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Supporting Families & Caregivers of Patients with Serious Illness

December 6, 2024

Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health: Comprehensive Support for Families and Caregivers of Patients with Serious Illnesses.

When a loved one faces a serious illness, the journey can feel overwhelming for families and caregivers. At Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health, we are committed to easing that burden by offering expert care and unwavering support. Our compassionate team of experienced nurses, physical therapists, and social workers is available day and night to provide guidance, answer questions, and address any concerns. Caregiver support from Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health, Plymouth, NH

“Our only regret is that people don’t reach out to us sooner, often waiting until they’re at a crisis point,” said Aubrey Engle, Executive Director of Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health. “We want families to know we’re here to help from the earliest stages of a diagnosis. Our goal is to focus on helping patients live comfortably and fully while providing caregivers with the resources and support they need.”

Pemi-Baker’s holistic approach prioritizes not just the physical health of patients but also their emotional, social, and mental well-being. Our team works closely with patients, families, and healthcare providers to develop personalized care plans that adapt as needs change. Whether it’s pain management, physical therapy to maintain mobility, or emotional support through social work services, we ensure every aspect of care is covered.

For caregivers, we offer essential resources and guidance, recognizing the immense emotional and physical toll that caregiving can take. Our professionals provide education on managing symptoms, medication administration, and coping strategies, ensuring caregivers feel confident and supported every step of the way.

Engle emphasized the importance of early intervention: “By connecting with us sooner, families can take full advantage of our services, which allow them to focus on what truly matters—cherishing moments with their loved ones.”

With decades of experience serving the region, Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health is trusted by families to deliver high-quality, compassionate care. From providing answers to immediate questions to offering long-term support, we stand by your side throughout the journey.

To learn more about how Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health can help your family, visit www.pbhha.org or call us at 603-536-2232.

Filed Under: Caregivers Tagged With: Caregiver support, coping strategies, Home Health, hospice, Medication management, Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health, Serious Illness

PBH&HH Expresses Gratitude to the Community & Businesses for an Exceptionally Successful ‘2023 Spring Auction’

June 2, 2023

Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health, a leading provider of compassionate end-of-life care and comprehensive home health services, is thrilled to extend its heartfelt appreciation to the community and local businesses for their tremendous support and overwhelming response to our online ‘2023 Spring Auction’. This annual event serves as our largest fundraiser, and this year, it surpassed all expectations, thanks to the remarkable generosity and enthusiasm of our sponsors and donors.

With the collective effort of our compassionate community members and forward-thinking businesses, the ‘2023 Spring Auction’ was an enormous triumph. We are elated to report that we received an incredible 31 business sponsorships, each playing an invaluable role in our mission to provide exceptional care to those in need. The backing of these remarkable sponsors underscores their commitment to improving the lives of individuals and families in our community during challenging times.

In addition to the remarkable sponsorships, we were deeply touched by the outpouring of support from individuals and businesses who donated a staggering total of 146 items. Each donated item played an essential part in the success of the auction, enabling us to offer an exciting and diverse range of products and experiences to our bidders.

The ‘2023 Spring Auction’ was met with tremendous enthusiasm and engagement from the community, and we are proud to announce that, together, we far exceeded our initial fundraising goal. The funds raised through this event will enable us to continue providing comprehensive, compassionate care to our patients, ensuring their comfort and well-being during their most vulnerable moments. The generosity of our community members and businesses has truly made a profound impact on the lives of those we serve.

We would like to express our sincerest gratitude to all the businesses and community members who supported our ‘2023 Spring Auction’. Your contributions have touched countless lives and helped us create a lasting impact within our community. Together, we are making a significant and positive impact on the lives of those facing end-of-life care and home health challenges.

For further information about Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health, our services, or future fundraising events, please visit our website www.pbhha.org or contact our office at 603-536-2232.

Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health is a trusted, nonprofit agency proudly serving 29 towns in central and northern NH since 1967. Expert services include at-home healthcare and physical therapies (VNA), hospice and palliative care, and community programs including: American Red Cross CPR/AED/FA, Caregiver and Bereavement Support Groups and Ask A Pemi-Baker Nurse days at your local senior centers. Providing compassionate care with experienced staff who are trained, certified professionals and also your neighbors.  In your time of need, we’re right where you need us.

