Home Health Care Blog

    IN HIS OWN WORDS: Gary M. Tanguay, MD, Medical Director Chadwick Medical Associates, 385 Grove Street, Worcester MA 01605 www.chadwickmedical.com I am a graduate of Providence College and the Boston University School of Medicine. I trained at UMass-Memorial and have been in the private practice of Primary Care Internal Medicine for 30 years, I am Board Certified in …

Another Year begins. Thankful for the many blessings of last year. Looking forward to the challenges of the future. For the elderly who are alone and sick, not such a Happy New Year. We in healthcare have a unique view of the most frail and the most desperate and have the biggest challenge to care for them with all of …

March 8th 2012, I went to the Emergency  Room. Why? I had a planter’s wart on the bottom of my left foot for about 2 years , which then I began taking care of it myself. Needless to say, big mistake! My foot became infected and I had to have my leg amputated (below the knee). I was operated upon …

I have this  engraved on the clock hanging in my office. As a Home care administrator I know this is very true for the patients we serve everyday. When you are sick, time is of the essence. Time either passes by too slow or goes by too fast if you only have a short time  left with loved ones . I therefore …

This is the first in a multi-part series on how to choose a home health care company. The later posts will go into detail about what you need to know and how to find out, but before I get into all of that I wanted to talk about why it matters. If you pump truth serum into most homecare workers …

Acclaim Home Health is raising the standard of care. The proof is with our patients. Judy Smith didn’t want to leave her home for a nursing facility. Recently discharged from the hospital after suffering from congestive heart failure, her status was touch and go. Along with her heart problems she also suffered from uncontrolled hypertension. The rapid changes in her …