Our Adult Family Homes Care Team

Joseph Spada, LPN

Management: Joseph Spada, L.P.N., founder, is a Certified Geriatric Care provider and geriatric nurse of 25 years with extensive background and expertise in long-term care. His health career started at the University Hospital in Geneva, Switzerland. Over time he served in several departments such as orthopedics, rehabilitation, and finally settling in the emergency room. He came to the US in 1985 and studied Traditional Chinese Medicine and other natural health modalities before moving to Seattle in 1989. In Seattle he worked at Foss Home where he provided rehabilitation care and nursing assistance to the elderly prior to starting Spada Homes in 1990. He has tutored nursing students for North Seattle Community College, served as President for the Sno-King Adult Family Home Association, and taught Community First Aid & CPR, and First Aid in the Workplace as a Red Cross instructor.

As an elder care specialist, Mr. Spada also volunteers his expertise and guidance free of charge to seniors and families, helping them to make informed decisions with all matters relating to elderly care. He manages and supervises the care and operation at Spada homes.

In his own words, Mr. Spada notes that...

"...adult family homes have become the new standard for long-term care. Most seniors like the home setting, and the high degree of personal attention is unmatched. And adult family homes offer one of the least costly long-term care option - a wise choice during these economic times."

Engagements: Mr. Spada is available to speak on elder care and adult family homes related topics, as well as sit as a panel member for round table discussions and "think-tanks".

Staff: We employ only nursing assistants registered or certified (NA-C or NA-R) who are caring and mature to provide residents with 24/7, round-the-clock care. At a minimum, all our caregivers receive a criminal background check prior to starting (repeated every 2 years), and all are qualified with:

• First aid
• CPR
• Fundamentals of Caregiving
• Nurse Delegation
• Food handling permit
• Tuberculosis testing
• AIDS/HIV & infection control training
• 10 hours of continuing education each year

Additionally, every staff receives at least 16 hours of on-site training to meet the specific needs of your loved one.

Gale Wald, RN

Gale Wald has been a Registered Nurse for many years and has had a long career at Northwest Hospital in Seattle. She now works has an independent nurse consultant.
Gale does most of our resident assessments, provides nurse delegation to our staff, and covers for other nursing care needs as necessary.
Gale ads to Spada Homes' overall level of quality care by bringing professional nursing services and consulting.

Kidist Reta , NA-R

Kidist is very familiar to the AFH environment and has completed all the DSHS required training. She has been working at Spada Homes as a resident manager since August of 2007, and we are thrilled to have her on our team.

Abe Bogale, NA-R

Abe is a great addition to our Wedgwood adult family home and we thrilled to have him! He is gentle, patient, attentive to resident's needs, and loves his work with the elderly.

Senait Tedla, NA-R

Senait has worked at Spada Homes since 2010 as a Nursing Assistant, mostly night shift. She also works in assisted living facilities. Additional qualifications include Dementia specialty training.
Senait is part of Spada Homes' back bone of quality care.

Chet Sruru, NA-C (certified)

Chet is a certified nursing assistant and comes to our Alicia Park adult family home from the nursing home world where he routinely cared for 7 to 12 - or more - residents! Working with us gives him a lot of extra time with residents.

Monica Kiamba, NA-R

Monica (or Mona) has worked for Spada Homes since early 2008 and is our main caregiver at the Alicia Park location. Besides the qualifications mentioned above, Mona completed her Dementia specialty training.
Mona is a warm and loving caregiver - always a big smile and even bigger heart!
We consider Monica a great asset to Spada Homes and one of our key staff.

Peter Makosi, NA-C (certified)

"Since gaining employment at Spada Homes, I have experienced and learned a lot. The quality of care and attention given to the residents is amazing. Individual preferences and care are extremely important and the management and staff go an extra mile to exceed residents expectations. I am happy to be a part of the team that has made Spada Homes so great. Peter."

Peter completed his Certified Nursing Assitant training (NA-C) and dementia specialty training, among other courses. He has cared for parents in his native Kenya and worked as a chef in a large UK hotel kitchen. Peter is doing an amazing job of preparing meals that are specific to our clients' preferences. Peter is eager to help our residents and we are thrilled to have him on our team.