Pemi-Baker is located at 101 Boulder Point Drive, Suite 3, Plymouth, NH. To contact us please call: 603-536-2232 or email: info@pbhha.org  Like our Facebook Page: @pemibakerhospicehomehealth

Filed Under: Fundraiser Tagged With: Auction, fundraising, Home Health, hospice, Nonprofit

Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health Sheds Light on Stroke Awareness

May 24, 2023

May is recognized globally as Stroke Awareness Month, and Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health is taking this opportunity to educate the community about the importance of stroke prevention, recognition, and recovery. As a leading provider of home-based healthcare services, Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health is dedicated to raising awareness about strokes and offering specialized care to help individuals recover in the comfort of their own homes.

Stroke is a serious medical condition that occurs when the blood supply to the brain is interrupted or reduced, leading to the sudden loss of brain function. It is a leading cause of disability and death worldwide. A stroke happens in America every 40 seconds, and someone dies of it every four minutes.

Recognizing the significance of stroke prevention and recovery, Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health employs a team of highly skilled and compassionate healthcare professionals, including nurses, occupational therapists, and physical therapists, who are experienced in providing expert care and support to stroke patients. These professionals play a vital role in helping individuals regain their independence, improve their quality of life, and enhance their overall well-being.

“Our dedicated team at Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health understands the challenges faced by stroke survivors and their families,” said Danielle Paquette-Horne, Executive Director at Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health. “We aim to raise awareness about stroke prevention and provide comprehensive, personalized care to stroke patients in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. Our nurses, occupational therapists, and physical therapists work collaboratively to develop customized treatment plans that address the unique needs of each individual, helping them regain their strength, mobility, and independence.”Nurse Helping home health stroke patient, Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health, Plymouth, NH

Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health offers a wide range of services to support stroke patients during their recovery journey. These include skilled nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medication management, pain management, emotional support, and caregiver education. By delivering these services directly to patients’ homes, Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health ensures convenience, comfort, and personalized attention throughout the recovery process.

During Stroke Awareness Month, Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health encourages everyone to educate themselves and their loved ones about the warning signs of stroke. Prompt recognition and immediate medical attention can significantly improve outcomes for stroke patients. Remember to think “FAST” and look for the following signs:

  • Face drooping: Does one side of the face droop or feel numb?
  • Arm weakness: Is one arm weak or numb? Ask the person to raise both arms. Does one arm drift downward?
  • Speech difficulty: Is speech slurred or hard to understand? Ask the person to repeat a simple sentence.
  • Time to call emergency services: If any of these symptoms are present, call emergency services immediately.

By raising awareness about stroke prevention, recognizing the signs of stroke, and highlighting the importance of home-based care, Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health aims to make a positive impact on the lives of stroke survivors and their families. For more information about their services or to schedule a consultation, please visit www.pbhha.org or call 603-536-2232.

Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health is a trusted, nonprofit agency proudly serving 29 towns in central and northern NH since 1967. Expert services include at-home healthcare and physical therapies (VNA), hospice and palliative care, and community programs including: American Red Cross CPR/AED/FA, Caregiver and Bereavement Support Groups and Ask A Pemi-Baker Nurse days at your local senior centers. Providing compassionate care with experienced staff who are trained, certified professionals and also your neighbors.  In your time of need, we’re right where you need us.

Pemi-Baker is located at 101 Boulder Point Drive, Suite 3, Plymouth, NH. To contact us please call: 603-536-2232 or email: info@pbhha.org  Like our Facebook Page: @pemibakerhospicehomehealth

Filed Under: Education, Home Care Tagged With: Home Health, Stroke Awareness Month, stroke recovery

Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health Raises Critical Funds for Patients Through Online Auction

June 15, 2022

Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health (PBH&HH) celebrated another successful fundraising auction this spring thanks to the generosity of community sponsors, donors and bidders.

With over 125 items to bid on and specialty services to donate towards, they hit their fundraising goal and raised the critical funds needed to continue their important work in supporting the members of 29 communities who need medical aid at home. All proceeds from the auction support patients and families with little or no health insurance. Some of the auction donations are specific to palliative and hospice services including: therapeutic massage, hospice and dementia comfort cubs, therapeutic music and hospice comfort kits.

