Take Care Volunteers

This month Take Care Private Duty Home Health Care and Take Care Advisor highlight a few staff members who have participated in our volunteering program “Take Care Gives Back.” Read about how some of the Take Care staff have individually taken their time to go out into the community to give back in their own way.

Jeanne Heere, Scheduling Supervisor, actively volunteers with Robbie, her son, and one of her Golden Retrievers, Zoe. Through the Humane Society of Sarasota County and Therapy Dogs Inc. Zoe, Robbie, and Jeanne successfully completed training so that Zoe would be accepted as a Therapy Dog. To date, they have visited Heartland North, Pines of Sarasota, and Plymouth Harbor. By taking Zoe into this environment it helps some residents recount memories of their past, providing socialization for all parties involved. It is a wonderful example of how small efforts have lasting effects. Jeanne enjoys volunteering as it is “stress-free time you have doing what you enjoy and love and giving to others is so amazing.”

Cathy McDaniel, Accounting Manager, visited Harbor Chase in Venice with her mother a few months back, and found the facility and staff to be very helpful and friendly. Cathy thought it would be a great place to volunteer. One Friday in November, Cathy was asked to volunteer her time assisting with the residents’ afternoon cocktail party. Part of the volunteering involved playing bridge with the residents, pouring drinks, and fixing trays. Cathy joined residents in a game of bridge.

There are various ways to help out in our community. Choose something you love, and there is likely a place for you. Helping out in small ways, makes a large impact. “I look forward to my next visit in January so that I can re-connect with some of my new found friends,” Cathy said. “I might even get better
at bridge.”

A recent article from The New York Times supports Take Care’s belief in the importance of volunteering and giving back. “There’s no question that it gives life a greater meaning when we make this kind of shift in the direction of others and get away from our own self-preoccupation and problems,” said Stephen G. Post, director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics at Stony Brook University on Long Island and a co-author of Why Good Things Happen to Good People (Broadway, 2007). “But it also seems to be the case that there is an underlying biology involved in all this.”

Good Deeds

In the November 30, 2009, issue of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, the staff at Take Care Private Duty Home Health Care and Take Care Advisor were recognized for their good deed in collecting money on behalf of Susanne S. Wise, RN, MBA, Take Care's owner and executive administrator, to donate for the 2009 Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk®. Read more here.

Keep watching for Take Care in and around the community. We believe in community service and giving back. This is one exciting example of how a team can impact an amazing cause.

As a proud Decathlon sponsor of the 2009 Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk®, Take Care and Take Care Advisor enlisted 67 Take Care employees, friends, and family members to walk for the cause. The team raised $1,505.00. The walk took place Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 9 a.m. on Lido Beach in Sarasota, Florida with more than 400 walkers. Take Care thanks all of its supporters.

Take Care Honors Caregivers of the Month

In today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune “Business Buzz” section, Take Care Private Duty Home Health Care’s “Caregivers of the Month” were named:

• Denise Stork, CNA, of Sarasota


• Lisa Haines, CNA of Bradenton


• Lorna Sawyers-Sucra, CNA of Venice

Each month Take Care recognizes our Caregivers of the Month. We choose caregivers each month from each office in Sarasota, Bradenton, and Venice who represent the mission of Take Care: bringing clients the highest quality of private duty home health care with compassion and professionalism while ensuring the safety and dignity of each client. This is a peer-to-peer program whereby fellow co-workers nominate a caregiver from the field staff who goes above and beyond and receives recognition from clients and families.

Click here to read more about our Caregiver of the Month program.

Mary Pedersen: Bradenton Herald "Names and Faces"

Today's Bradenton Herald recognizes Mary Pedersen in the "Names and Faces" section. Pedersen has been named Human Resources Manager for the corporate office of Take Care Private Duty Home Health Care. Pedersen has more than 15 years of experience as an HR management professional.

About Mary Pedersen

Take Care Private Duty Home Health Care’s ongoing efforts to achieve a greater effectiveness and positive impact on the work life of every Take Care employee is evident as we build the Human Resources team at Take Care. As Human Resources Manager, Mary leads in the department’s growth and evolution of the HR practice. The HR industry must progress and develop for the employees’ benefit and personal growth. Our forward-thinking HR team is keeping a finger on that pulse.

