Your News This Week—Week of April 22, 2024
Check out the latest issue of Your News This Week. Published weekly, this newsletter is dedicated to our Home Health Aide team and includes what you need to know each week.
Task code update: Some of the questions on the task code list have been changed. It is important that you read each question carefully and mark all tasks that are listed on your client’s Plan of Care with a checkmark or X when clocking out. For tasks 401 – 417, please answer these questions as accurately as possible, as they ensure the proper follow-up care is provided from our nursing team.
-For a full listing of task codes, click here.
-If you need any help with clocking out, click here for the training video.
Do you know American Sign Language (ASL)? If you know ASL and are interested in working with clients who use ASL, please email [email protected].
The next HHA Support call is Thursday, April 25th, at 7:00 p.m. – with special co-host, SVP Jim Rolla. For more information, click here.
VNS Health is going to Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, July 23 for the Yankees and Mets game. Any VNS Health team member who purchases tickets to the gamethrough the special link will receive a NY Yankees hat with the VNS Health logo with each ticket. A portion of each ticket sale will benefit VNS Health’s Nurse Residency Program! For information on how to buy tickets, click here.
Supervisor Adallianys Lopez sends a shout out to On-Call Home Health Aide team member Janice Forde (pictured) for the incredible service she recently provided to a client. The client called to express his gratitude to the entire team for their assistance, but he wanted to especially highlight how “wonderful” Janice was. Thank you for all your help!
Is it allergies, a cold or the flu? How to tell the difference
Since colds, allergies, and the flu can have many of the same symptoms, it may be hard to tell the three conditions apart. While all three can cause sneezing, coughing, and runny nose, there are also some symptoms that can help tell them apart. For example, the flu is more likely to cause fever, a cold is more likely to cause a sore throat, and allergies are more likely to cause itchy, watery eyes.
To read more about how to tell them apart and how to treat each, click here.