Visiting Angels of Northern Arizona Receives 2021 Best of Home Care - Leader in Excellence Award

Flagstaff, Prescott, Sedona, Cottonwood, Show Low, Payson – Visiting Angels of Northern Arizona announced today that it received the distinguished 2021 Best of Home Care –Leader in Excellence Award from Home Care Pulse, the leading firm in quality assurance for home care.

The Leader in Excellence Award is the highest recognition awarded by Home Care Pulse and is given to select home care businesses that consistently rank among the very highest in 10 or more quality metrics. As a Leader in Excellence, Visiting Angels of Northern Arizona is now ranked among the top 10% of home care providers participating in the nationwide Home Care Pulse Satisfaction Management Program.

This accomplishment demonstrated long-term dedication to excellent care and quality improvement. To qualify for this award, 10% of Visiting Angels of Northern Arizona clients and caregivers were interviewed each month by Home Care Pulse. Over a 12-month period, Visiting Angels of Northern Arizona received high client and caregiver satisfaction ratings in areas such as caregiver training, compassion of caregivers, communication, scheduling, client/caregiver compatibility, etc. Using feedback from clients and employees, as well as quality benchmarks from Home Care Pulse, the Visiting Angels of Northern Arizona management team set goals to reach the highest level of excellence possible.

Katrina Poole Director of Care for the Northern Arizona offices stated: “These awards are only possible when you have great caregivers and great staff.  They make the difference”. We are so honored to once again receive this award for 2021”.    The Best of Home Care – Leader in Excellence Award highlights the top-performing home care businesses in the nation. Home Care Pulse believes that by honoring these providers, families looking for in-home care for a loved one will be able to recognize and choose a trusted home care provider.

“At Home Care Pulse, our mission is to help home care businesses create an experience that goes beyond client and caregiver expectations,” says Erik Madsen, CEO of Home Care Pulse. “When we see agencies like Visiting Angels of Northern Arizona that have made an effort to provide outstanding care and employment experiences, we know we’re on the right track. Visiting Angels of Northern Arizona has worked extremely hard to provide high-quality care and employment, and their work hasn’t gone unnoticed. This award allows them to provide proof of quality to potential and new clients and caregivers.” 

To find out more about Visiting Angels of Northern Arizona commitment to excellence, please visit https://www.visitingangels.com/flagstaff/home or https://www.visitingangels.com/prescott/home 
or call 928-220-4100. 

About Home Care Pulse

Home Care Pulse is the industry’s leading firm in satisfaction research, quality assurance, and caregiver training. On behalf of home care businesses across North America, Home Care Pulse gathers unbiased satisfaction ratings from clients and caregivers and detailed feedback to ensure the best in-home care possible can be provided. Powerful online reports allow businesses to identify needs and take action to reduce increase satisfaction, reduce caregiver turnover, and address client needs. Home Care Pulse combines detailed client/caregiver insights with top-rated caregiver training through In The Know. For more information, please call Home Care Pulse at (877) 307-8573 or visit homecarepulse.com.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT Verde Valley Caregivers Coalition

 We are pleased to announce our newest advertiser in the Northern Arizona SPOTLIGHT Senior Services & Living Options Guide 

Verde Valley Caregivers Coalition
 Who We Are

Verde Valley Caregivers Coalition is a community-based 501 (c) (3) nonprofit established in 1992 to solve the critical social issue of older adults living alone without family or friends to help assist them with activities crucial to their independence so they can remain in their homes.

Our mission is to provide accessible transportation and programs, through volunteer services, to support adults in need of assistance to maintain their independence and quality of life at home.

Over 250 volunteers provide assistive services that include: transportation to medical and other appointments, rides to the grocery store, shopping, and other errands, business assistance such as bill paying and sorting, and handy person help. Volunteers also provide respite assistance to in-home caregivers and patient scribe assistance during medical appointments. Volunteers also conduct activities to ensure clients are regularly visited and stay connected through friendly visits and phone calling.  VVCC also loans Guardian Angel emergency alert units to qualified adults who are at risk for falling and provide pet assistance for low income clients.

Coronavirus Legal Resource Center ~ Legal Shield

The Coronavirus pandemic has raised several legal questions and concerns. Getting sound legal advice and support at a time like this can go a long way in reducing your stress and protecting your rights. 

LegalShield lawyers have been working around the clock to provide 4.4 million people and businesses the guidance they need. We are committed to remaining open and available throughout the pandemic to provide legal support.

 

Learn more about how to protect yourself and your legal rights during these uncertain times. Please share with people you care about. Visit our Coronavirus Legal Resource Center here: 

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Thank you for your allowing our attorneys to help you through our membership.  Who do you know that my need some legal advice during this pandemic? 

 

Please let me know if we may be of service!

Nancy Winters

Small Business & Group Benefits Specialist

LegalShield & IDShield

​901-210-3194

VIKOR SCIENTIFIC Approved Testing for COVID-19

"Vikor Scientific™ is a high complexity CLIA-certified and CAP-accredited laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina that has been approved to test for COVID-19 as of 3-23-2020. The testing will be conducted via the QuantStudio™ 12K Flex Open Array from Thermo Fisher, which is an industry-leading instrument for PCR testing and has the capacity for high throughput, allowing Vikor to test a high volume of patients daily.

