The Center for Disease Control has updated the symptoms related to COVID-19. People with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms reported – ranging from mild symptoms to severe illness. Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus.
Thuy Pham is a Nurse Practitioner at WelbeHealth’s Stockton PACE center, which provides health and wellness care in the Stockton and surrounding areas to seniors, helping them live more independently in their homes and communities. Thuy came to the WelbeHealth team after working as a hospice/palliative nurse practitioner.
PACE keeps frail seniors healthy, socially engaged, and thriving, even in these unprecedented times.
In honor of National Nurses Month, we will be featuring the amazing nurses who are an integral part of our interdisciplinary care team.
May is Arthritis Awareness Month. Many of our participants are afflicted with this condition, including 1 in 4 Americans. The CDC recommends the following to help manage arthritis:
Alzheimer’s is a tough disease to contend with in the normal, everyday world. Some of the individuals suffering more than most during this time of crisis are those challenged with some form of dementia, especially those with Alzheimer’s. In our transition to a home-based model, we have taken steps to ensure that these individuals and their loved ones continue to get our support. The Record recently wrote a story on this topic here, and our own Executive Director Jillian Simon commented on how our changes provided continued support to this group.
Isolation is a high-priority issue with seniors.
One of our Stockton PACE participants was hospitalized for a period of time, leaving her dog along at home. A member of our care staff came to the rescue, ultimately saving the dog and returning her to her owner. This video shows one example of our PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly) is different from other senior care models, including nursing homes. One of core values is our “Courage to Love” and we clearly demonstrated how our love for our participants motivates us to go above and beyond.
WelbeHealth and our PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly ) centers was recently profiled in the Escalon Times on how we met the COVID-19 crisis head on, quickly making changes to our program model so that we could deliver our senior care services such as medical appointments and meals to our participants’ homes, instead of our centers. We also equipped our participants with WelbeLink tablets so that medical and rehab appointments could be done remotely and to help our seniors combat isolation. Read about our changes to deliver nursing home level of care to our participants.
WelbeHealth and our PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly ) centers was received additional coverage from the Latino Times on how we met the COVID-19 crisis head on, quickly making changes to our program model so that we could deliver our senior care services such as medical appointments and meals to our participants’ homes, instead of our centers. We also equipped our participants with WelbeLink tablets so that medical and rehab appointments could be done remotely and to help our seniors combat isolation. Read about our changes to deliver nursing home level of care to our participants here.