PBH&HH would like to thank the following businesses and individuals for sponsoring the auction: Dumont Construction, the VanSickle Family, Rockywold-Deephaven Camps, Waterville Valley Realty, Speare Memorial Hospital, Northway Bank, Bank of New Hampshire, Mid-State Health, Noyes Insurance, Meredith Village Savings Bank, R.M.Piper Inc., New England Employee Benefits Company, Insurance 24, Mainstay Technologies, Hannaford, Horne Electric, Tom & Donna Wall, Wild Heart Yoga & Wellness Studio, Tartaglia’s Pizza and Bovill Bros. Logging Inc.

Would you like to support Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health? Visit their website, www.pbhha.org, to make a donation or join their ‘Circle of Friends’. This special group of good as gold supporters, make small, monthly donations to provide ongoing funding so PBH&HH can mobilize care, regardless of the patient’s ability to pay. Just $10 a month will help ensure that every family can find the compassion, education and assistance necessary to help their loved one. You can make a difference to a friend or family member today with less than the amount you spend on lunch!

With over 55 years of experience, serving clients from 29 towns in central and northern New Hampshire, Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health is committed to creating healthier communities. Services include at-home healthcare (VNA), hospice and palliative care, and Community Programs including: American Red Cross CPR/AED/FA, Caregiver Support Groups and Grief and Bereavement Support Groups. Providing compassionate care with experienced staff who are trained, certified professionals in the business because of their hearts. In your time of need, we’re right where you need us.

Pemi-Baker is located at 101 Boulder Point Drive, Suite 3, Plymouth, NH. To contact us please call: 603-536-2232 or email: info@pbhha.org  Like our Facebook Page: @pemibakerhospicehomehealth

Filed Under: Community Donations, Fundraiser, Hospice & Palliative Care, Press Release Tagged With: 32Auctions, Auction, Home Care, Home Health, hospice, Palliative Care; Home-based palliative care

Home Care: More Than Just a Visiting Nurse

January 3, 2022

When patients leave the hospital and return home, they go from highly supportive medical environments with physicians, nurses, aides, and other professionals, to non-medical environments with informal caregiver support. Patients and caregivers must struggle to absorb confusing medical information before leaving the hospital and often providers have incomplete understandings of home environments and caregiver capabilities. Patients are largely left to themselves, expected to manage their medical conditions on their own. It is a daunting task.

This is where Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health (PBH&HH), can assist; supplementing visits from home care nurses, physical therapists and licensed nursing assistants.

What is the Meaning of Home Health Care?

  • Home health care is a wide range of health care services that can be given in your home for an illness or injury.
  • Home health care is usually less expensive, more convenient, and just as effective as care you get in a hospital or skilled nursing facility.

Patient safety at home is as important as patient safety in hospitals. Unsafe conditions in the home can lead to unnecessary or avoidable, expensive, re-hospitalizations. Your PBH&HH team will be a bridge of communication and care between you and your physician. Receiving home care decreases costs, improves health outcomes, and reduces hospital stays. PBH&HH helps support your family by teaching you to properly care for wounds, follow medication regimens correctly, manage durable medical equipment and keep your house free of hazards.

What Can I Expect From A Home Health Care Visit?

  • Checking your blood pressure, temperature, heart rate and breathing.
  • Making sure you understand the purpose of your medicines.
  • Teaching you or your caregiver to care for a wound or IV.
  • Creating an exercise plan to build your strength and improve balance/walking.
  • Helping you assess your pain and monitor your food intake.

PBH&HH’s primary goal is to discharge you to self or family care and avoid subsequent hospitalizations. We want you to feel confident and comfortable not only in your home but with the goal of returning back to your normal daily routines in your community. PBH&HH provides services to residents who reside in Grafton and Belknap counties, but we also accept referrals in other counties upon request. Call or contact us today to learn more.

With over 50 years of experience, serving clients from 29 towns in central and northern New Hampshire, Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health is committed to creating healthier communities. Services include at-home healthcare (VNA), hospice and palliative care, and Community Programs including: American Red Cross CPR/AED/FA, Caregiver Support Groups and Grief and Bereavement Support Groups. Providing compassionate care with experienced staff who are trained, certified professionals in the business because of their hearts. In your time of need, we’re right where you need us.

