Lee Dobson honors Senator Joyce Krawiec as the 2018 BAYADA Legislator of the Year Senator Joyce Krawiec with Meriah Knight (GVP) Senator Natasha Marcus with BAYADA client Dimpal and BAYADA office staff Senator Sam Searcy with Trip Smithdeal (SPW), Aleisha Epps (RAP), and Craig Stuart (ASH) BAYADA Client Dimpal, her nurse Mikayla, Kenya Tuft (GAS), and Kimberly Giordano Gabaree (GAS) Senator Peterson with Shelby Smith (HWI) and Luke Weidman (CPS) Senator Rabon with Shelby Smith (HWI) and Luke Weidman (CPS) Senator Hise with Virginia Steelman (JAS), Candice Shumate (PWS), and Kathryn Sweeney (PWS) Senator Joyce Krawiec and Amy Boardwine (FHS) Senator Paul Newton with Meriah Knight (GVP), Kristen Hayworth (GRP), Amy Boardwine (FHS), and Joe Seidel (MIM) Rep. Julia Howard with Meriah Knight (GVP), Kristen Hayworth (GRP), Amy Boardwine (FHS), and Joe Seidel (MIM) Virginia Steelman (JAS), Katy Sweeney (PWS), and Candice Shumate (PWS) Senator Carl Ford with Candice Shumate (PWS), Katy Sweeney (PWS), and Virginia Steelman (JAS) Senator Joyce Krawiec with Candice Shumate (PWS), Katy Sweeney (PWS), and Virginia Steelman (JAS)
Advocates in Action: Dimpal Patel Inspires NC Ambassadors at Ambassador Symposium
On March 28, our annual North Carolina Hearts for Home Care Ambassador Symposium took place, where we provided tools and resources to our volunteer Ambassadors. The training focused on a variety of topics, including leading a legislative meeting and building relationships with lawmakers.
In addition to special guests former Representative Bill Brawley, Senior Healthcare Campaign Director of MomsRising Felicia Burnett, Association for Home & Hospice Care’s VP of Government Affairs Tracy Colvard, and Staff Attorney with Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy Louise Pocock, the shining star of the Symposium was client Dimpal, who inspired all of our Ambassadors with her story of her journey into advocacy.
Beyond detailing the specific challenges she and her family face as a result of low state Medicaid reimbursement rates, Dimpal also described the ways in which home care and her nurses have changed her life and granted her independence:
“Without my nurses, I wouldn’t have been able to go to college and to live a full life. Without them, I’d likely be stuck in a hospital or a nursing home,” said Dimpal.
It was this gratitude for her nurses that propelled Dimpal to share her story and to advocate for others who rely on the state’s Private Duty Nursing (PDN) program to survive.
To hear more about Dimpal and the importance of advocacy, you can watch her full speech here. You can also read about her nursing care in the Gaston Gazette after a reporter came to her house to learn more about how her nurses impact her everyday life.
Special thanks to our Hearts for Home Care Ambassadors for volunteering their time and talents advocating for our staff and clients!
To learn about ways you can get involved in advocacy, email advocacy@bayada.com today
Client Spotlight: Read About our NJ Clients and their Beloved Caregivers
ACSP Clients Jessie and Marie, and the impact their caregivers Indira and Marie make in their lives
GAO and many other advocates are fighting for increased funding for New Jersey’s Personal Care Assistant (PCA) program. This program enables thousands of vulnerable New Jersey residents stay at home, and we are hoping that our advocacy efforts lead to fairer wages for caregivers like Indira and Michele.
Indira & Jessie
Indira is at Jessie’s home every morning at 5:00 without fail. After taking on Jessie’s case and learning that she spent most of her time in bed, it became Indira’s mission to consistently challenge her to get out of bed and get active. Now, every morning before dawn, Jessie starts her morning with a smile, anxiously waiting for Indira to arrive.
While helping Jessie, who is 31 and diagnosed with cerebral palsy, with her activities of daily living, Indira also incorporates games, crafts, dancing, and singing. After a few short months with her beloved caregiver, Jessie now has a newfound confidence in her physical abilities and communication and language skills. Indira has quickly ingrained herself as part of Jessie’s family, whose loved ones call Indira “a Godsend.”
