About Willow
The Mission
A Huntsville, AL owned, private, professional business serving the older adult community and the families who care for them. Our goal is to provide services that allow the older adult to remain in their own home.
The Vision
Assisting the older adult and their family to embrace the process of aging through education, advocacy, and community resources.
Donna Stiles, MSN, RN,
Certified Senior Advisor
Willow Senior Services Founder, Donna Stiles, holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. She also holds a Masters Degree in Nursing from the University of North Alabama.
Donna also holds a Gerontology Certificate and is a Certified Senior Care Advisor. Donna taught Foundations for Caregiving for many years, and was the Initial Nurse Aide Registry State Evaluator in the Huntsville area. In addition, she has been a CPR and Basic Life Support Instructor for over 20 years.
Donna believes that education promotes healthy communities and healthy communities support healthy aging. She brings that passion along with over 37 years of leadership and experience to the lives of older adults and their families as they navigate the issues of aging.
What Is A Certified Senior Advisor?
A Certified Senior Advisor, or CSA, is a professional such as a nurse or social worker, who can assist older adults and their families as they navigate the journey of aging. CSAs assess areas of concern in the home such as safety, medications, mental status, and the ability to perform daily activities. The assessment will reveal areas in which the older adult needs assistance. The CSA can then provide a customized plan with suggestions on how best to meet the needs. This assistance will allow the older adult in many cases to remain at home.
Why We exist
As baby boomers age, the large population of 65 and older is creating an unprecedented number of older adults in our country.
Most older adults want to remain independent and in their own home. Willow Senior Services was established to help advise the older adult and their family as they navigate the process of aging.
“Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the wrong. Sometime in life you will have been all of these.”
— George Washington Carver