Nurses comprise the nation’s most trusted profession.* So, it’s appropriate that we have a week designated especially to recognize these vital members of our health care system. National Nurses Week is May 6-12, beginning with National Nurses Day. It ends on the birthday of Florence Nightingale, considered to be the founder of modern nursing. Select restaurants…
By DAN ROBINSONKenton Times staff writer ADA — Caring for others is more than just a job to Lisha Wilkerson, RN. As the assistant supervisor at Community Health Professionals in Ada, she is one of four nurses who make home visits to check up on residents in Hardin, Hancock, and Allen counties. She may stop…
For those who haven’t experienced it first-hand, the thought of hospice care can be frightening and mysterious. Caring hospice providers are here in our community to help guide families through the agony of losing a loved one. Lorie Garwood says the nurses at CHP Home Care & Hospice lent invaluable support to her family as…
While non-essential services have halted after recent stay-at-home orders, local home care and hospice services remain available. CHP Home Care & Hospice and Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center are open and providing patients and families the care they need. “We are absolutely open for business, providing nursing visits and accepting new patients,” said Ronda Lewis, RN,…