrative Assistant
Lana is an Austin native who discovered early on that working with, and caring for people is one of her core values and passion. As a teen, Lana volunteered with local homeless shelters, and performed puppet shows at the Austin Public Library for at risk youth.
As an adult she helped organize a Storybook program in a local prison which allowed incarcerated individuals to record themselves reading children’s books to send to their family.
She has held many positions working closely with the medical field, but she took a significant interest in caregiving after her mother suffered a stroke in late 2019. Emerging from covid lockdown with a completely new outlook on home health and caregiving, she knew it was a path she needed to follow. Heavenly Care offered her that stepping stone in the form of an administrative role. She loves working with caregivers and the individuals in need of their care.
Emily Martinez
Recruitment and Employment Coordinator
Emily, originally from San Francisco, received her Bachelor of Arts in Social Work from Chico State in Northern California, then moved to Phoenix, Arizona. She soon fell in love with Austin and after several visits made it her permanent home in ’04. With a foundation in the hospitality and event industries, she transitioned into recruiting and staffing, specializing in temporary placements. Now, she’s thrilled to bring her expertise to the home healthcare sector, contributing to the continued growth of the Heavenly Care team.
Outside of work, Emily enjoys spending time with family and friends, exploring Austin’s greenbelts, eating way too much queso and cooling off by the lake or in a pool when the Texas heat hits!
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