Thursday October 11th from 1pm-5pm at our Norwalk, CT office, the address is 14 Westport Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851.

Full-time and Part-time home care nurse positions available, working out of our Norwalk office.  Full-time nursing supervisor position also available.

Join our growing home care, hospice and private duty agency. Constellation was voted a 2011 top workplace and bronze best home care agency.

Please RSVP to Tamsin Bosich at tbosich@constellationhs.com or 203.663.6751 to attend.

If you are unable to attend, contact Tamsin to set up an individual meeting time.

CONSTELLATION HOSPICE RECEIVES MEDICARE CERTIFICATION

New Hospice Provider to See Patients in their Homes

 Orange, CT – June 21, 2012 — Constellation Home Care has announced the official opening of Constellation Hospice which received its Medicare certification on June 14, 2012.  As part of the Constellation Health Services family of companies, Constellation Hospice will begin to admit patients in the communities of lower New Haven County and upper Fairfield County.

Constellation Health Services, President, Joanne Walsh explained what the addition of hospice care meant for the home health and private duty company, “Hospice certification means that we are now able to embrace the needs of those we serve and follow them at home whether they are recovering, convalescing or preparing for end-of-life.  Hospice home care is widely recognized for its emphasis on caring for the patient and family holistically: physically, spiritually and emotionally.  Constellation Hospice will fully carry on that loving tradition and in doing so, provide a valued resource to our communities.”

Recent studies have shown that home-based care is less expensive than comparable care at a skilled nursing facility or assisted living facility and research conducted by the National Hospice Foundation showed that although 80% of Americans wish to die at home, less than 25% actually do.

Hospice provides pain and symptom relief, as well as emotional and spiritual support, typically in the last six months of life.  Hospice care can be rendered in the patient’s home or in an institutional setting like a hospital or freestanding facility.  Hospice care differs from home care services in that they have two very different goals.  Home Care is intended to rehabilitate and help patients recover to their maximum potential; but Hospice focuses on providing comfort, relieving pain and offering support for those with life-limiting health conditions and their families.  Additional benefits to hospice patients are that the staff is on-call 24 hours a day 7 days a week, and services are available to the family members of the patient for emotional, spiritual and bereavement support.

Ms. Walsh is a member of the State of Connecticut Health Care Reform Cabinet under Governor Daniel Malloy and a member of the Government Relations Committee of the Connecticut Association for Home Care and Hospice.

For more information on Constellation Health Services, or the new Constellation Hospice program please call 800.860.6656 or visit www.constellationhs.com.

Constellation Health Services is a family of companies offering home care, hospice, private duty, geriatric care management services and school-based therapy solutions to the communities of Connecticut’s Fairfield and New Haven counties.

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New York:

Tuesday May 22^nd

9am-4pm

Marriott Residence Inn (1 Block walking distance from Metro North)

35 LeCount Place

New Rochelle, NY 10801

Connecticut:

Wednesday May 23^rd

9am-1pm

4270 Main Street (Exit 48 off Merritt North, Take a right on Main St, glass building on left across from KFC)

Bridgeport, CT 06606

Call or email Tamsin Bosich, Employment Manager to RESERVE YOUR SPACE at 203.663.6751 or tbosich@constellationhs.com. For other positions see our website www.constellationhs.com.

Please join us between 7-10am at 14 Westport Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851 to attend our Open House.  Professional dress required.  Food, beverages and raffle prizes.

Constellation Geriatric Care Managers are able to assist people with their health care decisions.  They can provide helpful and relevant information and resources and assistance with completing the proper documents.  Call 203.845.8000 and ask to speak to a geriatric care manager today!

When home health care is needed for a loved one, call (800) 860-6656 to schedule a free, no-obligation in-home assessment. We provide a full array of home care, private duty and geriatric care management services to assist our clients. One call can provide all levels of care.

For more information about Constellation home care, private duty and geriatric care management services, fill out our online services request form.

Weighted vests are often used as part of an Occupational Therapy plan for children with a variety of diagnoses including sensory processing disorder, autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit disorder.  The concept is based on providing deep pressure input through wearing the weighted vests for different times during the day and that this input can help a child focus and pay attention to activities in class. These vests typically retail between $50 and $100.

Bassett shared her idea to create weighted vests and lap pads (lap pads are utilized in similar ways while the child is seated) with her OT Supervisor in Stamford Adriana Jaramillo, OTR/L of Constellation School Based Therapy.  She then proposed her idea to the Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA) at SHU for funding as a community service project.  Once Bassett was granted approval of the project, the project has taken a life of its own: you can find Karen and eight of her fellow entry level OT students in SHU’s OT Department at their 4 sewing machines cutting, stitching and creating hand-crafted weighted vests and lap pads in multiple sizes and colors.

Assistant Director of Constellation School-Based Therapy Joanne Drouillard, OTR/L expressed her admiration for Bassett’s “take-charge” nature, “Karen has really orchestrated something remarkable.  She brought the need to our attention and within weeks we see the finished product of determination and collaboration.”

When asked about why Bassett has gone through such tremendous efforts to making this a successful project, she stated, “it really came full circle for me when I think back to how helpful this type of intervention could have been for my own son in kindergarten and first grade.  If it helps just one child function more successfully during his/her school day, then it’s a great step forward.”

For more information on the Sacred Heart Occupational Therapy Program, contact Jody Bortone EdD, OT/L Associate Dean of the Occupational Therapy and Health Sciences program at bortonej@sacredheart.edu.  For program information, visit http://www.sacredheart.edu/pages/541_occupational_therapy.cfm.

For more information on Constellation School-Based Therapy, contact Assistant Director Joanne Drouillard, OTR/L at jdrouillard@constellationhs.com.  For program information, visit http://www.constellationhs.com/constellation-school-based-therapy/.

 Constellation School Based Therapy provides pediatric physical and occupational therapy services to children in several Connecticut school districts. 

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The open house will be at 240 Indian River Road, Orange, CT 06477 from 12-4pm.  Please RSVP to Tamsin Bosich, Employment Manager to attend at tbosich@constellationhs.com or 203.663.6751.

Constellation is seeking a Nursing Supervisor with home care experience to support a medical/behavioral health team; Registered Nurses to cover medical cases in upper Fairfield and lower New Haven Counties; home care OTs and PTs with one year clinical experience; Home Health Aides to cover 7-10am morning shifts and or interested in hospice training; and Live-Ins for our Private Duty agency.

To apply online visit www.constellationhs.com.

We are seeking home health aides to staff cases in the Stamford and Greenwich areas; a Nursing Supervisor with previous home care and supervisory experience to oversee our medical and behavioral health staff; and staff nurses to cover medical cases in lower Fairfield county.

Our open house will be held at our office on 14 Westport Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851.  Please contact Tamsin Bosich, Employment Manager at 203.663.6751 or tbosich@constellationhs.com for more information or if you are unable to attend.

You can apply to Constellation’s many employment opportunities through our website, www.constellationhs.com.