ABC's new sitcom "Speechless" is a funny, irreverent, enjoyable comedy which features a character in a wheelchair, and it's about time! The show stars Minnie Driver as the good-hearted, tenacious Mama Bear who ensures that her son with CP has all the same opportunities as her other two children. JJ is a charming, funny teenager...
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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
Caroline’s Cart – Help with Shopping Trips!
I was happy to see recently Caroline's Cart at my local Target store. You can check out the website and watch their video at https://www.carolinescart.com.
Caroline's Cart is an...
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What We Value
An article in Home Health Care News (https://homehealthcarenews.com/) suggests that “Attracting and retaining the best talent and providing them with the best resources available requires a higher level of sophistication and more human capital than ever before."
At Communities of Care, we've known that secret since we opened in 1999. We still use the original Values and Method...
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Nurse and PCA Shortage is a Crisis for Families
A recent Star Tribune article shows how the nurse and PCA shortage is propelling one family into crisis and placing burdensome caregiver responsibilities on a grade-school age boy. (https://m.startribune.com/minnesota-s-invisible-caregivers-a-growing-army-of-children-take-care-of-family-members-in-need/384359211)
Unfortunately, that one family is representative of thousands of families across the state. Children are caring for disables parents and their siblings. Aging parents are caring for...
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