Lolli & Dinah

Portrait of home care worker Lolli Edinger with Dinah Kiely, a home care consumer Lolli works with. Both are standing next to each other, and Kiely has her hands on the handles of a walker.
Smiling portrait of Dinah Kiely, a home care consumer, standing behind her walker with her hands on its hand-grips.
A closer portrait of Dinah Kiely, a home care consumer, standing behind her walker with her hands on its hand-grips. She wears an olive top with a bold floral print, and a patterned silk scarf.
Portrait of home care worker Lolli Edinger looking off to the right with a thoughtful expression on her face.

Care Team Bios

Dinah Kiely

Dinah Kiely is a wife and mother, a grandparent and a sister. She has been married to her husband for 40 years, and they share the same affliction of Parkinson's disease. Dinah hires home care through CDPA program and lives with her daughter who helped her escape a nursing home in May of 2018. Dinah is also an artist whose work has been shown in many galleries in the Hudson Valley, and she is an avid participant in community art activities.She is also a breast cancer survivor and supporter of Hand in Hand and the New York Caring Majority campaign, which is seeking fair pay for home care workers in New York State. She has learned from years of experience experiences that home is the best place to be.

Lolli Edinger

Lolli is a homecare worker in rural Ulster County. She came to homecare as a way to help friends' loved ones remain at home. She currently cares for 2 people, as well as advocates for Long-Term Care and wage increases for homecare workers as a leader with Hand in Hand through the New York Caring Caring Majority campaign. She lives with her husband and two kids in a tiny cabin in the woods with 2 dogs, a cat, 2 turtles, guinea pig, fish, and several chickens. Lolli is active in the fight to increase pay for home care workers in New York through Hand in Hand and the New York Caring Majority.