Home Care
Meet VNS Health’s 2024 Occupational Therapist of the Year!
April 18, 2024–April is Occupational Therapy Month—when we honor our more than 70 occupational therapists (OTs) and certified occupational therapy assistants (COTAs). During this past Wednesday’s Occupational Therapy Month celebration, the 2024 Occupational Therapist of the Year was announced. And the winner is… Manhattan OT Dina Klein! Dina, who has been an OT with VNS Health Home Care for 12 years, serves a diverse community of patients on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Here are some other interesting facts about this year’s honoree: Dina on why she loves doing occupational therapy: “I enjoy providing motivation to my patients and letting them know they can do more than they think they can,” says Dina. “If we make our patients’ lives a little better, help relieve the caregiver burden, or prevent one fall, then we make an important difference in their lives.” She knows that little things can make a big difference. Dina
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Take Our Quiz in Honor of Physical Therapy Month!
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Congrats to Marc Goldberg, VNS Health’s 2023 Physical Therapist of the Year!
October 26, 2023–With a bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology and a master’s in physical therapy, Marc Goldberg, PT, Westchester, has always known what he wanted to do. Passionate about rehabilitation therapy for his entire career, he started out working with cardiac patients at NYU Langone’s Rusk Rehabilitation for a decade before joining VNS Health in 2012. And now, Marc has been named VNS Health’s Physical Therapist of the Year! “I treat all my patients as if they were family members,” Marc says. “I have a lot of compassion for what they are going through. I really listen to them, and then I try to provide the level of skill that’s needed for them to achieve their unique goals.” Marc is a true embodiment of the VNS Health mission. He sees patients in towns across lower Westchester County who run the gamut from joint-replacement patients to individuals with diabetic or cardiac conditions—and beyond.
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VNS Health Clinicians Lobby Congress to Stop Home Health Cuts – You Can Too (Virtually)!
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