Caregiver Support Group Open to the Public The Caregiver support group meets the 2nd Friday of each month from 2pm to 3:30pm at Butte Home Health. The next two meetings are: Friday, April 11th Friday, May 9th Friday, June 13th This group is designed for caregivers whose loved ones suffer from Alzheimer's Disease or other forms of Demenita. It is moderated by Dr. Samuel Brown, Board-Certified Geriatric Psychiatrist and Medical Director of the Butte Home Health Memory Loss Program. Butte Home Health is located in Chico at Philadelphia Square business park at Eaton Road and Esplanade. The address is 10 Constitution Drive. For more information, call Jessy at 895-0462. Grief & Loss Support Group The Grief & Loss support group meets the first Wednesday of each month from 2:30pm to 4pm at Butte Home Health. The next two meetings are: Wednesday, April 2nd Wednesday, May 7th Wednesday, June 4th This group is designed for people whose loved ones passed away while on hospice. It is open to families who were served by any hospice, not just Butte Hospice. The group is moderated by the Bronson Pittman, the Chaplain of Butte Hospice. Butte Home Health is located in Chico at Philadelphia Square business park at Eaton Road and Esplanade. The address is 10 Constitution Drive. For more information, call Jessy at 895-0462. Butte Home Health is proud to be included in the “2007 HomeCare Elite,” the recently released list of the most successful home health providers in the United States. Butte is one of only a handful of agencies in Northern California on the list, and the only provider in Butte County to make the grade. This is the second consecutive year Butte Home Health was included on the list. The Home Care Elite list names the top 25 percent of agencies whose performance measures excel in quality of care, quality improvement and financial performance excel. The list is compiled by OCS in partnership with Home Health Line, and is based on data from Medicare. “We applaud the success of all the providers named to the 2007 HomeCare Elite”, said Bill Bassett, Senior Director of Market Strategy at OCS, Inc. “Being noted as one of the top performers in the nation in this very competitive environment shows Butte Home Health is dedicated to quality and performance.” The complete list can be found at www.ocsys.com Butte Home Health Team Raises Over $1,700 for the Memory Walk! The annual Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk took place on Saturday, October 13th at One-Mile recreation area in Bidwell Park. BHH formed a team and joined thousands of others in an effort to raise money for the cure. The efforts of the BHH team raised over $1,700 for the cause! Great job, team! Our new hospice educational video features an episode of KNVN's North Valley Viewpoints, hosted by Linda Watkins-Bennett. The guests are our very own Samuel Brown, MD, and our Chaplain, Bronson Pittman. The third guest is Amy Asher, whose mother was under hospice care. The 25-minute video discusses the basics of hospice and answers many of the most commonly asked question. Please click the link above to view the video in it's entirety. Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author Art Buchwald has elected to forego life-prolonging dialysis in favor of hospice, and is getting coverage by the national media: MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF BUTTE HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE RECEIVES BOARD-CERTIFICATION The American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine announced that Dr. Samuel Brown, medical director of Butte Home Health & Hospice received certification in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. The Hospice and palliative medicine is a discipline of care devoted to providing the best possible quality of life for the patient and family throughout a life-threatening illness. According to the ABHPM website, www.ABHPM.org, Dr. Brown is the only physician with this certification in Butte County and one of only two north of Sacramento. He is also board certified in Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry and is an EPEC Trainer (Education for Physician on End of Life Care). For the past six years Dr. Brown has served as medical director for Butte Home Health & Hospice and created the treatment protocol for its Memory Loss Program. He continues to follow the new and developing treatment for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of Dementia. |
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