About Us
Matt Auker opened his Orlando and Altamonte Springs Comfort Keepers offices in 2001. His first experience with home care was personal, when he and his wife, Nina, looked for in-home assistance for her mother.
After this experience, he investigated further, considering in-home care as a business. While Matt has a background in business management and human resources, Nina is a registered nurse.
They’re still finding today that many people are unaware of professional in-home care as an option for seniors. Matt said, “Many people think their only options for their parents are assisted living or a nursing home—or for them to care for their parents at home, without help. They don’t realize that there are professional in-home care providers like Comfort Keepers who are here to help them.
“We’re working hard to make sure more families become aware of the advantages of in-home care provided by Comfort Keepers’ compassionate, skilled caregivers.”
Respite Care
He said that one of Comfort Keepers’ primary services for families is respite care. Through respite care, Comfort Keepers come into the home allowing family members to go to work or take care of other responsibilities with the peace of mind that their loved one is being well cared for.
Matt said he finds in-home care personally rewarding. “I love meeting our senior clients and hearing about their life experiences. It’s a true honor helping them continue living comfortably at home.”
The Comfort Keepers Team
In addition to our compassionate caregivers, the Comfort Keepers team includes:
- Owner, Matt Auker, who assures that Comfort Keepers consistently delivers its distinctive, leading brand of quality, compassionate in-home care. To provide clients and their families a complete senior care solution, he develops and maintains strong partnerships with other senior and health care providers in the Orlando and Altamonte Springs communities.
- Owner, Nina Lamanno-Auker Nina is a Registered Nurse with over 30 years experience in a variety of nursing roles such as Medical / Surgical, Infection Control, Medicare Home Health, Nursing Education and Development and Intravenous Therapy. She and Matt established this Comfort Keepers location after helping care for her father who had Alzheimer’s disease for over 10 years and caring for her mother.
- Director of Business Development, Laurie Renzi. Laurie’s position with Comfort Keepers is to develop and maintain relationships and educate referral providers on the services Comfort Keepers can provide to their families, residents, and clients. She is also responsible for the overall marketing efforts of the Comfort Keeper Brand for most of Orange County and Seminole County. Laurie’s passion for the elderly began long ago with her grandparents whom she was very close with. In 2005, when her twin boys began kindergarten she put herself fulltime in caring for seniors and families, and co-owning a senior home care company in Seminole County. Laurie provides free, in home no obligation meetings with anyone who is looking to learn about services Comfort Keepers can provide, as well as offer resources when necessary.
- Care Coordinator, Brenda Couchman. Brenda has had wide ranging experience in the elder care arena including health insurance, geriatric care management and as a SHINE volunteer. She now handles care coordination which means that primarily she oversees the scheduling of Comfort Keepers (employees) with clients but also is heavily involved with the hiring of Comfort Keepers and handling numerous client focused issues.
State Licensing Information
Comfort Keepers of Altamonte Springs and Orlando is Licensed by the State of Florida as a Home Health Agency, License # HHA 299992868 and Registered as a Homemaker and Companion Service, Registration # 228112