All Care News & Updates
All Care’s Keri Barada, Promoted to Director of IS Operations
LYNN, MA August 31, 2020- All Care VNA and Hospice is pleased to announce the promotion of Keri Barada to Director of Information Systems Operations. Keri will lead the transition of All Care’s home health aides from paper documentation to an EVV (Electronic...
Hope & Comfort Helps All Care VNA by Providing Essential Hygiene Products to Their Patients in Need
All Care VNA and Hospice has joined Hope & Comfort’s movement to provide essential hygiene products and put soap in the hands of those who need it most. Hope & Comfort is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide essential personal hygiene...
All Care’s Nurse featured in Lynn Daily Item urging people to stay vigilant in the Covid-19 fight
LYNN NURSE URGING PUBLIC TO FOLLOW COVID-19 SAFETY GUIDELINES Lynn nurse Nicole Branzell is urging the public to remain vigilant about mask-wearing and other restrictions. (Spenser Hasak) BY GAYLA CAWLEY| July 16, 2020, Lynn Daily Item LYNN — After helping a family...
All Care’s Home Health Aide recognized as being an “unsung hero”! Check out the 7News Boston clip…
All Care's Home Health Aide, Munirat "AB" Lamia, has been recognized as being an "unsung hero" in honor of "Home Care Aide Recognition Day" on June 24th. Check out the WHDH-TV 7News Boston video clip:
Home Care Recognition Day Honors Frontline Essential Workers, Including Two All Care HHAs
Jun 24, 2020 Submitted by: Julie Watt Faqir, Home Care Aide Council More than 60,000 homecare aides are working in homes across the Commonwealth to meet the needs of vulnerable older adults during the Coronavirus pandemic. On June 24, the Home Care Community is coming...
Thank you Home Healthcare Heroes
All Care Names Stacey Blakeslee as Business Development Representative
Stacey Blakeslee of Salem, NH named Business Development Representative for All Care VNA & Hospice Stacey Blakeslee recently joined All Care VNA & Hospice as a business development representative. Blakeslee, from Salem, N.H., is a graduate of Salem...
Providing Care during a Pandemic: Creating new ways to connect
Marblehead, MA- The pandemic has brought us a “new normal,” especially when it comes to healthcare. Visiting loved ones in the hospital or health care facilities is not an option right now, and this somber reality has created a variety of new challenges. The All Care...
LYNN’S ALL CARE VNA TRYING TO PROVIDE END-OF-LIFE COMFORT DURING COVID-19
Published in Lynn’s The Daily Item Written by: David McLellan LYNN — One patient was at home receiving geriatric care, while her husband was dying in the hospital from COVID-19. That’s when one of the nurses from All Care VNA & Hospice came to the home and...
Cindi Navarro joins All Care VNA
Cindi Navarro, of Salem is named Business Development Representative for All Care VNA and Hospice, Inc. Cindi Navarro has joined All Care VNA & Hospice as a business development representative. The LPN from Salem has more than 40 years of experience in the health...
All Care Hospice’s Dementia and Sensory Program: Improving Ways to Connect
Makenzie Shanahan, RN & All Care’s Director of Hospice with Alzheimers Kit Always striving to provide the best care and quality of life for its patients, All Care Hospice recently restructured its Dementia and Sensory Program. With almost half of All Care’s...
The Magnitude of Grief
By: Ellen Frankel, LCSW "Things break all the time. Glass, and dishes, and fingernails. Cars and contracts and potato chips. You can break a record, a horse, a dollar. You can break the ice. There are coffee breaks and lunch breaks and prison breaks. Day breaks, waves...
5 Star Rating for All Care
We are pleased to announce that All Care VNA has been awarded a 5-star rating in Quality of Patient Care from Medicare’s Home Health Compare. We are currently 1 of only 5 agencies in Massachusetts that has this rating. We are very proud of our hard-working staff for...
Jinnie and Matthew: An Inspiring All Care Family
Ten years ago, a motorcycle accident forever changed the lives of a California family, resulting in a son’s debilitating brain injury, and for a mother, the start of a complicated caregiver’s journey. Jinnie, in the extended wake of her son’s injuries, made the...
All Care VNA & Hospice issued three-year Accreditation for Adult Foster Care Program
Lynn, MA – May 23, 2019 -- All Care VNA & Hospice has been issued a three-year accreditation for its Adult Foster Care (AFC) Program by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF International). Accreditation by definition is an ongoing...
All Care’s Adult Day Health Center Recognized by the Department of Public Health
All Care VNA, Hospice and Private Pay Services is pleased to announce that the Department of Public Health (DPH) has informed All Care that its Adult Day Health Center in Chelmsford, MA has successfully passed its recent DPH survey without any deficiencies. The DPH arrived unannounced to the Adult Day Health Center on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 to review the program and tour the Center…
All Care Names Jennifer Dyer as Care Transition Specialist
Jennifer Dyer, LPN, of Groton, has recently joined All Care VNA & Hospice as a Care Transition Specialist. A graduate of Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Tech, and a current nursing student of Excelsior College and Northern Essex Community College, Jennifer has over 10 years of experience in the field of nursing healthcare and has been committed to providing patients with outstanding care and the support to help them improve their quality of life.
Prior to joining All Care, Jennifer worked as a Liaison Nurse at VNA Care in Needham, MA and as a Clinical Liaison at Care One in Concord, MA.
All Care Names Nancy Tremblay as Care Transition Specialist
Nancy J. Tremblay, LPN, of Salem, has recently joined All Care VNA & Hospice as a Care Transition Specialist. A graduate of Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Tech, Nancy has 24 years of experience in the health care industry working for such organizations as Care One in Boston, Curahealth Boston North Shore and Beacon Hospice in Beverly in many different capacities. She has a proven ability to build positive relationships with case managers, physicians and medical professionals.
All Care Names Kerry Slattery as Care Transition Specialist
Kerry A. Slattery, LSW, of Dracut, has recently joined All Care VNA & Hospice as a Care Transition Specialist. A graduate of UMass Lowell, Kerry is a seasoned elder care Social Worker, with the bulk of her experience being in the health care industry and assisted living setting. Fulfilling her passion for helping seniors and their families, Kerry has been instrumental in guiding seniors through the aging process and being a resource for them for over 20 years.
All Care Names Dr. Hans C. Jeppesen as Associate Medical Director
Dr. Hans C. Jeppesen has recently joined All Care Hospice as Associate Medical Director. Dr. Jeppesen leads Charter Health PC, Lynn, MA, a medical practice he founded that provides internal medicine services in the North Shore area of Boston. In his role with All Care, Dr. Jeppesen will provide consultative services for pain management and quality of life issues for patients with advanced illness.