Pemi-Baker is located at 101 Boulder Point Drive, Suite 3, Plymouth, NH. To contact us please call: 603-536-2232 or email: info@pbhha.org   visit online: www.pbhha.org

~written by Anna Swanson

Filed Under: Home Care, Palliative Care Tagged With: Caregivers, Home Care, Home Health, palliative care, Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health, Visiting Nurses

Why We Love National Home Health & Hospice Month

November 11, 2021

National Home Care and Hospice Month in November is when we honor all professionals who work in the broad field of home care and hospice work – this includes physicians, nurses, LNAs, social workers, physical therapists, and so many more. Each requires a different skill-set and comes with its own emotional and physical demands. The professionals who perform these services are committed to helping patients live, as well as pass away with dignity. This month is for them.

  1. Home Health Care Can Reduce Falls and Hospital Re-admissions

If you have had surgery or been hospitalized for a medical illness, you might have safety concerns at home, particularly the risk of falls. The truth is that falls with resulting injuries are quite common in hospitals, despite efforts to reduce them. There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that an elderly or ill person is less likely to suffer a serious event at home compared to an acute care setting. Home care can also reduce the rate of hospital re-admission.

  1. Home Health Care Provides a Medical Level of Care at Home

After hospitalization, most people prefer to heal at home. Similarly, the elderly prefer to stay home rather than go to a skilled nursing facility.

Home health care can provide a variety of benefits to support activities of daily living as well as 24/7 nursing care, disease management, ostomy and catheter management, surgical after care/wound care, medication management and care for high risk pregnancies, infants and children.

 

If the only thing keeping a patient in the hospital is the need for intravenous medications, there is good news: there is now a way to manage infusion therapy at home.

  1. Home Health Care Can Provide Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy

If you’ve had surgery and you’ll be needing physical or occupational therapy, you don’t have to go to a rehabilitation facility. Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health offer at-home therapy services. Another benefit that at-home therapy provides, is the opportunity to assess the safety and accessibility of the home environment. A therapist’s trained eyes can spot fall hazards or bathroom dangers and provide helpful preventive advice.

  1. Hospice Provides Dignity for Many

Home care and hospice workers believe that those at the end of their lives deserve the right to pass peacefully and on their own terms. The elderly often far prefer to stay in the comfort of their homes, where they feel freer and are at less risk of contracting other illnesses. The existence of hospice makes this level of freedom available to many who otherwise would not have had it. Hospice care offers 24/7 clinical support, medication and pain management, assistance with daily living activities, medical supplies and equipment, volunteer support and companionship, social, spiritual and grief support from social workers and chaplains, for the whole family.

  1. Hospice Month Gives us a Chance to Improve Caregivers’ Lives

These family members and/or professionals dedicate physical, emotional, and mental energy to each one of the individuals in their care, and often deal with the emotional fallout when the terminally ill take a turn for the worst or pass away. Pemi-Baker offers advice and support in the home to the families they are caring for and also offers a Caregiver Support group every first Wednesday of the month at 10:00am in person or via ZOOM.

  1. Hospice Proves the Healing Power of the Home and Loved Ones

The elderly who wish to retain the freedom of staying in their home and ending their lives on their own terms experience true psychological benefits. Their comfortable surroundings allow them to end their lives with a sense of dignity, which is incredibly valuable. In fact, home care harkens back to older days, when tending to the terminally ill at home was the standard. There’s always the added benefit of being closer to their loved ones in their final days.

If you think you or your loved one would benefit from home health care, palliative care or hospice care we urge you to visit our website to learn more or call to speak directly to a professional who will guide you.

With over 50 years of experience, serving clients from 28 towns in central and northern New Hampshire, Pemi-Baker Hospice & Home Health is committed to creating healthier communities. Services include at-home healthcare (VNA), hospice and palliative care, and Community Programs including: American Red Cross CPR/AED/FA, Caregiver Support Groups and Grief and Bereavement Support Groups. Providing compassionate care with experienced staff who are trained, certified professionals in the business because of their hearts. In your time of need, we’re right where you need us.