The Take Care HR department is an interactive and essential function of Take Care. Our HR team is the advocate for Take Care employees who are essential members our company. As Human Resources Manager, Mary takes on multiple roles as recruiter, administrator, counselor, and facilitator fulfilling the need for a sustainable workforce. The growth and evolution of the HR practice across time reflects our ongoing efforts to achieve a greater effectiveness and positive impact on the work life of every employee. At our best, HR changes the world one employee at a time. The HR team bolsters Take Care employees with strength and the foundation allowing them to deliver services at the highest level to our clients.

With more than 15 years of experience as an HR management professional, Mary strengthens the Take Care management team bringing her human resources areas of expertise: recruitment and retention, policy development, HR program design and roll out, employee engagement, training initiatives, resource planning, organizational redesign and performance management, and conflict resolution.

Mary was the recipient of several awards for outstanding performance including the Chairman’s award for her dedication to the delivery of exemplary HR practices and support. She is an active member of both the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Sarasota Manatee HR Association (SHRA). Mary is a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology where she received a Bachelor of Science Degree.

Take Care's Holiday Giving

Take Care Private Duty Home Health Care and Take Care Advisor focus on the well-being of our clients, our staff, and caregivers, and often we look outward to see how we can help our community that supports each one of us. There are certain times throughout the year where we as a company encourage community outreach, and particularly as we step into the month of December, we are reminded of ways we all can give back. All Take Care offices will be sponsoring a family through SPARCC's Holiday Helper's Program.

This December, Take Care adopted three families, who all are survivors of domestic violence. The holidays in particular can be a difficult time, and it is our focus to provide some of the basic necessities to these mothers and children. From clothing to gifts, we collect items from these families' wish lists, wrap and label the gifts, and deliver to SPARCC on December 11, 2009, so that these families enjoy a brighter holiday.

Take Care asks friends, families, staff, and caregivers to donate what they are able. A list of items requested from the SPARCC families is available in each office in Sarasota, Bradenton, and Venice. Take Care thanks you for giving.

About SPARCC

Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center, Inc. (SPARCC) was formed as a non-profit agency in 1979. SPARCC is the only state-certified center for domestic violence and sexual assault services for Sarasota and DeSoto Counties. All of SPARCC's services are free and confidential. In addition to serving victims, SPARCC is actively engaged in promoting social change through community awareness and education, in an effort to prevent such violence in the future. SPARCC serves its clients through an Outreach Center in downtown Sarasota, satellite offices in south Sarasota and DeSoto Counties, a shelter operating 24 hours a day/365 days a year and at the local courthouses.

Take Care Voted Best in Home Health Care

The Venice Herald-Tribune readers voted Take Care Private Duty Home Health Care in Venice, Florida as the #1 Home Health Care provider for the "2009 Readers' Choice″ awards.

We thank the Venice community for taking your time to vote and for your continued support for Take Care. Thank you for recognizing our commitment and dedication to providing the highest quality of private duty home health care, geriatric care management, and non-emergency medical transport services to Venice and its surrounding communities of Englewood, Anna Maria Island, Punta Gorda, and Port Charlotte, Florida.

Take Care also thanks all of its staff and caregivers for their ongoing hard work and continued effort in providing Take Care's clients with the highest quality in private duty home health care services.

Read about some of the people who make Take Care the best in private duty home health care in the Sarasota, Bradenton, and Venice communities: Management Team.

2009 Memory Walk a Great Sucess!

As a proud Decathlon sponsor of the 2009 Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk®, Take Care Private Duty Home Health Care and Take Care Advisor enlisted 67 Take Care employees, friends, and family members to walk for the cause. The Take Care team raised $1,505.00. The walk took place Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 9 a.m. on Lido Beach in Sarasota, Florida with more than 400 walkers. Take Care thanks all of its supporters.

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, the Memory Walk® is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care, support and research - and it calls on volunteers of all ages to become champions in the fight against this fatal disease.

Keep watching for Take Care in and around the community. We believe in community service and giving back. This is one exciting example of how a team can impact an amazing cause.

