Evolving Care of New Jersey
Stephanie McCarter Flynn, founder of Evolving Care (est. 2015), recognized the importance of excellent at-home care from a young age. Her sister, Eleanor, is multiply impaired and for her parents, finding reliable, skilled and professional caregivers was not an easy task.Establishing Evolving Care was a natural outcome of Stephanie’s work and life experience, which includes a solid foundation of assessing seniors and placing caregivers based on their needs. Prior to that she worked in the fashion industry for a large New York corporation and with a privately owned New Jersey business. Stephanie has a strong liberal arts education from Lafayette College.
She is an entrepreneur driven to develop, direct and lead her at-home care agency, ACHC accredited as of 2019. Obtaining Accreditation was not a small task for boutique agencies like hers. She persevered and worked diligently with her staff and consultants to ensure her agency was compliant and could compete with large home health care corporations.
Stephanie appreciates the role of seniors in our communities and wants to give back. On November 7th 2021, Stephanie ran the 50th Anniversary of the TCS New York City Marathon. She ran as part of the Alzheimer’s Association, Charity Team. Stephanie chose the Alzheimer’s Association because the majority of her clients suffer from the disease. Hopefully one day there will be a cure for Alzheimer’s. If you would like to learn more, please visit https://act.alz.org
Alexandra Benfold, LSW, SIFI is the Case Manager and Social Work Intern Supervisor for Evolving Care. She holds her Bachelor of Science degrees in Sociology and Forensics/Criminology from Rosemont College and her Master of Social Work degree with a specialty in Community Development from Monmouth University. Alexandra has worked with a wide range of clients, assisting them with various issues, however, she enjoys working the most with older adults. Her previous work was helping seniors and the disabled return to their homes after Hurricane Sandy. At Evolving Care, Alexandra works closely with the caregivers by maintaining continual communication to ensure they are receiving the support and guidance necessary to do their best. In addition, Alexandra provides ongoing oversight to all clients through home visits and by conducting as needed evaluations. Then relaying any communication to the family members so they are kept informed and updated on their loved ones. abenfold@evolvingcarenj.com