Pemi-Baker is located at 101 Boulder Point Drive, Suite 3, Plymouth, NH. To contact us please call: 603-536-2232 or email: info@pbhha.org  Like our Facebook Page: @PBCH4

~written by Anna Swanson

Filed Under: Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care, Press Release Tagged With: Home Health, hospice, National Home Care & Hospice Month

Advance Care Planning-An important home health service you shouldn’t overlook

January 14, 2021

FREE Zoom Workshops to help you ‘FILL OUT YOUR FORMS’, hosted by Pemi-Baker Community Health, in Plymouth, NH.

Have you wondered how to talk to your loved ones about what medical care you would or wouldn’t want in a medical crisis?  Does your health care provider want you to have these conversations and fill out your end of life wishes?  Would your wishes change if it was COVID-19 related?  Pemi-Baker Community Health can help with all your advance care planning needs.

Advance care planning (ACP) is a process of understanding, reflecting on and discussing your experiences, values and beliefs in an effort to identify how you want to live if faced with a serious or life-limiting illness. It may include identifying the care you would want at the end of your life or the care you would want if you were too injured or ill to speak.

Download a Conversation Starter Guide

It is also important to choose someone to speak on your behalf if you are unable to make your own decisions, and take comfort in knowing that person will convey your wishes. This person is called a Health Care Proxy, in NH it is termed Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare.  It could be your partner, a sibling or a close friend.

Download a Guide to Choosing a Health Care Proxy/Durable Power of Attorney

Once you decide what care you want and who to help voice your opinions, you will be ready to complete an ACP document, often referred to as an advance directive. This is the legal form from your state that puts your wishes on paper and legalizes them with witness signatures. When this form is complete, you will want to give it to and communicate your wishes to your family, friends, clergy, other advisors, physicians and other health care professionals to help ensure that your wishes are honored.

Download the New Hampshire Advance Directive

Take time to plan ahead now so future healthcare challenges don’t create difficult questions and unnecessary worry for family caregivers and decision makers. Pemi-Baker Community Health offers free monthly Zoom workshops to help you ‘FILL OUT YOUR FORMS’. Download the advance directive form from our website, poor a cup of coffee and join us for a group Zoom meeting to walk you through the form and answer any questions you might have.

Couple attending zoom workshop
Couple filling out advance directive forms with help from zoom workshop

Pemi-Baker’s Social Workers will be neutral guides helping you reflect on and identify the values, beliefs and goals that shape the way you make health care decisions.  As experienced facilitators, they will explain how important sharing this information is to others so that decisions can be made for you if you ever cannot speak for yourself.

  • Next Zoom Workshop ‘Fill Out Your Forms’
  • More information about Home Health Care and Hospice care
  • What is the difference between Palliative Care and Hospice Care
  • CAKE-Create a Free End of Life plan on line
  • Being prepared in the time of Covid-19

 

~written by Anna Swanson

Filed Under: Advance Care Planning, Caregivers, Education, Free Community Service Tagged With: Advance Care Planning, advance directives, Durable Power of Attorney, Health Care Proxy, Home Care, Home Health

Skilled Home Health Care: What Pemi-Baker Community Health Can Do For You

November 13, 2020

November is National Homecare Month. What better way to celebrate it than to provide information about home care services thru Pemi-Baker Community Health, and what it can offer for a loved one? As we age, we still want our independence. Many older Americans are choosing to stay in their homes longer and “age in place.” This trend allows people to remain in their family home surrounded by familiar furnishings that make them feel comfortable and safe. But as we get older, certain activities that once seemed simple can become more difficult to manage.

So when do we need skilled home health care?

Skilled home health is care given to patients at home by medically trained and licensed professionals. It is an alternative to receiving care in a nursing home or hospital to regain health and independence.

What sort of people are served by home health?

Skilled home health care clients can be recovering patients who are ill with a chronic condition like heart failure or an acute health condition like surgery for a hip replacement, or who have sustained an injury. Home health care permits earlier discharge from a hospital, reduces hospital admissions and assists with rapid recovery. It’s less expensive, more accessible, and as effective as care from a hospital or skilled nursing facility.

