Herbie Krisle: Career Caretaker

Craig Collier

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Adult day care is a new concept to many, and as Executive Director of Page Robbins Adult Day Care Center, Herbie Krisle is letting families know there is a positive alternative to nursing homes. Her work in the field actually began in her own home. While caring for her mother who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, Herbie realized she had certain abilities and a passion for care giving. After her mother’s death, she set out to find where this “calling” would lead her. The path led to Page Robbins, and she hasn’t looked back since. “This was not something I ‘planned’ to do, although in retrospect I have been preparing for this work all my life.” She knows how important her work is to families, enabling them to continue working or simply have some much needed down time while Page Robbins cares for their loved ones. But the good work is also fun work: “How could not enjoy a place where laughter abounds and you get to sing and dance every day?”