Our Family

Amy Clark, MSSW, LCSW

Executive Director

Amy graduated from Western Kentucky University in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science in Social Work. She went on to the University of Louisville to complete her graduate studies, earning a Master of Science in Social Work in 2004. She then passed her Certification of Social Work (CSW) before completing her LCSW in 2008.

Since then, Amy has gained a significant amount of experience in the field of geriatrics. She worked at Our Lady of Peace for nine and a half years. For seven of those years, she worked as an Inpatient Social Worker/Psychotherapist on the Peace Geriatric Treatment Services unit. During that time, she provided group, individual, and family therapy, assisted patients and families with case management and discharge planning, as well as coordinated aftercare with a variety of community resources. Amy also worked at Amedisys, Inc./Home Health Services as both a Medical Social Worker and Chronic Care Coordinator for two years. Through that time, she counseled patients and families with health-related financial, social, and emotional concerns, as well as assisting patients to achieve and maintain a level of health and independence, which prevented avoidable hospitalizations.

Amy is an adjunct professor at the University of Louisville/Kent School of Social Work. She instructs a graduate-level course, “Social Work Practice with Older Adults,” teaching assessments that are commonly used with older adults in the areas of physical and mental health, social support and participation, and assessments of home environments. She also teaches the students how to formulate service plans, outcome measures and objectives based on the comprehensive geriatric assessments; as well as specific practices and approaches such as Motivational Interviewing, Evidence-Based Practice, and Strengths-Based Approaches, Narrative Therapy and Cognitive Therapy.

Amy is a member of the Barton House family and continues to carry on the heritage of high-quality care that Barton House is known for.

Martha McMahel

Director of Nursing

Martha is a Licensed Nurse with over thirteen years of nursing experience. She received her nursing license in 2004 from Galen School of Nursing in Louisville, KY. Her nursing background comes from years of service in the geriatric field and healthcare management. Martha joined the Barton House team in December 2015 as a nurse and moved into the Director of Nursing position in August 2017. She takes pride in the quality of care that Barton House is known for. Martha is well known in her career as a team builder and brings the positive out in any situation.

While Martha’s main passion is nursing, on her days off, she enjoys spending time with her grandson, family, and loves to travel. Martha feels some people choose their careers for money or prestige, but she would like to believe that she was one of those lucky people born into their calling to be a nurse.

Mary Brockmeier

Activities Director

Mary, one of six children, grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. She attended Princeton High School in Cincinnati and went on to pursue her Liberal Arts degree from Hanover College in Indiana.

Mary spent over 30 years in the retail field, where she touched others’ lives through her energy and passion for providing impeccable customer service. After caring for her parents as they aged, she realized her real passion was to embrace every opportunity to learn from others’ history. Since joining the team at Barton House, her passion and energy are focused on the understanding that the aging population still has so much to contribute. By encouraging seniors through physical activities and intellectual stimulation, they feel important and vital. The interaction, either group or individual, is what counts; the service is so much more rewarding.

John Nelson

Dietary Manager

Born and raised in Kentucky, John has been at Barton House since October 2006. He lived in Alaska for 23 years, working as a commercial fisherman. John started cooking in Seattle during the offseason for high-end catering businesses. He catered for six years then returned to his home roots in Kentucky.

John takes pride in his cooking, and he treats all the residents as his own family.