Molly Lukason, MSW, LICSW, NHA
Advocacy in Action
Molly Lukason, LICSW, NHA has worked with older adults and families for over 23 years in the Metro West and Boston areas. She is a graduate of Salem State College and holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Social Work.
Early in her career as a social worker, Molly recognized that every individual has a unique way of coping. She maintains a core belief that each client deserves advocacy, respect, and compassion. As a licensed nursing home administrator, Molly has also demonstrated advocacy in action on a larger scale, teaching workers and communities that respect and dignity are vital to all individuals no matter where their homes are.
In 1992, Molly worked with an extraordinary team to open the first freestanding assisted living facility in Massachusetts where she served as the executive director for six years. “Understanding nursing home and assisted living management from behind the scenes has afforded me opportunities to change management’s perspective,” she says. “Compassion and patience are key not only to resolving concerns but also to gaining trust and forging relationships for a lifetime.”
During that time, Molly teamed again with management to open the first adult day health program and the first group adult foster care program in an assisted living facility. Ever responsive to the need for targeted services, Molly proudly established the first program for older adults with mental illness in an assisted living facility.
Following that success, Molly served five years as vice president of a local home care company and continued her advocacy for older adults with mental illness by helping create a second assisted living program for the mentally ill. Her executive responsibilities included all human resources for the company as well as oversight of daily operations. In 2006, Molly founded Milestones Unlimited, P.C., a specialized resource providing geriatric care management and therapeutic counseling for older adults and families, where she serves as president. This organization also strives to assist assisted living and long-term care facilities in regulatory compliance and positive survey outcomes.
As a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with extensive management and regulation experience, Molly has helped individual clients and organizations gain new ground in independence, advocacy, and quality. As an advanced social work case manager, president of the West Suburban Advisory Board for the Department of Mental Health (DMH), and member of the Massachusetts Advisory Board for the DMH, she continues to advocate for those needing assistance with services as well as for those who simply want their voices heard.
Molly’s vast experience wholly reflects her mission: to serve older adults and their families in all ways with advocacy, respect, and compassion.
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