Skilled home health care can be for rehabilitation following a stay in the hospital or nursing home.  Patients may also be referred to Pemi-Baker Community Health by their own PCP’s for help managing a health condition. For example, your Mom might need skilled nursing after being hospitalized with a bout of pneumonia or Dad may need occupational and physical therapy when he gets home following knee surgery. The nurse can help your Mom learn to manage her medications safely and help her learn ways to manage her overall health more effectively. Occupational and physical therapy will provide training on the best exercises Dad can do to strengthen his knee so he can get back to doing the things he enjoys.

Long-term home health palliative or hospice services can be provided when your parent or loved one is suffering with a terminal illness. Our nurses and therapists work together with your doctors to provide coordinated, effective care.

How does a patient access skilled home health thru Pemi-Baker Community Health?

A referral from a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician’s assistant is necessary. If your loved one is being sent home from the hospital or nursing home, their staff physicians will typically write the referral. Your own PCP can also provide a referral.  Just let them know you would like to use Pemi-Baker Community Health, we service 22 towns in Central New Hampshire.

Who pays for skilled home health care?

Payment options for home health typically include a wide variety of insurances including Medicare, many Medicare Replacement plans, along with a whole host of private insurances.

Pemi-Baker Community Health has been in the business of ‘skilled’ home health care for over 50 years. We understand how hard it can be to get ready, travel to a certain facility to receive care and then travel back home again every time you have to go to an appointment. Home health care addresses this dilemma and Pemi-Baker Community Health can help you. There are many benefits of getting care at home and one of them is getting competent, one-on-one skilled care right where you live. Apart from this, you also save your time, energy and extra money because home health care is relatively cheaper than being institutionalized in a care facility.

Our team of responsible and reliable professionals will make sure that you or your loved ones receive the appropriate care at home. We offer skilled nursing, home health aides, physical therapy, occupational therapy, medical social services and speech therapy. We are experts in our field and we have the necessary experience to make sure you are cared for correctly. You are in safe and caring hands with Pemi-Baker Community Health.

“The people working at Pemi-Baker are terrific. I would highly recommend them for any home health care needs for yourself, family and friends. They take the time to meet your needs in a kind and sensitive way.” ~Deb

“I have had home-care after a hip replacement as well as physical therapy to recover and PT for other problems. Everyone is friendly, concerned, efficient, professional and cheerful. This organization is superior to others I have had over the years.”  ~Sheila

“Fantastic people!  Real people you can trust and feel comfortable with.  I can’t thank you enough for all the help you have given us while my husband is going thru cancer.  Thank you so much!”  ~Maxy

~Written by Anna Swanson

Filed Under: Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care, Press Release Tagged With: Home Care, Home Health, hospice, palliative care, Skilled Home Health Care

PBCH Field Staff Tested for Covid-19

May 20, 2020

In an effort to keep all their home care and hospice clients safe, Pemi-Baker Community Health is taking preventative measures by testing their field staff for Covid-19. A team from the National Guard completed the tests last week for staff coming in contact with clients in their homes as well as therapists and administrative assistants working in their physical therapy office on Boulder Point.

“Our field staff are continuing to provide the much needed skilled services to our hospice and homecare patients during the Covid-19 pandemic. The patients we serve are able to remain at home due to our home visits that are being made by our dedicated team that consists of RN’s LPN’s, LNA’s, PT’s, OT’s, social workers and Chaplin. It’s very important to keep our clients safe and that we do not have any staff that are asymptomatic spreaders,” said Ernest Roy, PT, DPT, Clinical Supervisor PBCH-Home Health.

For over 52 years, Pemi-Baker Community Health has served family, friends and neighbors in eighteen towns and they are the home care and hospice provider of choice for Grafton County. PBCH partners with patients, their doctor, family and caregivers, helping home bound individuals in need of skilled medical services during recovery from illness, injury, surgery. Their Palliative and Hospice teams provide comfort and support for those who are facing life-limiting illnesses.

 If you or your loved one have questions about receiving home health or hospice services, please visit their website at www.pbhha.org or call 603-536-2232 for more information.

~by Anna Swanson

Filed Under: Employees, Home Care, Press Release Tagged With: COVID-19, Covid-19 testing, Employees in our community, Home Health

Thank You Eversource Foundation for Helping our Home Care staff!

