Your News This Week—Week of December 11, 2023
Read 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.
Please Read: Reminder on how to receive a bonus for a VNS Health HHA job referral. To receive a Referral Bonus, you must follow these instructions. Click here for what you need to know.
It’s flu season! Please remind your clients of the importance and benefits of getting an annual flu vaccination. (Now also available to read in Spanish, Chinese, Russian, and Haitian Creole!) Click here to learn more.
Supporting family caregivers through the hardest times: Each day you work hard to support caregivers. Check out this video to see how important and how much of a difference this team member makes for the caregiver she supports. Click here for the video.
Our next HHA Support Group Call will be Thursday, December 14, at 1:00 p.m. (Last Support Group Call of the year!) For more information, click here.
Supervisor Erin Swinton sends a shout out to Home Health Aide team member Evelyn Gogikyan (pictured). A client’s daughter recently thanked us for the wonderful service provided to her mother, “Evelyn is the best aide we’ve had.” For over 7 years, Evelyn’s dedication to providing excellent patient care has never wavered—it is evident that she genuinely loves her job. We are lucky to have Evelyn at VNS Health and want her to know how much she is valued!
Don’t forget to take care of yourself! Here’s one way to do this:
Get together with friends and family! Connecting in person with friends and family is more important than you think. Your friend gets your joke. Your loved one gives you a hug. This helps alleviate stress and boost your well-being. Social connection can lessen anxiety and depression, help us regulate our emotions, and lead to higher self-esteem.
The 1199SEIU offers even more tips for how to take care of yourself. To read them all, click here.