Your News This Week—Week of September 29, 2025
Here’s 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.
Last chance! Don’t forget to complete any in-service courses that are available to you in CareConnect by tomorrow, Tuesday, September 30: If you do not complete the courses by tomorrow, you will automatically be scheduled to take the courses in-person at our 5 Penn office location in Manhattan during the month of October. Thank you for completing your courses now!
We need on-call aides from 12:00 noon – 8:00 p.m.! There are multiple employment opportunities available, with $22.00 per hour and 40 hours per week guaranteed. Click here to learn more.
Please read: Important change to your client’s Plan of Care: You will no longer see the full list of all available Plan of Care tasks as you have been seeing them. Instead, the only tasks you’ll see are those that are listed on your client’s Plan of Care. Click here to read what you need to know.
No HHA Support Call this week. The next call is Thursday, October 9 at 1:00 p.m. – with special co-host, SVP Jim Rolla. For more information, click here.
Supervisor Yanely Polanco sends a shout out to Home Health Aide team member Sarah Abban for the “amazing job she provided” to her client. The client’s daughter called to thank Sarah and say that she did a “good job” and that her mother “felt great with her”. Thank you, Sarah, for the compassionate care you provide to your clients and their families.
How to help prevent your client from falling
Did you know that trips and falls are the most common kinds of accidents in the home? They can also be very dangerous for older adults. So, before you leave your client’s home, be sure to check for potential dangers that might cause a fall:
– Make sure that floors are clear of clutter throughout the rooms in your client’s home.
– Make sure that frequently used items are within reach for your client.
– Make sure that any ambulatory devices your client uses are accessible.
For a full in-home safety checklist of things to keep in mind to help prevent falls, click here.