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Why Do We Work @ Care N Assist
It seems to be a hot topic on LinkedIn and other places to talk about employee retention. I am seeing article titles like: Five Reasons People Leave Their Jobs, or The Top Ten Ways To Keep Your Team Engaged. When I held my weekly team meeting on Friday morning with...
Living In Clothes
How should our clothes fit as we age? Can we still have swag when our body starts to demand certain accommodations? An elderly person may still appreciate style, but find it is hard to keep up. Not that I am recommending skinny jeans for anyone at any age, but have...
Working with Disabilities
Individuals with disabilities can have many challenges in life. One of those is living independently in the community. We have the privilege of providing a service that makes this possible for some. Many advancements have been made in this area in the last 50 years....
Home Visit & Medications
Most people know that it is bad when medications prescribed by a physician are not taken as prescribed. It is equally as bad when a physician prescribes new medications without knowing that their client hasn’t taken their current medications properly. It only gets...
Wealth of Knowledge
It is a very well documented thing that as baby boomers retire they are taking a great wealth of knowledge, wisdom and leadership skills with them. Recently, I had one of those boomers, a daughter-in-law of a client, email me on the weekend asking me to call her on...
Care N Assist Ranks No. 2498 on the 2016 Inc. 5000
NEW YORK, August 17, 2016 – Inc. magazine today ranked Care N Assist NO. 2498th on its 35th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the...
CPR or DNR
Every time I am in a client’s home I have to talk to them about things they don’t like to talk about. It just happens most people don’t like to talk about having to go to the hospital, or worse, dying. So as I go about creating or reviewing their emergency...
Stuck in Park
The lady I met yesterday lived in a lake house. She was bruised from a recent fall, and spoke but would get stuck on her words. Her daughter was quick to tell me that she was not suffering from dementia, she just has difficulty getting the words out. A three-wheeled...
Who Is The Hero
When I walk into a new client’s home it can be easy for me to look around and think… “Same story, different house.” The story goes a little like this. A relatively healthy person gets sick or has an injury. They hold out as long as possible before asking for help....
Love To Walk
I am an amputee, and when I don’t have my prosthetic on, I am at a disadvantage. It’s hard for me to remember running races or being able to play kick ball or even stepping up a curb without stopping to adjust to the terrain. People who know me can attest to the fact...
