NVNA Works Announces Transition Progam to Assist Patients in Move from Home to New Facility

HANOVER, Mass. - June 17, 2013 - PRLog -- NVNA Works, a non-profit, private-pay home care agency serving communities across the South Shore of Boston, has created a new Transitions Program  designed to ease the transition of people moving from homes to assisted living communities or nursing homes.
Moving and adjusting to a new environment isn’t easy for anyone but can be very difficult for some. The NVNA Works Transition Program offers a health aide to help guide and ease the transition of moving from one’s home to assisted living or a nursing home.
“The aide can spend time assisting the person in their home prior to the move. This develops a familiarity between the person and their caregiver” says Christine McDonough, NVNA Works Director.  “When the move happens, the client feels the comfort of having someone who they are familiar with right alongside to help introduce them to their new surroundings, reassure them, as well as assist and advocate for them as needed.”
McDonough points out that “having the one on one aide by their side to help get them through the first night or two as well as helping with the initial adjustment to their new home can go a long way in helping someone to feel comfortable with their new surroundings. It’s a relief for families to know their loved ones are receiving the extra attention.”


About NVNA Works
NVNA Works is an affiliate of NVNA and Hospice, a non-profit home health care and hospice agency founded in 1920. We offer a full range of private care services to keep people healthy and safe in their homes, where ever that home is - house, apartment, assisted living community, or skilled nursing facility. Our services include companion care, homemaking, personal care, nursing, rehab therapies, and geriatric care management and are customized to meet each client’s needs. NVNA Works staff is trained and certified in their respective areas of care and maintain the same quality standards that have earned our parent company numerous national and regional quality care and patient satisfaction awards. NVNA Works is accredited by the Home Care Alliance of MA. For further information please call 781-871-1040 or visit www.nvnaworks.org.