Dorian Maples Associates

Professional Geriatric Care Management
Choosing a long term care service for a loved one can be a stressful and overwhelming process. Dorian Maples & Associates can help. Our professional geriatric care management team assists families who are in need of guidance with the process of choosing long term care services for their loved one.

Dorian Maples | Ruth Force | Linda Zemanek | Katie Eber

Dorian Maples, Professional Geriatric Care Manager
Dorian’s career has been devoted to caring for older adults and persons with disabilities since 1979 when she became a Registered Nurse. Her nursing career took her on a management tract, which led her to obtaining a BA in Management and Communication. In 1996 she became the first Registered Nurse in the Indiana to be recognized as a full member of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers.

In 1996 she created Home Nursing Services, a licensed certified in-home care agency, and in 1997, established First Call Medical Staffing, a provider of supplemental staffing for medical facilities. She identified a need for non-medical in-home care and started Angel Corps in 2001. In 2003, she created Dorian Maples & Associates, Professional Geriatric Care Management, due to the increasing need for older adults and their families to have an advocate in finding their way through our fragmented health care community.

In 2009, the Governor of Indiana appointed Dorian to serve on the state’s CHOICE board and she was recognized for her career accomplishments by her professional peers by winning the Nora J. McFarland Award for 2009.

Dorian is passionate about her work and finds great enjoyment in not only being a Registered Nurse, but also in assisting clients to their optimum healthy being by being their liaison, advocate and support system.

You can contact Dorian with questions and/or concerns by clicking here.

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Ruth Force, Professional Geriatric Care Manager
Ruth has worked in the Geriatric field in outpatient, psychiatric and long-term care settings since 1993. In addition to Certification from the National Academy of Certified Care Managers, Ruth has a Master’s Degree in Psychology and is a Licensed Social Worker. She is recognized as a full member of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers.

Educating her clients about various medical conditions such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease and assisting with daily activities such as appointments or home safety monitoring is a part of the position she particularly enjoys. She ensures appropriate care is delivered to clients on an individual basis. Her passion is easing the burden of caring for aging parents by being their eyes and ears to family members. Ruth is a resident of Auburn and is the past President of the local chapter of Alzheimer's Association, 2008-2009. She graduated in 2009 from the DeKalb Leadership program as well as earning her certification in Eden At Home.

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Linda Zemanek, Geriatric Care Manager
Linda has been a Registered Nurse since 1971. She spent twenty of those years in hospital nursing followed by in-home care. She has been working for our sister company, Home Nursing Services, since 1998 and became involved with Geriatric Care Management in 2007.

Linda is passionate about providing care which allows clients to remain in their own homes.  Her duties range from managing and monitoring her clients’ scheduled doctor’s appointments to addressing their skilled nursing needs such as medication preparation, skilled assessment, treatments, and wound care by making the appropriate referrals. She ensures appropriate care is delivered to clients on an individual basis.

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Katie Eber, Marketing Director
Katie has worked for Dorian Maples & Associates for four years and was promoted to Director of Marketing the fall of 2008. She is a current Communications student.

Katie develops and implements marketing, advertising, and public relations efforts in accordance with our strategic goals.

On occasion, when answering the telephone, Katie has the privilege of conversing with clients and says it reminds her what exceptional people the Care Managers work with on a daily basis.

In addition to Dorian Maples & Associates, Katie also does marketing for its sister companies: Angel Corps, First Call Medical Staffing, and Home Nursing Services.

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