Southeastern Health Care at Home’s (SE) home-based Primary Care team is led by Jennifer Minkovich, DO. Together with a team of Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners, Dr. Minkovich and her team use a home-based approach to meeting the needs of patients who have difficulty traveling to planned medical appointments.
Read more about the Primary Care team below.
Dr. Jennifer Minkovich is a native Philadelphian and attended all levels of her schooling in the Philadelphia area. She earned her undergraduate degree from Temple University. She then attended Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, where she first earned a graduate degree in Biomedical Science and then went on to complete her medical degree. She completed her Family Medicine internship at St. Joseph’s Hospital and her Family Medicine residency at Aria-Jefferson Hospital.
Her areas of interest include Women’s Health, Palliative Care and Medical Cannabis/Cannabinoid Science.
Dr. Minkovich views the physician-patient relationship as a partnership and finds joy in advocating for her patients and providing them with guidance and encouragement in their individual paths to health and wellness.
Dr. Minkovich is Board-Certified in Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. She currently lives in the Bucks County area with her husband and four fur-babies. She loves hiking, gardening, and kayaking.
Betsy McLaughlin is a Board-Certified Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Holy Family University and Nurse Practitioner Master’s degree from Gwynedd Mercy University in Adult and Gerontology Primary Care. She went on to receive her certificate in Advanced Practice Palliative Care from the California State University (CSU). She has over 30 years of nursing experience in various settings, including several administrative positions for Southeastern Health Care at Home.
Betsy’s entrepreneurial spirit and passion for home-based care was the impetus for New Directions Primary Care’s beginnings. Her patient care approach is “patient-centric.” She believes the best approach to wellness is to empower patients to be an active participant in their healthcare.
Betsy enjoys spending time with her husband, children and her fur babies.
Cara attended La Salle University where she obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2010. She went on to obtain her Master’s Degree at Drexel University graduating Magna Cum Laude in 2017 as an Adult-Geriatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner.
Cara is a proud member of Sigma Theta Tau-international Honor Society of Nursing and she is certified with the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a nurse practitioner. Cara has over 10 years of critical care experience. She enjoys sharing her knowledge of nursing and served as an adjunct faculty member/clinical instructor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Cara’s spare time is spent volunteering in Haiti. She is co-founder and chairwoman for One with Earth (OWE), providing food and education to children in orphanages.
Cara feels strongly about making a positive impact in the lives of adult-geriatric patients. She loves to travel having traveled to 23 different countries and over 30 U.S. states.
Jaymee Weitzman is a Board-Certified Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner. She holds a Master’s Degree in Nursing from LaSalle University in Philadelphia and, prior to this, a Bachelor’s degree from Drexel University.
Before attending graduate school, she worked at Einstein Medical Center, then went into long-term care, working with the adult and geriatric population. This is where she saw her passion for nursing grow, becoming the Director of Nursing role before furthering her education and becoming a Nurse Practitioner. She also serves on the advisory board for the Bucks County Community College nursing program.
As a Nurse Practitioner, she has worked with the aging population specializing in long-term, primary, post-acute, and home care. She is dedicated to providing patients and their families with individualized, compassionate care.
In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her 2 young children and her husband as well as traveling.
