About Us: Agape Care, In-Home Care
Agape Care is committed to working closely with our clients to create a plan of care that fits their individual needs, schedules and budgets. Services can be arranged for as little as 2 hours per day up to to 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Private duty services can be provided in hospitals, personal care homes, and skilled facilities. Each Agape Caregiver is thoroughly and carefully interviewed, bonded, insured and trained, assuring you top quality care, compatibility and security.
What's An "Agape'?
What does "Agape" mean? What is that strange looking word? If you're thinking it looks Greek to me; you are definitely right. Agape (pronounced ag-ah-pay) is one of the words Greeks used to describe Love. The ancient Greek language, used at least four words to describe love. "Agape" (love) is the ultimate love. A love that is relational, selfless and unconditional. The word "Agape" is used 116 times in 105 verses of the New Testament.
Our History
Agape Care, In-Home Care, was founded in August 2005 to provide support services and in-home care services to families and individuals requiring in-home care. Agape Care is licensed by the Department of Health as an In-Home Care Agency.
(Return to top)Our Mission Statement
Our mission is assist clients to sustain the best quality of life by maintaining their dignity and independence to the best of their abilities, circumstances and the environment by providing dependable high quality care with an attitude of unconditional love and acceptance.
(Return to top)Our Staff
Each kind and compassionate Agape Care caregiver is thoroughly and carefully pre-screened, interviewed, bonded and insured assuring top quality care and compatibility. For your security, the following clearances are required: Pennsylvania Criminal History, ChildLine, and F.B.I. finger printing. Every caregiver must obtain the minimum of a Pennsylvania Personal Care Assistant certification and participate in continuing education and yearly skills testing.
(Return to top)Our Leadership Team
Karen Shenk, served seniors for 17 years at the Next Gen Senior Center. Working with her mother, Nancy Morrow, Director for 25 years, the senior center became the hub from which programs and services help seniors maintain dignity and independence. Currently she serves as President of their Board of Directors. Karen serves as President of the Penn Manor Education Foundation, Vice President of the Millersville Business Association. She has served on the Women In-Business Committee with Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Lancaster Sertoma. Karen is the Agape Center Executive Director. Her 17 plus years experience in geriatrics have proven invaluable to her Leadership and Administrative Team as well as Agape Care’s Clients and Caregivers. Karen presently serves as Missions Director for Transformation Ministries, traveling with missions teams to Nicaragua.
Nicki Nafziger, Karen’s daughter, continues the family tradition of caring for and serving seniors. Nicki has 8 years experience in the in-home care industry and a lifelong association and service to the Next Gen Senior Center. She is a member of the Lancaster Sertoma Club and was the 1999 recipient of the Serteen Service to Mankind Award and served on the Board of Directors for the Christian Library of Lancaster. Nicki has been a Junior Achievement volunteer teaching the JA Success Skills curriculum at Penn Manor High School. This course helps students develop their interpersonal effectiveness and problem solving strategies for success in the workplace. As Director of Client and Caregiver Services, Nicki carefully creates each clients care plan to suit their individual requirements. She will continually monitor each client’s circumstances so their care plan can be adjusted to suit changing needs, wants and desires. A very important aspect of Nicki’s job is to assure positive and open communications between clients, caregivers and the Agape Care administrative office.
Joyce Miller, is the Agape Care Director of Community Services. Her job is to explore opportunities for Agape Care to network and serve community organizations. Joyce brings many years of experience serving organizations like: The United way, the Mountville Youth Athletic Association fundraising committee and “Team Mom.” At the Mountville Elementary School, Joyce served as a Fundraising 
Committee Leader and “Room Parent”. She currently serves as Vice President on the Board of Directors of the Next Gen Senior Center, the Women In-Business Mentoring Committee and as an Ambassador for the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce, volunteers at the Millersville Meals On Wheels and with Mum’s For Moms. Mum's For Moms, began as a simple gesture of taking chrysanthemums to moms who had soldiers serving in Iraq, and grew to an organization of friends and family volunteers packaging hundreds of “Care Packages” to soldiers in many parts of the world. During the holidays Agape Care and it's caregivers bake cookies and make cards for over 100 "Christmas Care Packages" to send soldiers separated from their loved ones during the holiday season.