Marie & Michele
CHHA Michele has been with her client Marie since January of 2017, but you would think they have known each other forever. They share a special bond, and Marie even says that Michele is “like a daughter” to her. Marie lives alone, and if not for Michele’s visits, would be lonely and potential in danger. In addition to the personal care services that Michele provides to keep Marie safe and healthy, you see their bond shine when Michele frequently makes puzzles and quizzes to stimulate Marie’s mind—or as they like to call it, “using our noodles.”
Marie says that without Michele, she would not be fully able to take care of herself. But As soon as Marie arrives at Marie’s door, the time flies as Marie keeps her on her toes—both figuratively and literally. In addition to regularly stimulating Marie’s mind, Michele makes sure that Marie is safe and on balance as she moves around her apartment.
We need your help in supporting dedicated caregivers like Indira and Marie through advocacy. To find out ways you can get involved, email advocacy@bayada.com today.
“Parents deserve to be parents, not skilled nurses, and more importantly, children deserve to be children—not patients.” Two moms share how PDN impacts their families’ lives
This year, our major focus in New Jersey is to fight for higher reimbursement rates for New Jersey’s Private Duty Nursing (PDN) program. One of the most impactful ways to influence legislators is to engage clients and families into advocacy through testimony, which is delivered by these clients to legislators who are in key positions to influence legislators. Below, find powerful excerpts from two moms who support a PDN increase on behalf of their children and their families.
Dana I. – Mother to BAYADA Client, Abi
“There is truly no way to explain on how much caring for a medically fragile child impacts a family. Every errand, every event, every move of your day becomes centered around their care. Abi has been authorized for skilled nursing care by our insurance company, yet she still has five or more unfilled shifts every week.
Lapses in nursing coverage put tremendous pressure on our entire family—we often have to miss work and stay home to provide for her care, putting strain on the family finances. Lost nursing hours also means the entire focus of our time becomes all about our medically-fragile child, and the balance between the other children becomes strained and we often miss beloved activities or events.
Abi is not a child that we can just hire a babysitter for. Her high level of care and constant need for monitoring makes it impossible to have any sense of normalcy without capable & consistent nursing support. There are simply not enough nurses in home care to cover all of the needs of my family and the needs of many, many others.
Institutionalized care is not the answer. My precious daughter brings many challenges to our home, but it would be heartbreaking to have to put her in an institution for lack of nursing support. So here I am prayerfully putting a name and a face to those of you who have the power to make a real difference in this area. Competitive wages would bring stability to her home care nursing and allow our family and families like us to stay together and thrive.” -Dana Insley, Abi’s mom
Emma K. – Mother to BAYADA client, Lili
“While I count my blessings that we have the right nursing team in place, I often think of the families across the state that can’t fill their nursing shifts. It takes me back to the last time our scheduled nurse had a family emergency and there was no other nurse available to cover her shift. As a single mother of a medically-complex, ambulatory child with no family in the area, you can imagine how it plays out when there isn’t a nurse available for Lili: I have to call out of work myself and cancel any commitments I’ve made for the day. I can’t get the groceries that I was planning to pick up or even do a load of laundry since I can’t leave Lili alone for even a minute. And I have to again plan to do these things during the times I’m expecting to have a nurse to stay with Lili because I can’t get them done otherwise.
We as a society have developed a system of reliability for our communities: Teachers help children learn, police keep our streets safe, ER doctors save lives, and pharmacists fill our prescriptions. But we are failing in keeping home nursing readily available. Just as a prescription, Lili’s care is prescribed by her doctor and authorized by the state. But we cannot rely on its availability. I hope that our state decision makers prioritize home care, if solely for the fact that it keeps children like Liliana at home and keeps families together. Parents deserve to be parents, not skilled nurses, and more importantly, children deserve to be children—not patients.” -Emma K., Liliana’s mom
Dana and Emma exemplify the power of sharing your story. If you’d like to highlight the powerful story of your experience in a home care office, or the story of a client, their loved one, or a caregiver, contact advocacy@bayada.com.
