Your News This Week—Week of November 9, 2026
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.
Urgent reminder: Get your flu shot by this Friday, November 13. If you have already received your flu shot or are signing a declination form, please make sure that you send in your proof of vaccination or signed declination right away. Please also remember that all VNS Health Home Health Aides are required to wear a surgical mask during all client visits. This requirement will remain in effect until the flu season is officially declared over by the New York State Department of Health. Click here for more information.
Last chance to sign up for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s – register today! Join us for the Alzheimer’s Walk in Central Park this Saturday, November 14! Click here to learn more and to register.
Don’t miss the November CEO Zoom tomorrow, Tuesday, November 10 at 11:30 a.m. For information on how to join, click here.
In-service trainings must be completed in Nevvon by Friday, December 4th! Log in to your HHAeXchange+ app and click on the Nevvon banner at the top of the home screen to access your training. For instructions on how to access your training, you can view the video by clicking here.
Don’t miss our next HHA Support Call on Thursday, November 12th at 1:00 p.m. – special guest, Kelly Harned, VP of Administration for Personal Care. Hope you can make it! For more information, click here.
Unit Manager Dana Edwards sends a shout out to Home Health Aide team member Aseta Hydara for the “smiles she brought to her client’s face when he was in so much pain and there was so little to smile about.” The client’s wife wrote in her thanks for Aseta and stated that “Aseta will make an incredible nurse – someday soon, I hope.”
Remember to take some time to care for yourself! Here’s one way to do this:
Exercise! Enjoy a walk in the sun, bike, swim, join a dance class or anything else that gets you moving, but make sure it’s fun. Physical activity can jump-start your feel-good endorphins and other stress-relieving hormones that enhance your sense of well-being. Exercise can also improve your mood and help erase the day’s irritations.
Learn more about gym discounts for 1199SEIU members and the BeFitNYC program.
For more information about what resources are available for 1199SEIU members, click here.