Hey! Are you an RN that wants to job share?

I have a position for a RN home care supervisor coming up in the next month or so to work with our home health aides out in the field to orient and supervise them in our client's homes. You need to really love working with elders and the paraprofessionals. This is a great opportunity for a community nurse who loves working for a great agency that always tries to do it RIGHT!

The days will be 1/2 day on Wednesday, plus full days on Thursday and Friday. Check out our job description on CareerBuilder!

We work with private and state clients. My office team is terrific and great to work with. If this is you, then please contact me in the office -978-744-5151. -Rosaleen

Video Games Keeping Seniors Fit

As the owner of a home care agency, many times I can be found in the senior centers across the North Shore and Merrimack Valley. The Eagle Tribune just published an article on the newest phenomenon I have been seeing...Wii in the senior center! I have seen the seniors playing bowling as well as other games in the centers. It is keeping them social and moving! Whatever works to keep our seniors engaged is great!

SBAR Training

We had an awesome CEU program in our Haverhill office by a nurse practitioner named Sue Jamison from Educational Solutions for Long Term Care on SBAR communication. It was really interesting. SBAR stands for Situation, Background, Assessment and Resolution. It is a system for health professionals to have precise and consistent communication with each other to relay a client's condition or a concern. The training helped us all to think about what needs to be communicated NOW to solve a client's problem. It seemed awesome for a facility, but I can definitely see how it could be applied to home health care. We may try to find a way to take this idea and create an in service for our aides on communication.

Lazy, Hazy Days

I had a lot of fun today delivering ice cream sundaes to the seniors that receive Meals on Wheels in Marblehead. North Shore Elder Services provided them to the senior centers and my Rotary Club delivered them. Everyone was home and I think they were all looking forward to their sundae. What a fun thing to do on a summer afternoon!

Light Exercise Prevents Abnormal Heart Rhythm in Elderly

I saw an article today on Forbes.com regarding another benefit of exercise for people over the age of 65. A sedentary lifestyle is killing Americans as a whole, but even a little bit of exercise can have a big benefit. The Forbes article states that light to moderate exercise -- just walking a few blocks or even dancing -- can help prevent the abnormal heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation in the elderly. Other than heart rhythm, it is known that exercise can help with weight issues and blood pressure. Check out the Forbes article here.

Meet Right at Home at Beverly Senior Day

Come see Right at Home at the Senior's Day in the Park on August 7th! Right at Home is thrilled to be one of the sponsors of the event. There will be a big band, presentations by state and federal dignitaries, and an award of Senior of the Year. This is the biggest event for the Beverly Council on Aging and we hope you can come visit Lynne Nieman at the Right at Home booth. There is a BBQ chicken lunch and an ice cream social. We hope to see you there!

More Pictures of Fun Night...

Lisa Furtado of Right at Home plating the salads...


Sharing the fruits of our labor....













Here is Audrey Connelly, Francine Dawicki and Nancy Rubin taking a little break from the hot stove...










Erin Higgins and Nancy Hardin are preparing the main course...



















Stephen Spano is preparing our vegetarian options for the evening....














Salem elder care is well represented here by Deb Coddington and Lynne Nieman of Right at Home















Marta Sturm is making the pizza and Francine is preparing the bruchetta.....