New Jersey’s Legislative Goals and How You Can Help Make an Impact
BAYADA’s Government Affairs Office (GAO) is proud to join with fellow advocates like you to continue to advocate for better wages for our caregivers and increased access to home health care for the tens of thousands of New Jersey residents that rely on this care to stay safe and independent at home. Thank you to our many employees, clients, and families who have advocated on behalf of yourselves, your loved ones, your staff, and your clients regarding our two major 2019 issues:
1. Personal Care Assistant (PCA) Program – Increased Reimbursements for Increased HHA Wages
GAO is working in collaboration with other providers and the New Jersey Home Care and Hospice Association to educate our legislators on the importance of adequate funding for the Personal Care Assistant (PCA) program.This is especially important as the State recently mandated an increased minimum wage. BAYADA supports a wage increase for all of our home health aides (HHAs) for the incredible, lifechanging work they do—but additional advocacy is necessary so state legislators understand the importance of proportional PCA program funding so that providers like BAYADA can comply with the new mandate and stay sustainable.
Click here to check out how HHA Indira helps her client Jessie stay at home, and about CHHA Michele’s special bond with her client Marie. We are hopeful that our advocacy efforts can lead to a fairer wage for aides like Indira and Michele, as well as better recruitment and retention rates across the ACSP practice so that all New Jersey residents who need this important service can access it. To find out how you can get involved, email advocacy@bayada.com today.
2. Private Duty Nursing (PDN) Program—Increased Reimbursements for Increased Nursing Wages
GAO is working with the New Jersey Home Care and Hospice Association to educate our legislators on the importance of adequate funding for the Private Duty Nursing (PDN) program. Current PDN program funding makes it difficult for providers like BAYADA to recruit and retain the nurses necessary to care for New Jersey’s most medically complex and residents. This difficulty results in significant access to care issues, as only 85% of scheduled hours are currently filled, and vulnerable New Jersians are going without the care they need to stay safe and healthy at home.
We are lucky to have home care supporters in the legislature who understand the struggles our caregivers and skilled nursing clients face—Recently, Bill S1733/A4575, which proposes a $10 per hour increase for RN and LPN home care services, was introduced. In addition to the increase, this bill also seeks to establish a “rate floor” so that managed Medicaid providers reimburse no less than the state fee-for-service rate for in-home skilled nursing services.
But we need your help in getting this bill to the finish line. Soon, this bill will be up for a hearing, and clients’ and employees’ testimony make the most impact in showing legislators the challenges that arise from inadequate funding and the associated access-to-care issues.
Click here to read excerpts from two clients’ testimonies regarding the importance of PDN in their lives. Powerful stories like the ones Dana and Emma share help our advocacy efforts and show legislators the impact of home care in making a real difference in vulnerable New Jersey residents’ lives. To find out how you can get involved, email advocacy@bayada.com today.
Rhode Island: In a Year After a Big Win, Four Major Priorities for 2019
Last year was Rhode Island’s first year with a full-time Government Affairs Office (GAO) program—And what a year it was. Together with our Rhode Island office staff, field staff, clients, and families, we were able to band our voices together in advocacy to achieve monumental increases on behalf of our staff and clients.
As a result of our efforts, the State increased Medicaid rates for certified nursing assitants (CNAs), and to the State’s private duty nursing (PDN) program. These increases allow BAYADA to raise field workers’ wages and better compete for a larger segment of the workforce. As a result, BAYADA is in a better position to recruit and retain the staff necessary to keep up with demand, and Rhode Islanders are poised to see increased access to reliable, consistent care.
Our work is far from done. BAYADA’s GAO, along with the continued advocacy of so many of you, is focusing on four key issues at this time:
Priority #1: Continued COLa Adjustments
The 2018 increases also included a first-in-the-nation Cost of Living adjustment (COLa), which will provide additional increases to Medicaid rates every year based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Cost of Medical Services annual adjustment. Our first majority priority for 2019 is to ensure that the state keeps its commitment to COLa and includes it in the state budget each year. If passed, this year’s COLa will add an additional 1.9% to current rates to ensure they remain consistent with actual, determined cost of living increases. In March, GAO director Ashley Sadlier testified in support of this important adjustment in front of the House and Senate Finance Committees alongside other supporters. At this time, we see no opposition and continue to monitor COLa through the state’s budget process.
