COTA Travel Assist gives people the freedom to continue to engage with life, even if something has limited their ability to do so - whether due to illness, trauma, or aging.
We have the clinical skills and expertise to provide safe therapeutic experiences and activities both inside the home and out in the community - local to global.
What We Do:
- Help loved ones attend family events/celebrations
- Provide rides to appointments by car or our wheelchair accessible vans
- Stay with the client throughout the trip
- Assist with discharge transistions
- Vacation planning & solutions for special needs
- Provide physical and cognitive assistance throughout your trip
- Be a medical & rehabilitation liaison
- Provide joyful therapeutic experiences
- Can be hired from two hours to over a week
Our Skilled Companions Are:
- Licensed Rehabilitation Professionals
- Certified Dementia Care Specialists
- Certified Fall Prevention Specialists
- CPR Certified
- HIPAA Certified
- Certified in Medication Administration
- Member of the National Aging in Place Council
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It is not all Doctors appointments, we are here to help you enjoy life.
Team
Meet our Concierge Skilled Companions
Rachel Corcoran
Founder & COTA/L Being by her mother's side for the last 6 weeks of her life, Rachel Corcoran learned the value in providing the simple pleasures - they can bring joy to any circumstance and improve quality of life. With over 10 years experience working in skilled nursing facilities, Rachel launched COTA Travel Assist to use her skills as a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant to help people - especially elders and those with neurological disorders - live their best life.
Julie Evans
PTA Julie has over 10 years experience as a health care professional. Her compassion and passion for helping people has brought her all over the country as a traveling PTA. When Julie isn’t working she loves being with her fiancé, Ryan, and their three dogs Harvey, Michael, and Sully.
Alison Evans
OTR/L Ali is a 34 year old health care professional with over 15 years of teaching, coaching, and caregiving experience. She is a licensed and registered Occupational Therapist who received her Master’s degree from Tufts University. She has over 5 years of experience as an OTR with adult and geriatric clientele and has developed over 100 individualized plans of care. In her spare time, Ali loves playing sports like soccer and ice hockey and spending time with her Golden Retriever, Riley.
Shelley Cahill
PTA Shelley is a healthcare professional and has been working as a Licensed PTA for more than 20 years. She holds a BA from UMass, Boston and an AAS from Lasell University, Newton. She has experience in various PT settings, including out- patient, skilled nursing, and for the past 13 years, homecare. It was in the homecare setting that Shelley realized the need for skilled transportation services, which led her to COTA Travel Assist. Shelley and her husband are life-long residents of The South Shore, where they have raised their family. When Shelley isn’t working she enjoys traveling, golfing, pickleball, and working around her home.Contact
Please call, email, or use the contact form for more information.
Rachel is based in Boston MA, travel to the client’s home city to provide services can be arranged.