Home Health & Hospice Week
Hospice, Home Care Providers Go Above And Beyond During Snowzilla
Extreme weather events like the blizzard that socked the East and Mid-Atlantic Coast present unique challenges for home care providers, but also a chance for recognition.
In North Carolina, The Citizen-Times newspaper in Asheville profiled multiple home care providers who prepared patients for the storm and made visits even in extreme weather conditions. The staff at Four Seasons Compassion for Life hospice stocked patients with supplies and meds to see them through the snowfall, hopefully without additional staff visits. But for those who required a visit, staff used four-wheel drives or coordinated with emergency services, the hospice told the newspaper. Some staff stayed at hotels.
CarePartners moved a few hospice patients into facilities to ride out the storm, the agency told the Citizen-Times. Home Instead’s workers made it to some patients who lack caregivers by walking, it told the newspaper.
About 20 staff members of nursing home The Laurels of Summit Ridge slept at the facility in advance of the storm and the facility provided child care. “It’s part of the industry,” said administrator Judi Boyer. “I really think people realize how dedicated health care workers are in snow emergencies like this.”
Home Health & Hospice Week
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Hospice, Home Care Providers Go Above And Beyond During Snowzilla
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