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Understanding Parkinson’s Disease

Comfort Home Care

The Parkinson’s Foundation’s 2023 campaign is encouraging everyone to take 6 minutes – the amount of time for every new diagnosis – to raise awareness of this disease. They are encouraging practitioners, Parkinson’s caregivers like Comfort Home Care, and loved ones to share their support on social media using #Take6ForPD.

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Voices: ??Dr. Khai Nguyen, National Medical Director, Geriatrician, CHAP

Hospice News

Khai Nguyen: As a National Medical Director at CHAP, I draw from the clinical experiences I’ve been so fortunate to have as a geriatrician, mostly in the community care setting. Additionally, I draw on my own personal experience as a caregiver to my older adult father, which started when I was twelve.

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Ep.12: Key Leadership Skills That Can Make or Break a Post-Acute Care Business

Home Care Pulse

Today our discussion is gonna be about the key leadership skills that can make or break a post-acute care business. She began her career, her home care career in 2007 as a caregiver, love caregivers. My team members were similarly working 60 to 70 hours a week, being a caregiver at night. We grew about 24%.