Governor Walz announced today that Minnesota will be under a Stay at Home plan from midnight Friday March 27, 2020 until Friday, April 10, 2020. It is similar to the Shelter in place plan in so many other states, so we can certainly learn best practices from our friends and families in other states.
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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
Helpful Covid-19 Resources
Greetings from Communities of Care. We have been carefully researching Covid-19 guidance from CDC, Minnesota Department of Health, and Governor Tim Walz for the past several weeks. My Director of Nursing and I have carefully created policies and guidelines for our clients and nurses, and we are in close communication with them. There are many...
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Disability Hub MN: An Online Resource
The Disability Hub (https://disabilityhubmn.org/) is non profit organization that operates out of Centers for Independent Living and provides free resources and coaching to Minnesotans with disabilities. Categories of information include Health, Housing, Money, Skills, and Work, and they have live specialists available to help you get to the right information through phone, chat, or...
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Hope Kids – Fun, Free Activities for Children and Their Families
From the website https://www.hopekids.org/ “HopeKids provides ongoing events, activities and a powerful, unique support community for families who have a child with cancer or some other life-threatening medical condition. We surround these remarkable children and their families with the message that hope can be a powerful medicine.
The first step is to submit an application. If...
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