Take Care thanks the following Take Care Team Walkers:

• Patricia Bell



• Teresa Bone



• Mary Boyce



• Brenda Collins



• Clint Collins



• Amy Connours



• Chandra Craddock



• Jennifer Craddock



• Jan English



• Richard Gleitsman



• Jennifer Grannan



• Macey Grannan



• Brenda Hamill



• Kathy Hardy



• Shane Hardy



• Alyssa Heere



• Bob Heere



• Jeanne Heere



• Robbie Heere



• Kandra Holder



• Katherine Holder



• Tony Holder



• Nina Honea



• Wyndy Hubbard



• Morgan Johnson



• Renee Johnson



• Taylor Johnson



• Terry Kaufman



• Trina Kedzierski



• Butch Kenney



• Lynn Kenney



• Nicholas Luncsford



• Peggi McCloughy



• Cathy McDaniel



• Bill Mercer



• Marian Morgan



• Josephine Monda



• Virginia Murray



• Patty Rogers



• Bonnie Ross



• Carolyn Rowicki



• Susan Ruell



• Dina Sacchi



• Tina Sacchi



• Debora Stewart



• Kristen Stone



• Mark Stone



• Diane Valenti



• Lisa Valenti-Riemer



• David Verdoni



• Diane Wilson



• Carl Wise



• Susanne Wise



• Whitney Wise



• Courtney Wise



• Connie Wolken

Visit Take Care's website to stay up-to-date on Take Care's "Giving Back" program.

Barabara Renzi, RN, takes on role of Administrator for all Take Care Private Duty Home Health Care Offices

[Exec Moves] Renzi Running Take Care of Manatee

Published on Friday, October 2, 2009

Barbara Renzi recently took on the role of administrator for Take Care of Manatee and will now serve as the administrator and privacy officer for both that organization and Take Care of Sarasota. She has served as administrator for Take Care of Sarasota since 2003, and before then served four years as clinical director for the company’s offices in Sarasota and Venice.

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Join Take Care’s Walking Team: 2009 Memory Walk

Take Care Private Duty Home Health is a proud Decathlon Sponsor of the 2009 Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk®. Help Take Care meet our goal of building our team to 100 walkers! Join our team today and start spreading the word!

The Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk® is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care, support and research - and it calls on volunteers of all ages to become champions in the fight against this fatal disease. Since 1989, Memory Walk has raised more than $260 million for the cause.

Join Take Care’s walking team: 2009 Memory Walk

Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009
Location: Lido Beach, 200 Benjamin Franklin Drive, Sarasota, Florida 34236
Pre-Walk Activities start: 8:00 a.m.
Walk Starts at: 9:00 a.m.
Distance of Walk: 2 Miles

How do you sign up to Walk and/or Donate?
1. Follow this link to sign up and join the TAKE CARE HOME HEALTH group: http://memorywalk09.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=303132&lis=0&kntae303132=BD2E61B581DA4F4EB186BD6B0B69B50B&supId=0&team=3479507&cj=Y
2. Click on the blue “JOIN OUR TEAM”
3. Then click “I Agree”
4. It will then ask you to fill out personal information and your donation goal
5. Now you’re on the Take Care Team!

If you have any questions email Erika: ewise@takecarehomehealth.com. If you need assistance signing up, she will walk you through the steps or assist you in signing up.

Message from the Alzheimer’s Association:
If you’re the kind of person who’s not going to sit on the sidelines when there’s a chance to change the future, then you’re the person we need.
When you register for the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk®, you’re joining a nationwide community of thousands of people who are standing up and participating in the fight against this devastating disease. Participants who raise $100 will receive a 2009 Memory Walk T-shirt! Your journey to end Alzheimer’s starts here - and it’s so easy.

All Memory Walk donations benefit the Alzheimer’s Association, the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. The mission of the Alzheimer’s Association is to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.

See the difference you can make as we walk to change the course of Alzheimer’s together.

Take Care Private Duty Home Health Care

Take Care's mission is to bring the highest level of private duty home health care services to clients at a professional, intimate, and committed level fostering health, independence, and peace of mind for clients and their families.

(941) 927 - 2292

www.takecarehomehealth.com


THREE LOCATIONS


SARASOTA
3982 Bee Ridge Road
Building H, Suite A
Sarasota, Florida 34233
Phone: 941-927-2292
Fax: 941-927-2294


VENICE
600 The Rialto
Venice, Florida 34285
Phone: 941-484-8844
Fax: 941-484-8855


BRADENTON
6146 State Road 70 East
Bradenton, Florida 34203
Phone: 941-752-7500
Fax: 941-752-1661