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Employee Newsletter
Volume 2, Issue 9
October 2012

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In This Issue
What is Hospice?
AQUIRE Training
From the Office
Message from Brenda
What is Hospice?
Sonya Harris
Sonya Harris
Client Care Coordinator

Hospice is considered to be the model for quality, compassionate care for people facing a life-limiting illness or injury, hospice care involves a team-oriented approach to expert medical care, pain management, and emotional and spiritual support expressly tailored to the person's needs and wishes. Support is provided to the person's loved ones as well. The focus of hospice relies on the belief that each of us has the right to die pain-free and with dignity, and that our loved ones will receive the necessary support to allow us to do so.

--Hospice focuses on caring, not curing and, in most cases; care is provided in the person's home.
--Hospice care also is provided in freestanding hospice centers, hospitals, and nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.
--Hospice services are available to patients of any age, religion, race, or illness.
--Hospice care is covered under Medicare, Medicaid, most private insurance plans, HMOs, and other managed care organizations.     

AQUIRE Training Now Available 

Skip Critell
Operations Manager
A new benefit for employees! We now have direct access to online training classes from AQUIRE. This is the new group that merged with Metifacta (our training DVDs.) You will be able to log in with your name & password anytime/anywhere to take advantage of the training modules.  

This is at no cost to you. You can test & get the certificate online as well. 
We will be sending an email with complete instructions & your password to you.

 

There is also a family website for client's families which we will announce soon. You can access that one as well - but the employee's version is longer on select topics for certification. We are happy to provide extra education to help us all do our best in providing care for our clients!

From the Office
Sherry Atwell  Office Manager
Return Phone Calls
  • When you receive a voicemail, text, or email from the office. . . PLEASE get back to us as soon as possible!
  • The next CPR class will be Monday, October 29th - we will be calling everyone who needs to be recertified. This two-hour American Heart Association class costs $25 for materials.  
  • The infection control/diabetic classes are tentatively scheduled for Friday, October 26th. We will also be calling those of you who need to be recertified for that as well.

Terminal Diagnosis

  

A terminal diagnosis can be: Alzheimer's dementia, cancer, liver disease, renal failure, Parkinson's, stroke, ALS, AIDS, COPD, CHF, or failure to thrive. Be on the look out for symptoms in your client, especially after: 

Rebekah Calkins Administrative Assistant  
  1. A major qualifying event such as a hospital admission
  2. Recurrent infections including pneumonia, sepsis, or urinary tract infection
  3. Weight loss over a period of three months
  4. Difficulty swallowing or aspiration
  5. Pain requiring frequent increases in medication
  6. Multiple falls
Becky Sall_new
Becky Sall Administrative Assistant

Also, noting worsening symptoms such as-- cough, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, decline in functional status (ADL's), confusion, poor appetite, change in behavior, and general decline--may also help qualify a patient.

 

If you suspect any of these symptoms are happening to your client, please call the office and make sure you add it to your daily notes so we may communicate with the family, and ultimately recommend the best care for the client.
   

The office staff - Becky, Rebekah, and Sherry    

Message from Brenda

 

Remember, as an employee of Assisting angels, you can earn bonuses! Here is our recently updated bonus program.

  
  • When you refer a caregiver to this agency and the referral becomes an employee, you will receive a $50.00 bonus after the new employee works 300 hours. 
  • When you refer a client to this agency, you will receive a bonus on each subsequent paycheck based on a formula* of total hours of services provided for the client as long as the client and you both remain with our agency.
  • Each time you accept an emergency back-up assignment while you are "on-call,"  you will receive a $20 bonus.
  • Each time you have completed 500 hours of service with our agency without any call-outs, late arrivals, or early departures, you will receive a $50 bonus.  

Brenda Critell 

President

We recognize that there are many choices when selecting a home care agency to be employed by or to receive home care services. We appreciate your confidence and trust and welcome the opportunity to be a part of your work experience.  Thank you for being a part of Assisting Angels Home Care.

 

*The bonus will depend on the type of client, the number of hours per week, whether they are private pay, VA or Medicaid, as the reimbursement rates for services are variable.

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Contact Information
 
Assisting Angels Home Care
5979 W Overland Rd
Boise ID 83709
phone: 208-344-7979

Assisting Angels Home Care
378 Falls Ave
Twin Falls ID 83301
phone: 208-733-2550

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