Priority #2: High Acuity Skilled Nursing Rate Modifier
One major issue that Rhode Island’s skilled nursing offices often face is recruiting the specialty-trained nurses necessary for more complex, high acuity clients. Luckily, home care supporters in the House agree. Recently, representatives Patricia Serpa and Mia Ackerman introduced House Bill 5621, which calls for a 10% increase to Medicaid reimbursement rates for nursing services provided to clients with tracheostomies and/or ventilators. The bill has taken the next step in the legislative process by being referred to the House Finance Committee. Currently, GAO is awaiting a date for the bill to be heard. If you, a loved one, or your staff or clients would benefit from such a bill, please reach out to asadlier@bayada.com! We hope to have a strong showing of support at the state house when the bill moves forward and we would love your help.
Priority #3: Helping Pediatric Clients Transition to Adult Clients
BAYADA has collaborated with the Rhode Island Partnership for Home Care (RIPHC) to advocate for additional resources for pediatric clients currently receiving home nursing services who are transitioning to adult services. Currently, clients that are transitioning face many challenges navigating the system, especially when determining what programs and services they are eligible for. BAYADA and the Partnership have met with the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, and Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH) and Managed Medicaid, to create plans on how to streamline the process for this population and expand eligibility options for families. To date, several BAYADA clients have transitioned to a more appropriate program for the level of care that they require. GAO looks forward to continuing to help our partners at the State to develop plans to ensure parents, caregivers, caseworkers, schools, and agencies are equipped with the resources necessary to assist families in navigating the challenges of transitioning from pediatric to adult home care services.
Priority #4: Continued relationship-building
While 2018 brought success to Rhode Island’s home care front, GAO continues to build relationships to ensure that legislators and regulators understand the importance of home care to so many of Rhode Island’s families, and support policies that ensure its accesibility. Recently, alongside the Partnership, GAO director Ashley Sadlier met with Rep. Joseph McNamara, the Chairman of the Rhode Island House of Representatives Committee on Health, Education and Welfare. Rep. McNamara is in a key role to influence legislation, and BAYADA looks forward to continuing to be a valuable partner to Chairman McNamara—and many other key legislators and regulators—on issues such as employee training and supervision, access to care, and challenges that providers, employees, and families see within the home care industry.
Delaware Sets Grassroots Advocacy Records in 2019!
Delaware Ambassadors and employees have set participation records at two key annual advocacy events this year—The Delaware Association for Home and Community Care (DAHCC) Legislative Day and our annual testimony in front of Delaware’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC).
The first, the Delaware Association for Home and Community Care (DAHCC) Legislative Day on March 13, had a record attendance of more than 50 attendees! 41 registered for the event, which would have been a record itself, but the larger-than-expected turnout was an impressive surprise. Seven providers, including BAYADA, were represented, and the crowd included six families advocating for themselves and their nurses. Everyone wore their own company’s branded gear but united behind Hearts for Home Care buttons that proclaimed, “Home Health Care Matters to Me.” Legislators heard our message was heard loud and clear.
In another first for Delaware, two legislators spoke in support of a large rate increase for Delaware’s home care RNs and LPNs at the DAHCC Day Press Conference. To make it even better, the two were none other than the Senate Majority Leader, Senator Nicole Poore, and the House Majority Leader, Representative Valerie Longhurst. Both spoke passionately about the importance of home care in our communities and the need to increase reimbursement to ensure that this vital care is available to those who rely on it. They were joined in speaking by the Executive Director of DAHCC, Jean Mullin, and BAYADA client Haley Shiber.
A week later, on March 20, Delaware advocates broke another record when 15 members of our community testified before the powerful Joint Finance Committee (JFC) in support of increasing Medicaid home care reimbursement rates. Led by Jean Mullin, participants included Torie Carter, Jenny Scott, Mandy Brady, Judeth Smith, Ali Knott, Danielle Myers, Shannon Gahs, Dave Totaroand representatives from Epic/Aveanna and Maxim/Aveanna. Client Haley Shiber was unable to attend in person but sent a powerful testimony video to the JFC members before the hearing. The Joint Finance Committee hears budget requests from all state agencies and testimony from the public before making an annual budget recommendation to the full General Assembly. The General Assembly frequently follows the majority of those recommendations. Members of the committee told BAYADA in the days following the hearing that they had never before seen such a large contingent testifying on a single issue!
