Your News This Week—Week of October 9, 2023
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.
Important: Keep patient information confidential! Be sure to comply with these HIPAA rules and regulations regarding social media and texting to help keep your patient’s personal health information protected. Click here for what you need to know.
The Nassau office is moving! Starting on Thursday, October 12th, the Long Island VNS Health Personal Care office will be located at 375 North Broadway, Suite 101, Jericho, NY, 11753. Click here for more information.
Information needed for potential VNS Health employment opportunities: Please send in the most up-to-date information about your education, certification, and experience. Click here for more information.
Our next HHA Support Group Call is Thursday, October 12, at 1:00 p.m. For more information, click here.
Director of Support Services Rosa Marcus sends a shout out to Home Health Aide team member Ines Lovera-Galvan (pictured). “We are so happy to have you on the Personal Care team,” says Rosa. “You have made such a big impact in the short time since you have joined the organization—we have already received wonderful feedback from your patients! Thank you and keep up the good work!”
Keep taking care of yourself! Here’s one way to do this:
Try meditating or doing yoga: Deep breathing, meditation and some yoga poses can help relieve depression, reduce stress, and ease anxiety. The breath training found in yoga may be especially helpful with anxiety related to breathing problems and may provide benefits beyond the immediate moment.
The 1199SEIU offers even more tips for how to take care of yourself. To read them all, click here.