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When Facing Language Barriers, Having the Same Home Care Nurse Improves Outcomes

Daily Nurse

After a hospitalization, home healthcare enables patients to recover where they feel most comfortable: in their homes. Nurses visit patients to provide care to keep them at home, given that hospital readmissions cost the U.S. Same Nurse or the Same Language?

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Nurse Finds Her Passion as Nurse Educator

Minority Nurse

My nursing education journey began when I received my BSN in Nursing at Rutgers College of Nursing in 2011. Their strength helped me to see myself as a strong but caring nurse. A Strong Caring Nurse. My education gave me the confidence to care for my patients competently.

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New Year, New Home Care Wishes for 2022

Hearts for Home Care

Additionally, in the second year of COVID, many state and federal decision makers started to truly understand why home care makes sense: It keeps vulnerable individuals at home and out of potentially-infectious institutions, and it saves Medicaid programs money by doing so. Below, see what home care client Ari A.

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Home Care and Independence

Hearts for Home Care

But I’m very different from just about every other 22-year-old I know in one big way: I have Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), and I rely on home health care services for nearly all of my daily activities. I need nurses and CNAs to get ready every day. Zach with his siblings and home care nurse, Jeff.

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Hearts for Home Care Brings Legislative and Public Awareness to over 43 Million Viewers

Hearts for Home Care

BAYADA Director and Hearts for Home Care’s Senior Ambassador Hakeem Gaines speaking to reporters about the workforce shortage and retention issues with North Carolina’s Private Duty Nursing (PDN) program.