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Why Home Health Care Nursing is a HOT Career Choice Right Now

Rewarding, in-demand, well paid, enjoyable…there aren’t too many careers that check off all of these boxes. Home Health Care is an exception though, and that’s exactly why it’s so popular as a career choice right now.

Let’s explore why this is such a highly desired career for so many.

First, What is Home Health Care Nursing?

Home health care nursing is a type of medical care provided by registered nurses or other medical professionals (physical, occupational and speech therapy, as well as social workers) in the home of a patient. Services typically performed in-home include post-hospitalization care, physical therapy, hospice care, and palliative care.

Home Care, often confused with Home Health Care, is different in that it does not include any medical related services. Home Care involves day-to-day assistance like toileting help, companionship, and incontinence care.

Why Should You Work as a Home Health Care Nurse?

Providing in-home health services to patients and their families helps foster familiarity, sharing, caring, and solid connections between you, your patients and their families on a level that simply isn’t possible in a hospital setting.

You can be a real advocate for your patients. You will be able to focus on one patient at a time, and truly see the life-changing impact your work has on each patient and their family.

As a home health care nurse, you have the opportunity to use the full spectrum of your knowledge and experience while providing care to patients from various backgrounds and age groups.

Home Health Care is a Rapidly Growing Field

Home health care nursing is a HOT career choice! The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts a growth rate of 19 to 26 percent over the coming decade, which is much faster than the growth rate of other positions within the medical community and in other industries as well.

The Nurse Journal website indicates the average home health care nursing salaries for job postings in Massachusetts are 20% higher than average home health care nursing salaries for job postings nationwide. According to the Bureau’s 2017 Occupational Employment Statistic Report, this salary ranks 4th among states in the country.

How Do You Become a Home Health Nurse?

If you are looking for a career that is challenging and rewarding, while offers opportunities to provide more personalized care, consider home health care nursing. Qualifications include a current Massachusetts RN license, excellent physical assessment and organizational skills, and minimum of two years nursing experience (home care or med-surge preferred). If you don’t quite have two years experience, , we’d still like to speak with you.

Explore Careers at Community VNA

Community VNA offers flexible scheduling, pleasant work environments, and competitive salary. We provide mentoring and individualized supervision. No two days will ever be exactly alike and your day may never go exactly as planned, but the benefits and rewards are immeasurable.

View Our Available Home Health Nurse Positions Now

16th Annual 5K Run/Walk to Remember to Benefit Community VNA Hospice

Attleboro, MA – Registration is now open for the 16^th annual 5K Run/Walk to Remember, to be held Sunday, August 5. The event begins at 9:00 AM, with registration from 7:30 to 8:30 AM on the front lawn of the North Attleboro Town Hall, 43 South Washington Street, North Attleboro, MA.

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Highlights from Community VNA Spring Break

Attleboro, MA – Thanks to the support of event sponsors, auction and raffle donors, and attendees, Community VNA’s 5^th annual signature fundraising event, Spring Break, was a great success. This year’s event, held Sunday, April 29^th, celebrated 35 years of Community VNA’s Hospice Care program. With nearly 200 guests gathered at Lake Pearl in Wrentham, MA, Spring  Break raised a record-setting $28,000.

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Making the Difference: A Hospice Experience

From the moment you walk into Doug and Beth Annino’s home,  you know that family is the most important thing to them. Their 19th century converted one room school house in Mansfield is the epitome of a family home; filled with mementos of long ago trips and pictures of children, grandchildren and parents.   It was from this house more than 25 years ago that Beth Annino, the self-proclaimed “family organizer,” learned first-hand the benefits of Community VNA Hospice. “When my dad was dying, we used Community VNA Hospice and we couldn’t have been more pleased,” she said.  “The staff was amazing and made a difficult time much easier.”

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A Day In the Life Of: Norwood Adult Day Health Care Center

In 2006, Al Bugeau’s wife of 55 years, Barbara, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. “I discovered that Barbara had memory problems when she could not remember how to drive to the post office less than a mile away. She would also frequently get lost driving short distances over very familiar routes,” he said.

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Top 10 Tips to Become a Wise Home Health Care Consumer

Did you know that February is “National Wise Health Care Consumer Month”? Part of the purpose of this month is to inform and empower people about making smart choices when it comes to their health care. Community VNA offers the 10 best tips for becoming a wise home health care consumer (based on recommendations from the National Association for Homecare and Hospice).

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10 Tips for Coping With Loss at the Holidays

Grieving during the holidays is natural. Major holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year‘s, or other occasions such as the date of a birthday or anniversary or Mother’s Day/Father’s Day, can be especially stressful for those who have lost someone and may be facing the first major holiday.

At a time when everyone is supposed to be happy and enjoying themselves, the bereaved can feel sad, lonely and depressed.
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Giving Tuesday: The Advantages of Year-End Giving

With the holiday season just around the corner, many people are busy thinking about shopping for gifts for their loved ones. The holiday season is also a time to be charitable and to have an impact on your local community as a whole. With Giving Tuesday, you can be a part of a global movement to celebrate the charitable season.

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Community VNA Hospice Care Recognized as “We Honor Veterans” Partner

The following press release was published by Community VNA on 11/3/2017. To read the entire release, click here.

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Community VNA® Named to the Top 500 of the 2017 ABILITY | HomeCare Elite

The following press release was released on November 6th, 2017. To read the entire press release, click here.

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