Your News This Week— Week of September 25, 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.
Get your flu shot! As in past years, all VNS Health team members are required to get vaccinated against the flu or sign a flu declination form by December 31, 2023. Click here for more information.
Complete list of task codes now available! We have compiled all task codes and placed them into one easy-to-use table. They are also available in Spanish, Chinese, and Russian. Click here to see the table.
Health coach training sessions coming up! Are you a good listener, compassionate, non-judgmental, and have excellent communication skills? You could be a health coach! Click here to find out how to register.
Our next HHA Support Group Call is Thursday, September 28, at 1:00 p.m. For more information, click here.
VNS Health Home Care Nurse Nina Miro sends a shout out to Home Health Aide team member Marjorie Clarke (pictured). “Marjorie is absolutely wonderful,” says Nina. “I observed her compassion in taking such wonderful care of one patient. Our HHAs like Marjorie are very important to our many vulnerable patients, and I wanted to make sure she was recognized.”
Make sure you take care of yourself! Here’s one way to do this:
Schedule some “me” time: Do something that makes you feel good. It might be reading a book, watching a movie, listening to some music or taking your dog for a walk.
The 1199SEIU offers even more tips for how to take care of yourself. To read them all, click here.