OKIMA EVANS
Okima is the CEO and founder of KIDS Home Health Care. She is a Registered Nurse and is currently serving as a Coordinate - Case Management at a local non-profit hospital. She facilitates patient admissions and helps to ensure safe and efficient discharges. Okima has committed over 11 years to being a Neonatal ICU (NICU) nurse and assumed leadership responsibilities as charge nurse and preceptor, during that time. She has a Bachelors degree in Nursing and a Bachelors degree in Biological Sciences.
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"My son was born premature at 27 weeks, while I was working as a NICU nurse. He had many health challenges that left my husband and I in a state of vulnerability. The life of our son was in the hands of the medical and nursing staff and there was very little that we could do about it. It was a life-altering experience for me because I had to take a back seat to being an RN and had to be a mom. My son came home with oxygen, a feeding tube, and 6 medications that I had to give around the clock.
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As a mom, a NICU nurse, and now a Case Manager, I have seen that there is a need for health care (nursing and therapy) services to continue in the home. I am so passionate about providing families with the tools they need to be successful at home and helping them to establish a safe haven for their precious gifts."
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LILL FOLEY
Lill is the COO and co-founder of KIDS Home Health Care. She is a NICU certified registered nurse with more than 13 years of experience in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), caring for critically ill newborns. Lill has also worked labor & delivery, and taught maternal-infant clinicals for area nursing schools. Lill has a masters degree in nursing education.
“I decided to become a nurse after my daughter was born with a serious heart defect. The nurses caring for my daughter as well as our family while in the hospital were amazing and I knew I wanted to be one of them – It was truly a calling.
We relied on the nurses and doctors while our baby was in the hospital. They had the knowledge and skills to deal with our daughter’s condition. We were elated when we finally got to take our baby home, but it was scary. She was discharged with a feeding tube and on severaI medications after her first heart surgery. She has had another two surgeries after that and I can’t tell you how many times I wished a nurse could have came to my house to make sure my baby was doing ok. I am very excited to be able to provide this much needed service to babies, children, and families.”