Welcome to the Communities of Care blog. Since 1999, we have been providing home care nurses for medically complex children and adults who live in the Minneapolis/St Paul metro area. Many of our clients need home care nursing for conditions like ventilator dependence, tracheotomies, seizure disorders, respiratory disorders, genetic syndromes, heart conditions, neurological conditions, and...
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Nonspeaking Valedictorian Delivers Powerful Commencement Address
The Rollins College class of 2022 witnessed a remarkable valedictorian speech from Elizabeth Bonker. Bonker has autism and is nonverbal, but delivered an uplifting valedictorian speech through her text-to-speech computer, which "unlocked my mind from its silent cage, enabling me to communicate and be educated like my hero Hellen Keller."
Elizabeth Bonker's 2022 Commencement...
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Gerber’s 2022 Baby Raises Awareness of Limb Differences
Meredith and John Slish got a huge surprise on the Today show when their daughter Isa was announced as the winner of the 2022 Gerber Photo contest. As the new Chief Growing Officer, baby Isa will get a $25,000 cash prize and melt hearts across the nation. In another first, Gerber will also...
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National Nurses Week 2022 – Celebrating Our Team!
Today marks the end of National Nurses Week 2022! National Nurses Week runs May 6-12 every year, concluding on Florence Nightingale's birthday.
Florence Nightingale is best remembered for founding St. Thomas's Hospital and the Nightingale Training School for Nurses in 1860. Here is some more info on Ms. Nightingale and her accomplishments.
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Vitamin D and the Immune System
As we head toward another amazing Minnesota sunnier, one of the many things to look forward to is a Vitamin D boost from all the sunshine!
According to the National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements, Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin )meaning there is...
