CEO | Best of Care, Inc.
Quincy, Taunton, Cape, MV, ACK
Joined July 2009
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Innovative Quincy program trains housing residents as health aides - collab w/ @quincycollege via @patriotledger goo.gl/kGm0ze
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Here is @Mass_EOEA Secretary Chen with our Board President John Fleming at the Secretary's visit last week in our #Braintree office. Excellent discussion on caring for #OlderAdults #PeopleWithDisability #MiddleIncome #Caregivers #mapoli
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Looking for a flexible and meaningful career? It's never been easier to become a home care aide. Enroll in our free, online training available in multiple languages:
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ALT “Personal and Home Care State Aide Training (PHCAST).”
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“The Great Resignation” in healthcare is an ongoing crisis as we move into 2022, but there are long-term strategies that can help, including #education. Our CEO @hadeosun details the benefits of education in home #healthcare in this @HealthEvolution piece: hubs.li/Q010dPwQ0
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#Vaccine hesitancy is not one-size-fits-all, and meeting care providers where they are with empathy and reliable #education is a must. Learn from CareAcademy’s @hadeosun & @bestofcare's Kevin Smith how you can protect your #caregivers: hubs.li/H0_v0gz0 @mcknightsltcn
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"I’d like to think we were as accommodating and encouraging as possible. We’ve hit a plateau. Anyone who was going to get the vaccine has got it. Access is no longer an issue." @BestofCare's Kevin Smith
👏👏👏👏 – at Milton, MA
We’re excited to announce CareAcademy made the 2021 #Inc5000 list! Read more in our #pressrelease: hubs.li/H0VqNbF0 @inc @hadeosun
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Thank you Representative @CarmineLGentile for your outstanding testimony today in support of S774/H737, #EnougPaytoStay Home Care Rate Setting bill - we truly appreciate your leadership and advocacy for #homecareworkers #community #mapoli @HCACouncil @thinkhomecare
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Thank you to the Chairs and Vice Chairs of the Joint Committee on Elder Affairs for your outstanding support of our #FY22budget priorities to support #olderadults and their #frontlinestaff @senjehlen @RepStanley @KateforRep @JulianCyr #community #mapoli
…and dollars to sustainably accommodate equitable, year over year pay rate increases without a cliff effect! – at Harwich Port, MA
"The bottom line is it all comes down to dollars — dollars for the home care benefit, dollars to pay people competitively"
#homecare #workforceshortage @NPRHealth
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Humbled and honored to be selected for the inaugural @careacademyco Advisory Board! Let’s get to work!
As we work to train 1 million new direct care workers by 2023, we are pleased to now count on support from our newly launched Advisory Board.
careacademy.com/blog/advisor…
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Thank you Senator @PaulFeeneyMA @SenJohnVelis and @SenSusanMoran for cosponsoring Amendment #398 to support the #EnoughPayToStay initiative #homecareaides #essentialworkers
Thank you @senjehlen for filing the #EnoughPaytoStay amendment #398 to support #homecareaides #frontlineservices #FY22budget #homecare #community #olderadults @HCACouncil @thinkhomecare @MA_Senate
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The Nursing Career Ladder: CNA to LPN/LVN to RN
#careersinhealthcare
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JUST IN - CVS announces it is now accepting walk-in COVID-19 vaccine appointments across the country, including 389 locations in MA, with no appointment necessary. @wbz
Excited to see the new space!
#TBT to the days when @WalterFTimilty could give his #MABudget updates to our #AdvisoryCouncil in person during our meetings. This Tuesday we all met on Zoom. #mapoli @MA_Senate We hope to meet in our new conference room in June next time!
Can’t wait to share and implement with our dedicated #homecare workers! Thank you for the opportunity @careacademyco!
@kksmit, CEO of @BestofCare and President of the Home Care Council of Massachusetts is one of the first to join us in our effort to open new pathways to healthcare careers by providing college credit to thousands of direct care workers:
careacademy.com/blog/2021/04…
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Today we launched the “CAREer Path Initiative” to open new pathways to healthcare careers and provide college credit to direct care workers. Hear from our launch partners—@HCAOA, @VNSNY_News, @BestofCare, and @ComfortKeepers—in the press release.
careacademy.com/blog/2021/04…
Congratulations to Helen and the @careacademyco team along with @snhu. They are paving a path for #homecare stakeholders to enhance their investment in the future of our #workforce 👏
“We are pleased to stand with @SNHU and our launch partners @HCAOA , @VNSNY_News, @BestofCare, and @ComfortKeepers to bring this critical initiative to the industry.”
-@hadeosun, CEO and Founder of CareAcademy
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#SSES is moving to our new #Braintree office arriving on May 3rd at 350 Granite Street in Suite 2303. #Caregivers #OlderAdults #PWD can connect with us for support throughout the move. Community #SouthShoreMA
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Join Kevin Smith discussing #Homecare #Workforce along with @PHI @EspinozaNotes @LeadingAge #AgingNetwork
This is just one of the workshops we're excited about at #OnAging2021! What are you looking forward to today?