Vikor’s testing has a 24-hour turn-around-time upon sample arrival at the lab and can accurately detect over 40 pathogens known to cause respiratory illness.  Just as important, they have one of the largest antibiotic resistance gene panels on the commercial market. Our test reports provide quantitative pathogen results, resistance gene identification and pharmacy guided recommendations.  Should any further assistance be needed, our infectious disease trained PharmDs are available by phone for personal patient consultations. Test results are faxed and loaded onto our portal for easy access.

In effort to protect our most vulnerable population, Vikor Scientific has prioritized offering Respira-ID with COVID-19 testing to LTC facilities nationwide for all symptomatic or exposed patients at risk. Vikor has a step-by-step implementation process that educates the staff on proper collection, completion of the paperwork and obtaining test results.

It is vital during this time to remember that while the COVID-19 virus is our most recent and urgent pathogen invading the United States, there are other significant pathogens that cause hospitalization and death daily.  Vikor’s Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Bill W. Massey, urges providers to conduct full panel testing to not only detect or rule out COVID-19, but to also determine what may be causing the patient’s symptoms. The causative pathogen could be viral, bacterial, or co-infection and lead to significant illness, hospitalizations, and death.

To date the coinfection rate for patients 65 and older who have tested positive for COVID-19 with Vikor has been 76.1% with some patients having up 5 coinfections. The significance of this data cannot be understated clinically as both the COVID-19 virus and the coinfection must be treated at the same time. These coinfection leads to secondary infections which is the main causes of bacterial pneumonia which is treatable.        

Sincerely yours,

Bernie"

Bernie Wahl

Account Manager

(C) 602-499-3673

(F) 602-560-2463

bwahl@vikorscientific.com

www.vikorscientific.com

IN THE SPOTLIGHT ~ Connolly Real Estate Connection

We are pleased to announce our newest advertiser in the

Northern Arizona SPOTLIGHT Senior Services & Living Options 

Eve Connolly offers 16 years as a Real Estate Professional serving the Quad City area.  The last 5 years my specialty is working with the Baby Boomer generation and Beyond. 

I assist, homeowners, in selling their home due to wanting to down size from two story home to a single level home, overwhelmed with current maintenance, health issues and/or capacity issues that may require we work with adult children, siblings, or Trustees with power of attorney in place. 

No matter what the reason for making a move, two consistent constants that I have experienced when seniors decide to sell their home are deferred maintenance and emotional attachments. 

In some cases it is financial, but in a majority of cases it is establishing a system or a road-map in how to tackle the process to make the move. 

I am a hands on person and believe in teamwork. I have established a template how to assist you in your move to your next home, with resources, when needed, to work within the close of escrow timeline.  

Call me today and let's talk about your needs and how I can assist you! 

Connolly Real Estate Connection

N. Eve Connolly, Broker/Owner

CRS, GRI, ePro,

Senior Real Estate Specialist

Certified Senior Advisor

Vetted and Fingerprinted

Buying and Selling Real Estate is different for Seniors than any other age group. Specializing in serving Baby Boomer and Beyond

“Raising the Bar in Customer Services”

Free Comparable Analysis

Free Home Staging (Former Professional Stager)

Pre-Listing Preparation Counseling

Deferred Maintenance Resources

Local and National Realtor Referral Resource

  Phone: (928) 713-0756

 eve8835@gmail.com    www.RetirementInPrescott.comm

IN THE SPOTLIGHT ~ Love My Senior Moments

We are pleased to announce our newest advertiser in the 

Northern Arizona SPOTLIGHT Senior Services & Living Options

For the homeowner to go through one of the most expensive and challenging transitions is when the decision is to sell their home. 

We understand this to be a very personal journey for our seniors to go through and we advise them to find a CSA (certified senior advisor) professional, who has knowledge about aging, health, social and financial issues that effect the majority of seniors and have experience in such an important transition. All types of services such as house hold chores, hair washing if they are mobile, paying billis, health checks ( checking in to make sure they are o.k.) usually every couple of days or by phone with an in home check once a week. Grocery shopping all the daily stuff that makes things easier.

If you want to stay where you are, the sale of your home is not necessary.  However, if you are looking to relocate, first and foremost are the questions of where will you move to, how will you pay for it and most important is how you will live. Once these three questions have been answered, we assist our seniors by aligning our self with their vision and mission through respect and encouragement in order to bring and keep unity. 

This is accomplished through establishing a system that works for the homeowner to keep their autonomy and an effective timeline to reach the organizational objectives. Should challenges occur (red flags) we are there to promote and protect their interests. The CSA code of ethics are: Competence, Honesty, Trustworthiness, Fairness and Professionalism. 

Call us today to learn more about our personalized senior services.  

Connolly Real Estate Connection

N. Eve Connolly, Broker/Owner

CRS, GRI, ePro,

Senior Real Estate Specialist

Certified Senior Advisor

Vetted and Fingerprinted

Buying and Selling Real Estate is different for Seniors than any other age group. Specializing in serving Baby Boomer and Beyond

“Raising the Bar in Customer Services”

Free Comparable Analysis

Free Home Staging (Former Professional Stager)

Pre-Listing Preparation Counseling

Deferred Maintenance Resources

Local and National Realtor Referral Resource

  Phone: (928) 713-0756

 eve8835@gmail.com    www.RetirementInPrescott.comm

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