At Abby Services In-Home Care for Seniors we enjoy working with other care providers in our community. Just recently, we had the opportunity to tour and provide breakfast for the staff at Cypress Pointe. It was a beautiful senior community and a delicious breakfast. Cypress…
Cypress Pointe
Caregiver Health Screening
Are you a caregiver who needs a health screening to work? Per FAC 59A-10.005 (6) Prior to contact with patients or clients, each independent contractor referred for client care must furnish to the registry a statement from a health care professional licensed under Chapters 458 or 459, F.S., a physician’s assistant, or an advanced registered…
Tuberculosis Screening and your caregiver.
The Agency For Healthcare Administration or AHCA requires all caregivers registered with Abby Services to have a health statement from a medical professional that states they are free of communicable disease. This was put in place to cover Tuberculosis and other communicable diseases. Although not required by Abby Services some facilities still require traditional PPD…
Accushield Protection. What is it?
Many local facilities have begun implementing a digital sign in requirement provided by Accushield. According to Accushields website “The Accushield Visitor Sign in System replaces the paper sign-in logs at entrances to Assisted Living, Independent Living, Memory Care, and CCRC communities and in their place utilizes a touchscreen Tablet to sign-in families and friends and to…