VNS Health Clinicians Lobby Congress to Stop Home Health Cuts – You Can Too (Virtually)!

September 29, 2023–Last week, Margarita Roldan, a senior social worker with VNS Health Home Care in the Bronx, and Raquel Webb-Geddes, a VNS Health Home Care nurse on Long Island and a Federation of Nurses/UFT Chapter Leader, joined the Government Affairs Team in Washington, DC, where they called on Congress to halt billions of dollars in Medicare home health cuts that are impacting VNS Health and providers and patients across the country. (Photo right: Dan Lowenstein, Jonathan Shabshaikhes, Margarita Roldan, Raquel Webb-Geddes, and Cai Yoke from Bayada in front of the U.S. Capitol on NAHC Advocacy Day. ) Sharing Mission Stories During their visits, which were part of the National Association of Home Health Care and Hospice Advocacy Day, Raquel and Margarita told Members of Congress and their teams compelling stories about what it takes to provide skilled home health care to people in their homes. Raquel, representing both the Federation of Teachers/UFT and

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Today, Queens, Tomorrow the Bronx … Meet On-Call HHA Arcina Batista

September 26, 2023–As a VNS Health on-call home health aide (HHA), Arcina Batista has gotten to know New York City very well. That’s because on any given day, at any time, she could be asked to work anywhere across the city’s five boroughs. While Arcina may not know what part of NYC she’ll be providing care from day to day, one thing is for sure: She looks forward to what each day brings. Last year alone, Arcina saw more than 220 patients in all parts of the city. Her patients come from some of New York’s most vulnerable communities, and often suffer from multiple comorbidities. Admittedly, this kind of work isn’t for everyone, but Arcina loves her job. For Espanol, cllck here. For Chinese, click here. Being Fast and Agile and Going Above and Beyond Arcina has been assigned to cases that would be challenging even for the most accomplished aide. But

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From HHA to RN: Donna Wilson’s Inspiring Journey

August 15, 2023–When Clinical Care Manager Donna Wilson started working as a home health aide (HHA) at VNS Health, she had a vision that she would one day become a registered nurse (RN). As a child growing up in Guyana, health care became her passion thanks to her paternal grandmother, who was a nurse. Her grandmother would often take Donna with her to work, where she mostly cared for elderly patients. “That’s where my love for the geriatric population began,” says Donna. “That feeling continues today. I have a love for seniors, and the sentiment seems to be mutual.” From HHA to RN Donna served as a teacher and an assistant tax inspector in Guyana prior to moving to the United States in 1989. In the U.S., she worked in insurance and banking before becoming an HHA in Personal Care (then known as Partners in Care). Donna was drawn to the position

A Shining Example of Teams Working Together for Nursing Home Hospice Patients

July 19, 2023–Teams Featured: Business Development, Personal Care and Hospice Care For VNS Health home health aide Delores Yearwood Pile, her job providing care to VNS Health Hospice patients at a large skilled nursing facility in the Bronx keeps her on her toes—literally. “I might begin my shift by giving one patient a bath and then dressing her in a set of fresh clothes and feeding her,” she says. “Then I’ll walk a short distance and do the same with another patient. An hour later, I’m on to a third patient. And in between these visits, I’ll circle back to check on the others. Every minute I’m there, I’m providing important help to someone—plus, it gives variety to my day!” When Delores’s shift is done, another VNS Health aide will follow a similar routine with the same patients. This rotating care is a hallmark of VNS Health’s new “Cluster Care” hospice model.

Here’s What Some HHA Team Members Had to Say About the New HHAx App!

April 28, 2023–VNS Health is always looking for new ways to support you and make it easier for you to deliver care to your clients. The new HHAeXchange phone app (HHAx) allows you to clock in and clock out of patient visits more easily. In addition, the HHAx app lets you document tasks completed faster and more easily. All this can even speed up processing time for your paycheck. So how’s it going? We connected with several home health aide team members to get their take on the new app and find out how they like earning VNS Health Rewards points for using it. Here’s what they had to say: “It is easy, though it took some getting used to.” —Tamika Jordan, Manhattan “The HHAx app is very easy and straightforward, though it did take some getting used to. It is much simpler than our previous system, and it was very easy

When HHA Sharon Davis Referred Andrea Wilson to Become an HHA…

April 5, 2023–It Was a Win-Win! Sharon Got an Employee Referral Bonus, and Andrea Got HHA Training—and the Perfect Weekend Job! One of the best ways that VNS Health hires home health aides and clinicians is through referrals from our own team members. All referrals are welcome—whether you’re referring a relative, a friend, a colleague you used to work with, or even a casual acquaintance. As you’ll see in the following story, it’s easy to refer someone. While bonus amounts vary depending on the position and location of the job, if you refer a home health aide you could receive a bonus for as much as $500! To learn more and to find out how to make a referral, click here. The Team Members: Sharon Davis, Home Health Aide, Queens Andrea Wilson, Weekend Home Health Aide, Brooklyn The Backstory: Sharon: Andrea and I met about 20 years ago, when our children were

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