As the 2021 school year wraps up, we welcome the graduating nursing students of 2021! We know this year has been unlike any other, and we admire your perseverance and grace through the uncertainty. To celebrate, we're revisiting a few key pieces of home care advice from 2016.
Congratulations on choosing one of the most rewarding...
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About: 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.
Recent Posts by Joan Vaughn
Rx Takeback Day
Hey friends! The next National Prescription Drug Takeback Day is Saturday, April 24, from 10am-2pm.
There are multiple benefits to these national takeback programs. Firstly, expired medication should be safely disposed of, as advised by the FDA. In addition, many addictions and overdoses start with medicines swiped from home cabinets. Cleaning and organizing...
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Why Nurses Matter in Home Care
Home care is a collaborative industry with many necessary roles, including doctors, nurses, and unlicensed assistants such as PCAs and home health aides. While all of these jobs are wonderful and necessary, Communities of Care focuses on providing licensed RNs and LPNs.
Home care paid by insurance...
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Welcome Spring!
Spring has sprung in Minnesota! We are ready for days in the park, flowers in the gardens, and light until 7pm!
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