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National Nurses Month Special: Saluting Years of Dedicated Service
May 11, 2022–This year, in celebration of National Nurses Month, VNSNY honors—and thanks— all of the nurses whose hard work and dedication make such a vital and colossal contribution, and difference, to the lives of our patients, clients and members across the organization. As a special highlight, Frontline spoke to the longest-serving nurses in each part of the organization. Click on their names to go directly to their stories or just scroll here to read them all! Myrna Agosto Susan Banner Myra Cohen Eloise Goldberg Lisa Miller Elisabeth Regis Karen Terry Betty Velez Nancy Washburn Deborah Wilson Myrna Agosto, Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Queens/Brooklyn Mobile Crisis Unit, Behavioral Health — 33 years at VNSNY “I see the possibilities.” As a psychiatric nurse practitioner in the Queens/Brooklyn Mobile Crisis Unit, Myrna Agosto spends her days working with vulnerable patients at very difficult times in their lives. “Typically, we’ll get a referral
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August 23, 2018–Store windows and magazine covers are full of new looks for the fall season. At the same time, VNSNY is unveiling a new visual identity for Partners in Care. The new logo, which will be used for all communications and signage going forward, combines elements of the traditional Partners in Care logo (including the heart icon) with the enterprise-wide VNSNY “seal” logo. “Incorporating the trusted master brand ‘seal’ into our visual identity means that Partners in Care is now clearly recognizable as part of the VNSNY family, with our mission-driven legacy and positive reputation as the largest not-for-profit home- and community- based health care organization in the country,” says Jennifer Rajewski-Brullo, Senior Vice President of Partners in Care. In addition, notes Jennifer, “The new branding communicates our ability to provide continuity of care for all of our VNSNY patients, clients and members, whether they’re receiving Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care,
Partners in Care HHAs Hone Preventive and Health Monitoring Skills to Reduce Hospitalizations
June 21, 2018–As value-based care models continue to take hold across the healthcare landscape, VNSNY is enlisting its Partners in Care home health aide (HHA) workforce to help ensure better outcomes for individuals enrolled in value-based managed long-term care (MLTC) plans—including CHOICE MLTC members. As part of this effort, Partners in Care HHAs are now being trained to monitor and address a wide range of medical warning signs, so they can help these plan members avoid preventable hospital admissions and emergency room visits. “Providing daily care to MLTC plan members is a big part of what our HHAs do—and through this training, we’re empowering them to help these plan members manage their health at home more effectively,” says Barbara Maccaro, Director of Quality Management and Education at Partners in Care. “For example, our HHAs are learning to watch closely for signs and symptoms of worsening heart failure, development of infections and electrolyte
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April 4, 2018–
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March 27, 2018–
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Saluting Jane Edwards and Her 35-Year Career as a Partners in Care HHA
February 21, 2018–For the past few months, Frontline has been profiling home health aides (HHAs) who have been with Partners in Care since its inception in 1983. This month, we salute the fourth member of this distinguished group: Jane Edwards. Jane Edwards: “I’ll Always Be Here for You” Jane Edwards has been a home health aide (HHA) with Partners in Care since 1983. For 26 of those 35 years, she served as the dedicated night-shift aide for Valerie*. As Jane recalls, Valerie spent most of her time listening to classical music or audio books in her Manhattan apartment before she passed away last year at the remarkable age of 108. “When I started working with Valerie, she could help herself a little bit,” says Jane. “But by the time she was in her late 90s, she had to stay in bed most of the time. I had to reposition her every two
Partners in Care Completes LGBT Training and Earns Platinum SAGECare Certification
February 6, 2018–Last week, VNSNY took another major step in affirming its role as a preferred healthcare provider for New York City’s 750,000 LGBT residents, when the LGBT seniors advocacy group SAGE announced that Partners in Care has been awarded Platinum-level SAGECare certification. This is the SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders) organization’s highest-level award, indicating that 80 percent or more of Partners in Care’s home health aides (HHAs), nurses and other staff have received SAGECare LGBT cultural competency training. “This credential means that our LGBT clients can be assured they’ll be treated with understanding and respect by every member of our Partners in Care staff,” says Barbara Maccaro, Director of Quality Assurance and Education at Partners in Care. Since Partners in Care launched its SAGECare educational initiative last year, all of its nearly 9,000 HHAs have attended a specialized training session designed to raise their awareness of cultural issues and
Saluting Angela Richardson, a Partners in Care HHA Since 1981
January 18, 2018–Over the past several weeks, Frontline VNSNY has been profiling a select group of home health aides (HHAs) who have been with Partners in Care since it was acquired by VNSNY in 1983, and in some cases even longer. This week, we salute the third member of this group: Angela Richardson, who joined Partners in Care in 1981. Angela Richardson: Going the Extra Mile for Her Clients Partners in Care home health aide (HHA) Angela Richardson grew up in Princes Town, Trinidad, in a home big enough to house three generations within its walls: her grandparents, her parents, and Angela and her nine siblings. In the late 1960s, her beloved grandmother Nanny had a stroke, and Angela pitched in as her mother Brinnette took care of her—a foretaste of their future careers for mother and daughter alike. A decade later, Brinnette moved to New York. She knew she wanted to