Meet Our Team

Nora is most passionate about high quality geriatrics care; always aiming to improve health, independence, and quality of life to the seniors in our community. Nora started in the medical field as a Nurse’s Aide at the age of 16 and graduated from nursing school in 1983! For the first 20 years of her career, Nora focused on the high-tech world of ICU and dialysis. She then specialized in Home Health and Hospice Care for the past 20 years both in management and direct patient care roles. She trains and supports our team of professional CAREGivers to provide excellent care, make sure they have the resources they need to be successful and ensure that our clients are safe at home with all their needs met so they can age in place.

​In August 2015, Sharon started working as a Companion with Home Instead and then was promoted to a Certified Home Health Aide in October 2015. During that time, she was awarded CAREGiver of the Month multiple times for her outstanding performance in home care. In July 2017, Sharon was promoted to Human Resources Coordinator. Her CAREGiver experience combined with her 33-year military career helps her enjoy a position managing the complete CAREGiver Experience from recruiting to retention. Her primary responsibility is to hire compassionate and caring CAREGivers that serve our seniors with integrity. She performs in-depth screening and ensures a robust training program that results in care team members with the perfect heart to work with seniors. Sharon also manages the Home Instead on-going training programs, both in-house and on-line.

Amie Carlisle is originally from Vermont where the Maple syrup is debatably sweeter than the Florida Oranges. She moved to FL from VT already having a love for seniors and joined our Home Instead family having many years of experience as a caregiver and various roles in the home health industry with a specialty in memory care. Amie has served the community’s aging adults through our agency first as a Service Coordinator and found herself quickly promoted into other roles such as Quality Improvement Coordinator, Client Care Coordinator and her current position, Home Care Consultant. Amie performs a variety of duties that relate to client care and plays a crucial role in expanding our reach within the community to provide compassionate care for those in need. She makes an impact with everyone and ensures to engage and support not only the client but their family with an emphasis on quality- person centered care.

Michelle has a lifelong passion for seniors proven through her over 20 years of work within long term care and in-home services. In her most previous roles, she has worked with diverse populations providing quality care and customer service as the Social Services Director for Bellingham Health and Rehabilitation as well as a Case Manager for the Northwest Regional Council in the state of Washington.

Joining Home Instead as a Home Care Consultant, she aims to leverage her knowledge and experience to effectively meet the needs of the seniors in our community and their family members, providing them with the best possible outcome to live their best life in their home. When not at work, Michelle enjoys spending time in nature and enjoying its beauty. 

The best advice Michelle would give: “A simple smile and kind words can go a long way in making someone’s day a little brighter.”

Samantha Ramirez is a vibrant healthcare coordinator at Home Instead and a proud mom of two wonderful girls. Her introduction to the healthcare industry began with a personal connection to the challenges faced by loved ones with serious illnesses and the complexities of the aging mind. This experience ignited Samantha's passion for making a difference in people's lives, particularly in the elderly community. With a compassionate heart, Samantha is dedicated to helping individuals on a personal and valuable level, providing comfort and security even in the most uncomfortable situations. As an advocate for a community that may have limited support, she takes her role seriously, ensuring each person receives the utmost respect and the highest quality of care.

"I look forward to extending my heart and hand to many more individuals to continue impacting families with the most positive and encouraging encounters on their journey."

Colleen and her family moved from Rockland New York to Port St Lucie in 2007. She has been a professional CareGiver with Home Instead since 2020 and has been awarded numerous awards including CareGiver of the Year! She leads the way in delivering compassionate and empathetic care to our elderly clients. 

"My passion is to show and treat each one of my clients with the love and support as I would want a family member of my own to be treated, and that’s how I treat them, like family. Working for Home Instead has been a blessing, the beautiful people I have come in contact with on this life’s journey have made me a better person. Not only am I caring for them but they are unknowingly making a loving impact on me and I’m truly grateful. My goal as a lead caregiver is to leave clients with a happy positive feeling of love that every one of them deserves."