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Take Care in the News


  • Gulf Coast Business Review: Traditional Mom Turns Entrepreneur An article from June 2001 takes a look at the history of Take Care and the background of Susanne S. Wise, RN, MBA and her inspirational story: Traditional Mom Turns Entrepreneur. “In only six years, Wise has built her company — a provider of home health care services — into the third-largest woman-owned firm in Manatee and Sarasota counties.”
  • Maddux Business Report “Boomer Care: Ask Irene” Advice for the Entrepreneur: “Over 7,900 baby boomers turned 60 each day in 2006. Based on census data, the estimated baby boomers as of July 2005 are over 78 million. This trend opens opportunities for those in the home health care industry to strategically grow their business. Susanne Wise, founder of Take Care Private Duty Home Health Care in Sarasota, has done just that.”
  • Sarasota Herald Tribune “Firm to be licensee for national elder care: Sarasota’s Take Care signs deal with My Health Care Manager.”
  • Sarasota Herald Tribune “Style Magazine” New In Town: “Take Care Advisor introduces geriatric care management services to the Southwest region.”
  • Sarasota Herald Tribune “Business Buzz” New members added to Take Care’s team: Take Care Home Health Inc. recently added Marie Dingley as a scheduling coordinator and new team members Joy Watkins, Christina Gentry, Jenna Kedzierski, Devin Tholl, Cassandra Zinnermon, Sean Andrews, Martin Moore, Brittany Johnson and Judith Tucker.
  • Sarasota Herald Tribune “Business Buzz” Sarasota-based Take Care Advisor LLC recently hired three registered nurses as health care managers: Julie Sabin, DaVonne Miller and Renee L. Johnson.
  • Sarasota Herald Tribune “Business People” Take Care hires Kevin Seeger, Mary Sturz, Erika Wise, and Alicia Uelmen.
  • Gulf Coast Business Review: Geriatric Shift Geriatric Shift. “An established Gulf Coast home health care company is trying to avoid complacency—and embrace growth— by combining technology with elder care.”
  • Sarasota Herald Tribune, April 20 2009 “Over the next five years or so, [Susanne] Wise foresees Take Care Advisor growing rapidly. If projections hold, [Take Care Advisor] will open additional offices between now and 2014. Take Care intends to expand, too. Wise is readying a training center in the company’s Bee Ridge Road headquarters that will train staff and enhance skills. Eventually, she hopes to open it to clients’ families.”
  • Sarasota Herald Tribune: Take Care Receives Out-Of-Network Provider Number for BlueCross BlueShield of Florida, Inc. Take Care Private Duty Home Health Care has been granted an out-of-network provider number with BlueCross BlueShield of Florida, Inc. as an approved out-of-network provider. Take Care is one of three private duty home health care agencies in the state of Florida with the BlueCross BlueShield out-of-network provider number.
  • Biz941 March 2010 Nurses Needed-STAT! In an uncertain job market, the future looks bright for nurses in Southwest Florida. Susanne S. Wise, RN, MBA was asked about the outlook and opportunities for home health care nurses in Southwest Florida.
  • Keeping it all in the Take Care family: A Mother’s Day story Mother’s Day is of course, Sunday, May 9. But in the Wise family, Mom’s day is all of May because it was 15 years ago this month that Susanne Wise started her company, Take Care. Actually, in this family you could merge those two important dates into one big celebration since Sue works with her daughters, Erika and Courtney, in her company.
  • Scene Magazine: Taking Care of Others Nurse and businesswoman, SUSANNE S. WISE, RN, MBA, reflects on her past fifteen years in building Take Care Home Health and shares how her family has played an influential role, including her recent personal experience in coping with her own mother’s death.