About Your Team
Placement Options is a business that started as a professional partnership in 1996 to help Seniors and their families find the right residential care options for each individual. Joyce Peterson, R.N. and Brenda Teverbaugh, OTR had over 50 years of combined health care experience, strong ethics and a desire to help seniors and their families. They felt it was important to understand the medical issues as well as social and aging issues along with a strong knowledge of facilities and resources in order to make good recommendations. Though Joyce has since retired, Brenda and the team continue to work with these concepts-professional assessments, ethical practices and a strong knowledge of local facilities and services.
Brenda Teverbaugh, OTR
Owner and Cofounder,
Placement Options
Brenda Teverbaugh, OTR has provided health professionals and clients with a quality, consistent and dependable resource for over a decade. Brenda did her training for Occupational Therapy at the University of Minnesota. She has worked at well known Northern California Facilities including Alta Bates, Kentfield Rehabilitation Hospital and North Coast Rehabilitation Center. Her experience includes OT clinical practice, program development, management marketing and managed care contracting. As an Occupational Therapist, she specialized in evaluating and treating deficits in “Activities of Daily Living”(ADLs) and in recommending adaptive equipment and treatment methods. Brenda has worked extensively with the local medical, business and insurance communities in the course of her work. She is also a Residential Care for the Elderly Administrator.
Louise Imperatrice
Louise Imperatrice has worked in Health care for over 50 years!! This, of course, also makes her a senior. She was the Business Office Manager for Stanford University Hospital where she oversaw billing as well as Public Relations. At California Pacific Medical Center in San Fransisco she was in charge of Outpatient Clinic and Admissions. She was the Coordinator for all clinical functions and in charge of new programs and physician billing. At North Coast Rehabilitation Center in Santa Rosa she met with patients and families in regards to billing and collections. She has been with Placement Options for 9 years. She is often the first contact. She gathers information and sets up appointment for professional assessments. She contacts facilities and gets referrals back to you after the assessment.
Kristine Monroe, R.N.
Kristine Monroe, R.N. has been working with Placement Options for the past 5 years. She recieved her BSN, RN from Sonoma State University in 2002. In addition to her work with Placement Options, she works as a staff nurse for the Palliative Care Unit at Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa and does some teaching for Community Education,LLC which provides education services for residential care staff and facilities. Although her RN licence is fairly recent, her previous history includes personal careprovider services for individuals, many of whom were longtime employers. Her familiarity with the various needs of the elderly both in home and in the hospital can be traced back 20 years.
Elizabeth Allen, M.A., R. N. has been a Registered Nurse for 25 years. She graduated from the University of Iowa in 1982 with her B.S. R. N. and then recieved her M.A. degree in Nursing Administation in 1991. Elizabeth’s 25 years of nursing experience includes acute care, outpatient services, pediatrics, intensive care, hospice and home care. She has owned and operated 2 RCFE’s since 1994. She maintains an Administrator’s Certifcate for RCFE. Elizabeth provides professional assessments and consultations for Placement Options.
A lifetime appreciation of Seniors
Education; Experience; Compassion; Ethics.