Settle in with these great online resources

04/16/2020 As I’m sure you have heard, Governor Walz has extended our Stay at Home order until May 4. Well, at least that’s the plan for most Minnesotans.

Those of us who have a family member who is medically complex or care for a medically complex person know that we are not suddenly going to integrate into regular society when most other Minnesotans do. Those of us with a medically complex person in our lives know that every single person we come in contact with could have Covid-19, and through that contact, we could bring it to a vulnerable person. We can’t risk it. So relax into the idea that we are in this for the long haul.

I hope that you have found some of the wonderful resources available for the Stay at Home time we are in. Here are some of my favorites

Google your favorite singer, and s/he probably has a free living room concert available on YouTube or FaceBook
- see Andrea Bocelli’s free concert this Sunday – https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a32106751/how-to-watch-andrea-bocelli-easter-concert/
- watch Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood in their home studio https://www.facebook.com/GarthBrooks/videos/1960538097414722/
Watch free virtual tours of famous museums https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours
Andrew Lloyd Weber is releasing a free musical each weekend https://www.andrewlloydwebber.com/the-shows-must-go-on/
I like coloring mandalas in the evening to relax. Here are some free pages you can print at home. https://mondaymandala.com/m

Communities of Care has developed a self-monitoring protocol for our nurses and families. We have also developed a 4-tier protocol for nurse masking depending on whether they work in another setting in addition to our home care case. If you are a nurse or work at another agency and would like to review our protocols, contact me.

We will all get through this together.

Excellence in Home Care

April 10, 2020

Joan Vaughn

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Written by Joan Vaughn

I’m Joan, and I know home care from the inside out. I’ve navigated my daughter through 24/7 home care nursing and managed her PCA’s. I’ve helped my parents move into (and out of) assisted living, Medicare episodes, skilled nurse visits, home health aids, and PCAs. Sandwiched in all of that, I’ve helped coordinate home care equipment and supplies, physical therapists, occupational therapists, county workers, and medications (oh, the medications). I know emergency departments, children’s hospitals, cancer wards, cardiac floors, and specialty units. I can recite health insurance policies (and call their bluff). I know a lot of other things in life too, like Shakespeare, where to sit to see a great sunset over a lake, how to keep myself healthy, how to read a profit/loss statement and state statutes, when to use a comma, and that gratitude is one of the keys to success. So I’m going to have this blog and write about home care from time to time. I’ll include topics like current legislation, professional boundaries in a tricky environment, and being a caregiver. I’ll also post some guest blogs from clients and nurses. Join me in the conversation.

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