The ENVISION Private Care Way
We bring passion and compassion to the home care setting. Thereby, allowing the responsible party and the client receiving the care, the opportunity to experience peace of mind, knowing the caregiving is well in hand.
It was the vision of our founder and CEO, Nancy Oriola, to create a one-of-a-kind company in New Mexico which would simplify the private home care hiring model, support the family employer, and truly place their values of choice, control, and quality at the center of the process. ENVISION is all about providing the highest quality private duty care for you or a loved one that needs in home, non-medical care.
Nancy Oriola LCSW, NMG, CMC, CFP® President/CEO
Nancy is Founder and CEO of both age-related service companies and an online consultation service for seniors and their families. Nancy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a Certified Life Care Manager, a National Master Guardian and, since 1989, a Certified Financial Planner®. For more than 20 years she has served the complex needs of seniors, guiding them, and those who love them, through the maze of care and decisions we face as we age. Her practice and expertise in healthcare navigation, managing finances and elder legal matters make her uniquely qualified to speak to many age-related topics.
Nancy has founded several companies over the last 20 years. During that time, she has also taught gerontology classes at the master’s level, often presented on age-related topics at conferences and served locally as President on several boards. She is currently a member of Aging Life Care Association™, as well as both the National and New Mexico Guardianship Association and is a board member for the New Mexico Estate Planning Council.
Nancy’s passion is advocating for the best quality of life possible for seniors as well as their protection from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. In her own words, Nancy is a part of the “Boomer” generation that sees retirement as a time of doing more of what you want, love, and enjoy. For her, that continues to mean innovating new ideas and services to help others. Nancy also frequently visits her “Casita” in Vermont.
Alexis Watkins LMSW, CMC, NCG Chief Operations Officer
Alexis is a Licensed Social Worker with an extensive background in care management, guardianship, and behavioral health services. She has been affiliated with Decades for more than 12 years and currently serves as the Director of Operations. Alexis oversees the clinical team, ensuring the highest standards of care and service coordination for clients. She also manages overall operations, including financial team oversight, administrative staff supervision, and day-to-day organizational functions.
Alexis completed her master’s degree in social work at New Mexico Highlands University. Serving as a Care Manager and Clinical Director since 2013, she has been advocating for and assisting individuals with their healthcare decisions, assessing needs, working with families, and ensuring they live their best life.
In addition to her work at Decades LLC, Alexis brings an extensive background in in-patient behavioral health. Her experience in this area has provided a strong foundation for improving the long-term effectiveness of mental health care services for those she serves.
Outside of work, Alexis enjoys life with her husband and their two amazing sons. She loves traveling with family, getting lost in a good book, and spending time with the family dogs, Jackson, Gracie, and Barrett.
Why Choose Us?
Trusted & Experienced
Hiring caregivers is stressful enough - you shouldn't have to experience subpar service, care or customer service.
We Are Different
Many agencies pays close to minimum wage and are unable to recruit staff which leads to high staff turnover, low continuity of care.
Offering More
Agency aides are limited in tasks as per agency and state guidelines. Privately hired caregivers are able to perform a much wider range of tasks as your employee, they are allowed to do so, just as you would be allowed as a family member (glucose check, medication handling, prescription monitoring or other tasks typically prohibited by agency aides and would trigger a RN visit costing you more.
Nancy J. Oriola, MSW, CFP®
Founder and CEO