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Many of you have seen these two lovely ladies in a previous commercial. We at CareAll are proud to have them back in a new 2 minute spot talking about their continued relationship with our home care office in Henderson, TN. The two young girls in the video say that they want to be the next Pinky and Bluie.
Medicare Open Enrollment starts on November 15th and runs through December 31st. CareAll has partnered with MedAssurance, a not-for-profit organization, to help Medicare recipients make an informed decision about their Medicare choices. We are also launching a public service television campaign that will be seen throughout the state of Tennessee.
Click here to learn more about MedAssurance
Click here to visit the Medicare.gov Open Enrollment Page
If you would like more information about Medicare Open Enrollment, call us at 888-401-CARE(2273).
CareAll Home Care’s Fall Prevention program is a multi-disciplinary approach to reducing falls in the home. We use the following five disciplines to achieve our goals:
Nursing
•Patients are assessed upon admission, recertification, and as needed for potential for falls.
•Evaluation is based upon intrinsic and extrinsic such as vision, pain, incontinence, cognition, medications, and environmental.
•Teaching is provided based upon the findings of the assessment and referrals made to appropriate disciplines.
•Medications are reviewed for side effects, adverse effects, and duplicative therapy. Teaching is provided upon medications and measures to assist in decreasing falls.
Physical Therapy
•Patients are evaluated for falls based upon a home safety assessment, strength training, gait training, and balance testing.
•Interventions and teaching for patients with fall potential include balance training, pain modalities, home modifications, incontience training; and core strengthening exercises, such as Tai Chi.
Occupational Therapy
•Patients are assessed for ability to perform ADLs and IADLs.
•Interventions include adaptive equipment to assist with ADLs and IADLs and home modifications
Medical Social Services
•Home safety assessments are conducted and recommendations are made for modifications.
•Patients are provided education on community and financial resources to assist with obtaining equipment and assistive devices.
Home Health Aides
•Assists the nursing and therapy staff to identify fall triggers in home.
•Reports changes in patient’s musculoskeletal status, vision status, and cognition to nursing.
•Reports patient falls, new bruising, or new skin tears to nursing.
•Reports any patient complaints relating to new meds, new/faulty equipment to nursing or therapy.
Five nurses from Cookeville Private Duty have volunteered their time to meet the needs of a 44-year~old man who must have 24-hour care and lost all his TennCare benefits Feb. 24 because he hadexhausted his disability coverage. David Scott suffers from multiple sclerosis and his mother, Lola, who has diabetes, is unable to care for her son.
Our team of volunteers checks its schedules, divides its personal time and makes sure David, who can onlylift his left hand, is cared for around the clock.
“I worked for David in 2006 and took care ofhim for two plus years before I went to Iraq,” said Larry McDonald, LPN, who returned to the U.S. last November and reapplied for work with CareAll. “The Scott family makes all the nurses feel like family andI treat them like family. Thirty percent of nursing isknowledge; 70 percent is heart. Volunteering is all partof nursing.”
Nicole Belknap, LPN, said she spent 21 hours withDavid one week in lateFebruary. “I don’t think it’s right what TennCare did to him,” she said. “It’s now hard on bothof them. It’s not right for them to struggle if we can help.”
LaDonna Elder, LPN,said she has known the Scott family for 14years. “Lola is having adifficult time with this,”she said. “My heart is just broken with this. We just take our time about staying with them.”“
It doesn’t bother me to stay 12 hours with them,”Alisa McBroom, LPN, said. “I feel like I am part of their family.”
“Helping them; that’s the only thing I can do,”Lecia Brady, LPN, said. “David is deserving of whatever we can do. That’s what I am in nursing for.”
“These are tremendous people,” Mrs. Scott said. “They all took such good care of David even when he was on TennCare. They have all been extremely supportive of us. I love them all.”
CareAll is extremely proud of these volunteerswhose compassion and care is making an outstanding difference in the community they serve.
Retha Dobson, HHA, Huntingdon Office
CareAll would like to honor Retha Dobson, HHA, of the Huntingdon office, who has worked for the company since 1993. Sanna Evans, director of patient services, says, “Retha goes above her job description. She is always willing to help any of her co-workers and patients and does it with a smile on her face. Retha has prepared and brought food for many of her patients who need it.”
“She is always willing to give that extra bath or fix her patient’s hair for a doctor’s appointment, a funeral or a wedding,” Sanna said. “She is always willing to spend that extra time with the patients who just want to talk. She has an infectious attitude I wish we all could have every day.”
Sanna said Retha had a female patient who recently passed away only three weeks after her husband had died. Retha is spending her own time visiting the couple’s daughter to assist in her grieving. “I love my job,” Retha said. “I love meeting people and helping. They are home-bound and I am the only person they see. A true social bond develops between us.”
Retha used to spend her free time riding horses but now dotes on her grandchildren, Danielle, 15, and Jason, 12.
The Huntingdon office is extremely proud of Retha and all she does for her patients and co-workers.
