Heartland Heroes - HomeCare Advocacy Network

Meet The Team That Puts Our Values Into Action

Why We Choose Home Care

Sarah Pappas

Owner, HCAN Heartland

Native Lincolnite Sarah Pappas is a true believer in kindness and making a difference. After a successful 27-year career as a corporate meeting planner, she felt called to serve others. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the elderly particularly hard, she embarked on a journey to help seniors live out their best lives at home.

With gratitude, Sarah’s life experience has prepared her to expertly care for seniors and families in Lancaster and Saunders counties while providing caregivers with an opportunity for a fulfilling career.

Sarah Pappas

Owner, HCAN Nebraska

I feel strongly that the best place for seniors is to be in their home environment where they’re most comfortable and where they’re most familiar because they’re going to thrive at home.

Nigel O'Mahony

President

A great army always looks after its wounded.

Nigel O'Mahony

President

Nigel is originally from Cork in Ireland and has worked in media, marketing, public relations in a career that has spanned four countries and 25 years. He moved to the US in 2015 to launch Think Whole Person Healthcare in Omaha and was named the ACE National Healthcare Communications Consultant of the Year in 2019. Campaigning for better healthcare has been a constant thread throughout his career. Nigel is a keen rugby fan of his native Munster, and a USTA league tennis player here in Omaha. In his spare time, he travels to see his four children now working all over the world in Melbourne, Addis Ababa, Banff and Cork.

Casey Sova

Director of Operations

Casey Sova has spent her career working with seniors in various settings, including long-term care, assisted living facilities, hospice, home health, and nonmedical home care. She’s been successful in this industry because of her kind heart, sense of humor, brilliance, and can-do attitude.

The reason Casey is perfect for her role at HomeCare Advocacy Network is that her top priority aligns with our team’s number one core value, to “pursue the genuine success of others.” This includes the care advocates, team members, and clients and their family members whom Casey advocates for daily.

Casey Sova

Chief Marketing Officer

I live by the three things my grandma always told me, the Grandma Carol Rules: Just because you think something should be a certain way does not mean it is the right way. Just because you do something a certain way does not mean it’s the right way. You do not need to say everything you think.

Patty Stradley

Recruitment & Engagement Manager

People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Patty Stradley

Recruitment & Engagement Manager

Patty was raised in a tight-knit, multi-generational family and soaked up love and wisdom from the oldest in her circle. Thanks to this, she developed a deep appreciation, respect and admiration for seniors.

Throughout her life she has enjoyed helping people of all ages in all stages of life, but her passion has remained caring for those who have lived the longest. Patty’s family instilled in her a sense of responsibility to care for her elders. To her, that means helping people stay in their home as long as possible. She is excited to hire and train caregivers that will serve the family in their home and enrich their lives.

Tammy Ems

Service Manager

Tammy, a nurse turned non-medical senior care specialist, has been helping seniors meet their care needs for seven years. Growing up in a predominantly senior neighborhood, Tammy developed a passion for assisting seniors at a young age. In her time as a nurse, she found a particular passion for working with individuals in hospice care and for those living with dementia.

Tammy Ems

Service Manager

Nothing fills me with joy as much as being the person seniors can rely on to provide them with outstanding care.