NORTON—EPOCH of Norton has hired Karen Custodio as their wellness director.  

Custodio has worked at EPOCH of Norton since September 2001. She began as a night nurse and was promoted to supervisor. In March 2007, she became the assistant director of nursing services. 

Prior to joining the EPOCH team, Custodio worked as a telemetry nurse and nursing supervisor at Symmes Hospital in Arlington and as a certified nursing assistant at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center in Roslindale. Her first job in health care was working as a private duty aid for a senior in Belmont.

Custodio said watching her dad care for aging grandparents when she was a kid inspired her as a health care professional.

“The compassion, patience, respect, love and understanding that I have for the aging adult and their families come from a true understanding as experienced in my own family,” she said.

Custodio graduated from nursing school in 1992. For more information, call EPOCH at 508-285-3355.