The industry-wide coalition led by BAYADA and DAHCC is pushing the Delaware legislature for a 21% increase in the Medicaid home care RN and LPN rates, which would impact our Skilled Nursing practices—Pediatrics and Adult Nursing. Because of the home care Rate Floor passed two years ago mandating that Medicaid MCOs pay no less than Medicaid fee-for-service, these new higher rates would have to be paid not only for “straight Medicaid” hours but also those funded by managed care in Delaware. These two rates currently remain at their 2006 levels, harming our ability to recruit and retain the highly-skilled RNs and LPNs that are so important to the lives and welfare of our clients.
Thank you to our advocates who turned out and made sure that Delaware’s decision makers know that we are here to advocate on behalf of our staff and clients, and that home care makes a difference in the lives of so many Delawareans!
Maryland Receives Major Medicaid Rate Increase- 30% Over the Next Six Years!
Great things happen when we advocate together! After years of advocacy from BAYADA, our partners, and many parents and home care employees, the Maryland General Assembly recently passed two pieces of legislation that collectively will increase all Medicaid home and community-based services reimbursement rates by more than 30% over the next six years. Though initially met with opposition from Governor Larry Hogan, the Maryland General Assembly heard our voices and overwhelmingly voted to override his veto of one of the bills.
The first bill, the state’s annual budget, provides a rate increase of 3% that will go into effect July 1, 2019. The second bill, also effective July 1, 2019, contains an amendment which will increase reimbursement rates by 4% each year between July 1, 2020 and July 1, 2025.
Currently, Marylanders who rely on in-home nursing care have only 83% of their authorized hours filled, meaning that families struggle to fill their medically complex loved ones’ skilled home nursing care nearly 20% of the time! We have found that Medicaid rates have stagnated below the cost of living and below wages seen in other settings—such as hospitals and facilities—and surrounding states—and that families were struggling to fill these hours. We are hopeful that these access-to-care issues will be alleviated as providers will be able to recruit and retain nurses within the home care industry, and that more of Maryland’s most medically complex will be able to stay safe where they want to be—in their own homes.
This was a true team effort led by BAYADA and the Maryland National-Capital Area Home Care Association (MNCHA) and including MNCHA member providers, several individual families, parent advocacy organizations and disease-specific advocacy organizations. Special thanks to JoAnn Saxby, Patrick O’Malley, Eddie Dyer, Patty Watson, and Susan Ingalls who all played important parts in making this happen and to BAYADA Delaware employees Mandy Brady, Kristyn Kelsch, and Taylor Kosinski who went above and beyond to advocate in their sister state. Mike Sokoloski, Tara Montague, and Nicole Onofrio were instrumental in supporting two Town Halls and Legislative Day, and Alisa Fox coordinated timely articles in The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Post, and on WDVM TV in Western Maryland. Maggie Tracy managed countless logistical hurdles and supported direct lobbying and grassroots efforts.
Thank you to everyone who played a role in this major achievement! Advocacy cannot succeed if only one voice is heard, and your advocacy has contributed to the well-being of so many Marylanders in need of home care.
For more information on this increase, or how you can get involved in advocacy in Maryland, please contact Shannon Gahs at sgahs@bayada.com.
Legislation Close to our Hearts: NJ Mobility Bill Named after Hearts for Home Care Advocate’s Daughter, Mary!
Home care supporter and New Jersey Assemblywoman Carol Murphy recently introduced a bill which will address unequal access to the purchase of modified vans through the Catastrophic illness in Children Relief Fund.
Assemblywoman Murphy was alerted to the issue after Hearts for Home Care manager and advocate Tara Montague told her about the issue, and how it has impacted her daughter, Mary, and many of New Jersey’s medically fragile children. Mary and Tara have utilized the fund, and have been important advocates in ensuring the fund is both adequately funded and accessible for the many New Jersey residents that need it.
Currently, families can apply to the Catastrophic Fund to purchase a modified van so that they can safely transport their medically fragile child. However, current regulations require that families pay for the van upfront and wait to be reimbursed by the Fund. This stipulation presents a sincere barrier to transportation for families that cannot afford to front tens of thousands of dollars while they wait to be reimbursed.