April 30, 2020

Home health care is becoming a new front in the national fight against COVID-19 as hospitals discharge patients home and others strive to stay out of them. The World Health Organization just named 2020 the year of the Nurse and Midwife and with National Nurses week right upon us, Pemi-Baker would like to say thank you to all of our Nurses and Licensed Nurse Assistants who go above and beyond, day in and day out.

Home care nurses, therapists, and aides — who normally help an estimated 12 million Americans with everything from bathing to IV medications — are now taking on the difficult and potentially dangerous task of caring for coronavirus patients. While Americans are being told to keep to themselves, home health providers and their clients still largely have to engage in person, often in close proximity. Many agencies are ramping up phone or video visits but these are typically not covered by insurance and even the smartest phone can’t listen to someone’s lungs or get them to the bathroom.

The crisis is testing the industry, but it’s also a moment of pride for workers who have often felt under-recognized.  “We have taken the Covid 19 pandemic as an opportunity,” said Danielle Paquette-Horne, PBCH Home Health, Palliative and Hospice Care Director. “We’re getting a chance to establish what can be done different by modifying our daily operations and to show the community that they can continue to count on us to serve them and their family during this pandemic,” Paquette-Horne said.

Coronavirus care at home has expanded rapidly in the last few weeks. Some agencies in most states are now taking COVID-19 patients referred after hospitalization or nursing home care or as an alternative to them, and Pemi-Baker Community Health is rising to the challenge. 

Pemi-Baker Community Health’s COVID-19 taskforce meets three times a week to assure Pemi-Baker is up to date with CDC guidelines and like their colleagues in hospitals and nursing homes, PBCH’s home care workers have faced a scarcity of protective equipment.

“We are very grateful to the EVERSOURCE Foundation for their recent grant to help us buy more protective supplies for our nurses, LNAs and patients,” said Chandra Engelbert, Pemi-Baker Community Health, CEO.  “To have a community partner we can rely on when our non-profit faces these challenges, is crucial and priceless,” said Engelbert, “Countless Pemi-Baker friends have also sewn cloth face masks for our staff and patients, (double prevention), and we want to thank them as well.”

To help raise funds, Pemi-Baker Community Health is holding a ‘NO-SHOW AUCTION’ throughout the month of May.  With over 70 items to bid on, Raffles to invest in and Specialty Services to donate towards, they are hoping to make up for the fact that they had to cancel their largest fundraiser of the year.  Please visit www.32auctions.com/PBCHMay2020 to participate. 

For over 52 years, Pemi-Baker Community Health has served family, friends and neighbors in 18+ towns and they couldn’t have done it without the generosity of individuals and businesses alike.  Pemi-Baker would like to thank the following businesses for sponsoring the NO-SHOW AUCTION:  Dumont Construction Inc., Mid-State Health Center, Northway Bank, Speare Memorial Hospital, NEEBCO, MatrixCare by ResMed, Noyes Insurance, Service Credit Union, Insurance 24, Steve and Carole Osmer, Brian Weeks Electric, Highline Acoustics, Deb Hills Cleaning Services, Peabody & Smith Realty.

~By Anna Swanson

Filed Under: Fundraiser, Home Care, Press Release Tagged With: Community Partners, COVID-19, Eversource Foundation; Face Masks, fundraiser, Home Care, Home Health, No-show auction

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Connie C.

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To the Pemi-Baker Hospice Team--Words really can't express my feelings-

Your help during one of the most difficult times of my life is SO appreciated.  I'm so grateful that because of you, Doug was able to get his wish not to spend the last of his days in a hospital, but at home with those of us who loved him.

And to be constantly reassured that if I needed anything you would be there-oh my gosh-ANYTIME!  Well, you people need to know how much you are appreciated.  You give of yourselves day & night without end!  God Bless you and thank you!

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Pam O.

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Elizabeth B.

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Our primary nurse, Fred, was outstanding, and others who filled in (Cathy, Penny, Colleen) were wonderful and a credit to your organization. Fred, you were amazing, not only for mom but for my husband and I as well. I will forever be grateful for your support, wisdom, humor and kindness, all along the end of life journey for mom. I am so deeply thankful that circumstances conspired such that mom was able to die at home, and your role made that time as seamless as it could be made.

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“Everyone is so understanding supportive and kind.”

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Bryan and Renee C., and our mom Joan

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