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Rancho Santa Fe, CA (PRWEB) July 28, 2011

Firstat Nursing Services, a 14 year old home nursing agency and home health provider in San Diego, CA recently released a home care guide ? ?Critical Questions You Must Ask Before You Hire a Home Care Provider,? to help families understand the importance of hiring State Licensed Nurses for Medical In-Home Care.

According to Linnea Goodrich, the company?s president, ?Selecting the right company and then the best caregiver to take care of a loved one is a big decision.? We created this guide to help San Diego families understand what to look for and the options that are available to them.?

According to a report prepared by John Hill from the California Senate Office of Oversight and Outcomes, the home care industry is growing fast, driven by the desire of many aging Californians to remain in their own homes rather than moving into assisted living or other types of long-term care facilities.

Businesses and individuals have stepped forward to meet this need, offering help with activities of daily living short of medical care. Many elderly or disabled clients and their families seek to hire caregivers directly, sidestepping agencies in favor of lower rates. Caregivers try to connect with those potential employers by placing ads in newspapers, Internet services such as Craigslist, or magazines targeting seniors. The report confirms that the current landscape is creating risk for consumers that could be alleviated by legislation.

?When I started Firstat Nursing Services over 14 years ago, I was determined to provide home nursing caregivers that had the experience and credentials to provide a higher level of care for patients in the home or on-site at assisted living facilities,? said Linnea Goodrich, owner of Firstat Nursing Services. ?Because of that commitment, our CNA, LVN and RN staff members are not only certified but experienced, bonded and trained. In addition, they are employees of Firstat,? continued Goodrich.

To help families understand their in home nursing care options, Goodrich outlined the three levels of care described in the guide.

C.N.A. is a Certified Nursing Assistant who has successfully completed a State Certified Nursing Assistant program. They are licensed to perform vital sign monitoring, medication reminders, ambulating, personal hygiene, feeding, dressing, and physical transfer; in addition to other activities of daily living.

L.V.N. is a Licensed Vocational Nurse with a current valid state license. They have the technical knowledge to perform nursing duties and patient care. They provide prescribed medical treatments such as injections, wound care, catheter care, set up and administer medication in addition to personal care.

R.N. is a Registered Nurse with a current valid state license. They perform frequent patient evaluations which include monitoring, performing procedures, administering IV medications, assessments and implementing the nursing care plan provided by the physician

Firstat Nursing Services has been helping seniors and injured people in the San Diego area since 1997. Families wanting to learn more about their home nursing option are encouraged to visit the company website blog at http://HomeNursingRanchoSantaFe.com

About Firstat Nursing Services

Firstat Nursing Services is the only Homecare Agency in San Diego that is both State licensed and certified by the Alzheimer’s Association. In addition, they have an A+ rating from the BBB. Firstat Nursing Services has been providing a higher standard of home nursing, home health and homecare for elderly, disabled and injured people in the greater San Diego area since 1997. To learn more, call 619-220-7600 or go to http://firstatofsandiego.com/

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WXYZ-TV Detroit features Residential Home Health in this news segment, which ran March 27, 2009. Residential Home Health recently announced plans to expand its Michigan workforce by adding 250 professionals in 2009. The Madison Heights-based home health care agency seeks experienced nurses, therapists and other health professionals to fill career positions to be created as the company expands to meet growing demand for affordable health care. The 250 new hires will serve patients across most of lower Michigan, including Metro Detroit and the areas surrounding Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, Lansing, Kalamazoo, Flint and other regions of the state. Careers are available for the following health care professionals: registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), physical therapists (PTs), occupational therapists (OTs), physical therapist assistants (PTAs), certified home health aides, speech language pathologists (SLPs) and medical social workers (MSWs). For more information or to apply, individuals interested in these positions may visit www.mihomecarejobs.com or call Residential Home Health at (866) 902-4000. Most full-time Residential Home Health professionals are eligible to receive a company car for personal and business use. All employees enjoy ongoing education opportunities, access to the latest health care technology and competitive compensation and benefits packages. For more information or to apply, individuals interested in these positions may visit http or …

Washington, DC (PRWEB) July 19, 2011

URAC?s Patient Centered Health Care Home (PCHCH) Programs have brought a new approach to medical home recognition to the marketplace. The recent release of the URAC PCHCH Practice Achievement has intensified demand for URAC PCHCH Auditor Certification. Auditor Certification prepares those entities whose responsibility will lie in auditing health care home practices on their degree of successful achievement of the PCHCH standards.

URAC PCHCH Auditor Certification supports third party review of practices while assuring practices and providers that these audits are performed by qualified health professionals. URAC?s PCHCH Auditor Certification is targeted at health care management organizations such as medical home pilots, health plans and practice consulting organizations among others.

Like most URAC accreditation programs, practice success is validated by an onsite review, this is unique in medical home recognition programs. In the URAC approach, a practice must undergo an onsite audit to demonstrate that the standards have been successfully implemented, verifying that practices are meeting the standards along with supporting the practice during the process. The URAC PCHCH Auditor Certification program encompasses compliance with URAC’s Core Module Standards, Business Associate requirements, a URAC observation onsite of the auditor, and annual auditor training and reporting requirements.

A recent report from the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) showed URAC?s PCHCH Achievement as meeting all of the ?Guidelines for Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition and Accreditation Programs,? which addresses requirements of medical home programs. URAC was the only organization that required a URAC Reviewer or URAC PCHCH Certified Auditors for on-site assessment. The MGMA report is available at http://www.mgma.com/Store/ProductDetails.aspx?id=1366580.

Organizations Seeking URAC PCHCH Auditor Certification

A number of organizations have already begun working toward URAC PCHCH Auditor Certification to prepare for the reviews practices will begin seeking toward URAC PCHCH Achievement. These first-adopting organizations include: