After months of social distancing, hyper hand washing, and vigilant mask wearing, are you ready for flu season? It’s coming, and it’s important to understand how the flu is similar—and different—from COVID-19, and what you can do to protect yourself and others.
Learn the differences between each: https://bit.ly/3iTICKz
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COVID-19 Meets Flu Season
Please join me in congratulating our AMAZING Client Services Manager, Grace, on her nomination for the coveted "Linda Siessel Award"! This award pays tribute to a client services manager who demonstrates excellence in advocating for home health care clients, building relationships, resolving challenges, and supporting company growth. Thank you Grace for everything you do for this office, our employees, and clients. You have touched so many lives on Maui and we are lucky to have you as part of the Bayada Ohana! #welovewhatwedo #bayada
Health care professionals work to maintain safety in every facet of their jobs. As a clinician, it is important to advocate for clients' safety and health while developing effective fall prevention strategies.
Learn some helpful home safety tips for preventing falls: https://bit.ly/2QGegii
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Home Safety Tips for Preventing Falls
BAYADA Home Care is accepting applications who are interested in becoming the next BAYADA Personal Care Aide. This is an unpaid training program blending an online Zoom classroom and clinical skills. This training program will incorporate skills and protocols needed to properly care for our kupuna such as...
- Infection Control and hand hygiene
- Assisting with basic human needs
- Medication assistance
- How to deal with various medical/mental conditions
- Transferring/bed baths/skin care
- Mechanical Lifts
- Catheter/Foley Care
- And much much more!
Minimum Requirements:
- At least 1 year verifiable work experience in any field
- Must be available to attend and complete the 5, two hour Zoom meetings and in person skills check
- Recent TB Clearance
- Recent CPR/First Certifications, if you don't have that, we can offer you training with a fee
After completion of the program, you will become part of BAYADA Home Care as a Personal Care Aide and will be eligible for medical, dental, and other benefits as long as you maintain 20 or more hours every week.
Seats are limited, please call to save a spot!
• October 2nd (Friday): 3pm – 5pm
• October 5th (Tuesday): 3:00pm 5:00pm or 5:30pm-7:30pm
• October 9th (Friday): 3:00pm 5:00pm or 5:30pm-7:30pm
• October 13th (Tuesday): 3:00pm 5:00pm or 5:30pm-7:30pm
• October 16th (Friday): 3:00pm 5:00pm or 5:30pm-7:30pm
To learn more and how to apply, please contact us:
Kyle Herzog
BAYADA Home Care
2200 Main St. Suite 650
Wailuku, HI 96793
808-244-4700
Please note, this training program is not an approved training program for any Prometrics or CNA tests. We are an equal opportunity employer (EOE). All applicants must be over 18 years old and must be legally authorized to work in the US (documented proof is required per law). Mandatory FBI fingerprinting/criminal background check, and Adult and Child Protective Service checks are required and must be cleared by the start of the training program.
BAYADA HOME CARE, WAILUKU, HI
Personal Care Aide Training Program- ONLINE
Thank you to our Assisted Living Partners during Assisted Living Week for your trust and partnership. Together, we have helped improve the quality of life for the residents in your community. Thank you for entrusting BAYADA with their care. https://bit.ly/2DQsJp4 #ThisIsBAYADA #AssistedLivingWeek
ALOHA! Are you interested in working for Bayada?
Help take care of our kupuna during these unprecedented times!
Join us for an upcoming virtual hiring event next Wednesday, September 16th from 9am to 5pm.
SIGN UP HERE: https://events.indeed.com/event/48731/?from=fb
Today, daughters, wives, husbands, sons, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, partners and friends supply 75% of the caregiving support in the U.S.
Despite its many rewards, being a family caregiver can be physically, emotionally and financially challenging https://bit.ly/2Ni2Z6W
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What to Expect as a Family Caregiver
You may already know that exercise is an important part of healthy aging. But how can you stay safe while exercising?
During Active Aging Week Here are a few things to keep in mind while exercising: https://bit.ly/3ipKhr1
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Healthy Aging: Stay Safe and Keep Fit
BAYADA appreciates the men and women of our armed forces. Thank you for your dedication and service. Thank you to our veterans!
You know exercise is good for you. But many people, especially seniors, feel that it might be too late to start an exercise program or that they have to join a gym or run a 5K in order to gain the most health benefits. It's never too late to begin an exercise program.
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Walking: A Simple Exercise with Multiple Benefits
Arrrrrrrriba! Wishing you and your family a happy and safe Halloween weekend 🎃
-Your Bayada Ohana
Now that seniors have reached the age of needing care, it seems one of the most confusing and daunting tasks faced is understanding what Medicare pays for, and what it does not.
Here is a quick, but far from exhaustive, primer on what health care services Medicare and long-term care insurance do and do not cover.: https://bit.ly/3mgf9fO
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When Medicare Coverage Is Not Enough
Caring for a parent or older relative from far away can sometimes be difficult as you face pressures of your own. However, it can definitely be manageable and satisfying if you are prepared and communicate effectively.
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How to Care for Your Parent from a Distance
Sometimes when a parent ages, it can be a shockingly quick transformation. In a short period of time, their physical appearance or mental acuity may decline rapidly, and you may have no doubt that you need help to keep them living safely at home. For others, however, the deterioration may be more gradual and less obvious. https://bit.ly/354ZbPe
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Caring for Elderly Parents: Can They Live Safely at Home?
As we age, we often find ourselves facing new and more complex issues than when we were younger: estate planning, disability, health care, retirement, taxes, and financial planning issues may arise in the senior years. Planning for the senior years can be confusing and difficult without the correct information, and simple situations can rapidly turn into complicated and expensive challenges without good advice. https://bit.ly/2XdOXYc
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Things to Consider if You Need an Elder Law Attorney
It’s common for eating habits to change as we get older. Lifestyle changes may mean that we prepare fewer of our own meals, while health conditions or medications can reduce our appetites or impair our ability to taste or smell food. For all of these reasons and others, seniors may have to adapt their eating habits to ensure they are getting adequate nutrition to meet their evolving needs as they age.
Learn more why our diets should change as we age: https://bit.ly/2KOjNUD
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Senior Nutrition: Why Our Diets Should Change as We Age
Caring for, dealing with, and trying to help an aging parent make decisions and plans can be upsetting and frustrating for all concerned. From an elder care perspective, this article discusses the family dynamics between seniors and their adult children, how to talk so your parents will listen, and how to listen so your parents will talk! https://bit.ly/37DvTsg
Family caregiving at a “long distance” usually applies to relatives who live at least two hours apart. But now during a global pandemic, unless you live together, all loved ones have been robbed of the opportunity to visit and spend time together to some extent. Here are a few strategies that might help you give care from afar: https://bit.ly/3qYdUEs
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4 Strategies for Long-Distance Caregiving
