From left to right:
Laura Traynor (Program Manager, Caring Collaborative), Diana
Killip (TTN member), Charlotte Punski (VNSNY), Charlotte Frank
(Project Director, Caring Collaborative) and Joan Bacchus (TTN).
TTN Caring
Collaborative is pleased to announce a partnership with Visiting
Nurse Service of New York, including an ongoing series of Health
Strategies Workshops and special home care services and benefits
for TTN-CC members.
VNSNY provides TTN-CC members with information and resources to
further the goal of healthy independence. These include:
-
www.VNSNY.org/answers:
a user friendly on-line algorithm featuring various
medical issues and concerns and the types of home care services
applicable to each situation;
- Discounts
on private pay home care services through its affiliate,
Partners in Care. TTN members are eligible for a 10% discount
off the first week of private pay services (after complete 1st
week). Services available include skilled nursing care, bath
service and case management. TTN members must call
1-888-GET-HELP (1-888-943-8435) and send in printed coupon with
first invoice to receive offer*.
- MD Referral
Hotline where you can access help with discharge planning
options in the hospital and work with your physician in the
community for required referrals. VNS has staff in 57 hospitals
throughout NYC and the hotline can help you access on-site
information and support when you are hospitalized. TTN members
can call (866)-632-2557 and must identify themselves as a TTN
member.
To read more about
VNSNY resources and view the first Health Strategies'
presentation,
click here.
VNSNY Resources.
Note: This link will take you to a password-protected page
of The Transition Network
website; you must be a
TTN-CC member
to log in and view. Please
log in using your TTN username and password. If you have forgotten
this information, click here:
Forgot username/password?
to have it sent to you immediately
(will be sent to the email on record.)
To join TTN, click here:
Join Us. If you are a TTN-NYC Chapter member
and are ready to join, just click here and follow the
instructions:
Get Started.
Our goal is to have
all the resources posted by mid-July so please check back for more
information. VNSNY is also working to create wallet cards with
these important phone numbers and website addresses.
In the interim, if you have questions about VNSNY services, please
call Charlotte Punski of VNSNY at 646-369-3517.
(*coupon will be
available on line)
VNSNY-CC NEWS
July, 2009
Home Care 101: Premiere Health Strategies Seminar Received
Enthusiastically by TTN-CC Members
Home Care 101 was the first topic in our planned Health
Strategies Series. Thirty TTN members enthusiastically turned
out on a rainy Thursday night in June to find out how they can
stay healthy and independent in the community through an exciting
educational initiative launched by the Caring Collaborative and
the Visiting Nurse Service of New York City (VNSNY). Clinical
Director Michael Soccio, RN, MS discussed home care services and
presented various scenarios to illustrate eligibility and types of
help available. He also described special benefits that VNS has
made available to TTN members.
Participants at the first Health Strategies seminar heard
TTN member and physician Diana Killip, MD describe her own
observations about growing older and being “meta-stable” or like a
“penny on edge.” “You do a pretty good job of keeping everything
together - you’re stable– but also know that any insult can put
you down flat.” Diana stressed that there’s a major role for
delaying frailty and disability and offered practical tips that
included: take extra care when you get a new pair of glasses;
think about how you shave your legs – are you standing up, sitting
down, how is your balance; avoid injuries including too much sun
exposure; think 10 years out whenever you’re making modifications
to your living environment – install good lighting, grab bars in
the shower and hallway; and when accidents or illness happen, get
over it quickly. “The goal is healthy independence, not stupid
refusal to ask for help,” she said.
Members thought the
presentations were “outstanding” so we’re moving forward with new
topics for the fall. Stay tuned for more information and
future dates posted on this website’s homepage.
