Patient Supplies & Family Bereavement Materials provided by Renodin Foundation Grant
— When Sue Watson, Renodin Foundation board member, recently visited HomeCare & Hospice, it didn’t take her long to see how grant funds were put to good use. She met with Communications Director, Victoria Kearns, HC&H Communications Director, who provided her with a lot of information about the agency.
Over the years, the Renodin Foundation has granted HomeCare & Hospice $4,300; the most recent grant of $2,300 was in the spring 2017. The money was used for patient gift baskets and bereavement materials (see photos below) for involved family/friends.
Victoria is in the process of heightening community awareness of the programs available via a mass mailing. There are two major programs sponsored by Total Senior Care, a subsidiary of HomeCare & Hospice, which include: Pace (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) and DayBreak (social day program for adults). There is a spend-down “pooled trust” available for individuals whose earnings are above the maximum Medicaid income allowance which allows those individuals to take advantage of the managed, long-term care available through PACE.
DayBreak provides a variety of services for elderly adults who wish to remain independent in their home but who may need assistance.
HomeCare services include care for the short-term needs or chronic conditions of the frail elderly or developmentally disabled, patients recovering from surgery or illness, as well as those living with long-term disability or illness.
Hospice services are provided across four counties (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Genesee and Wyoming). Each patient has a team of professional medical, social, and (non-denominational) religious personnel that meets regularly to determine the best ways to meet that patient’s needs.
For more information about HomeCare & Hospice and Total Senior Care, click here: http://www.homecare-hospice.org
Sue Watson visited HomeCare & Hospice on April 27, 2018.