Mary’s Law addresses this issue by requiring the Catastrophic Fund to provide direct payments for the purchases of specialized, modified motor vehicles. In addition, this legislation will increase the annual surcharge for New Jersey employers from $1.50 to $3.00 per employee to insure the Catastrophic Fund is adequately funded to meet the its purpose and demands.
“Medically fragile children like Mary deserve to travel safely and freely. This legislation ensures that children and their families receive the help they need regardless of their financial situations. Ever since Mary was born, I’ve been a staunch advocate for her needs and for better laws and policies, but I never thought advocacy could hit so close to home–Mary and our family are ecstatic that we can bring about change for all New Jersey’s children and families that need it,” said Tara.
Thank you to Tara and Mary for continuing to be effective advocates on access to transportation. Hearts for Home Care will continue to provide updates as the legislation progresses through New Jersey committees and chambers. If you have questions about this legislation or how to get more involved in advocacy on behalf of yourself, a loved one, or your staff and clients, please contact advocacy@bayada.com today.
Top Participating Divisions with Recent Federal Action Alerts
BAYADA’s Government Affairs Office (GAO) offers employees and clients many ways to get involved in advocacy through our Hearts for Home Care program. One of the very easiest ways to get involved with advocacy right from your cell phone or desk is by taking action on an Action Alert. Generally, GAO will send out an action alert email to all employees, or employees in a certain state, when a piece of legislation requires support or opposition from our elected officials. Action alerts take two minutes to complete and most of the work is done for you—All you need to do is click a couple of buttons in order to send a pre-written email to your legislators to encourage their action!
During the previous quarter, GAO sent out two federal action alerts to all BAYADA office staff. The first alert was sent on February 14 and requested that employees take action to urge their officials to support a bill to counteract certain sections of the Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) that would be harmful to our Home Health staff and clients. The second alert was sent on February 27, and asked that employees urge their federal legislators to support action to revise an outdated Medicare requirement to allow non-physician practitioners (NPPs), such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants, to certify a patient’s eligibility for coverage of home health services. You can still take action on this alert here.
See the results of both action alerts below. Congratulations to the Firewheel and Flame Lily divisions, which had the most participation in these two alerts! We are proud of your commitment to advocacy and your dedication to speaking to our many clients that do not have the voice to speak for themselves!
Thank you to the many employees that took action and encouraged their peers to do so as well. As you can see from the below charts, both alerts—which both impact our Home Health employees and clients the most—continue to see relatively low participation. It’s important that we share our voices wherever possible, and particularly for Action Alerts that are easy to complete. We are hoping that all BAYADA employees recommit to advocacy. During the next federal action alert we hope to see 50% or more office staff participation.
25 BAYADA Advocates Gather for Inspiring and Record-Breaking Legislative Day in Columbia, SC
Top right: Stephanie Black, Vickie Nelson, Dave Totaro, and Melissa Allman meet with Senator Thomas Nelson (center)
Bottom left: BAYADA Rock Hill (ROC) office employees pose in front of the SC capitol. Left to right: Nurse Michelle Ghent, Director Jenni Cairns, and nurse Cathy Medeiros (2017 LPN National Hero)
On March 6, 24 energetic BAYADA employees and one BAYADA Assistive Care State Programs (ACSP) client gathered in South Carolina’s state capitol for a day of meaningful and heartfelt advocacy. The South Carolina Home Care and Hospice Association (SCHCHA) hosted its second annual Legislative Advocacy Day, and this year, a record-breaking total of nearly 60 advocates attended!
BAYADA’s advocates joined other attendees and walked the halls with a clear message: Investing in our Nursing Medicaid Waiver programs will save the state money and keep our medically fragile children, disabled adults, and seniors home with their loved ones and out of higher cost facilities. We care about home care, and so should you!
With their passionate message in hand, advocates spoke with over 50 legislators about the importance of home care. This year we were able to speak to all key lawmakers in both the House and Senate to ensure our message was heard by as many ears–and the right ears–as possible.
“Advocacy can’t be effective with only one person working towards a goal–one voice can only go so far! That’s why I am so proud to work in South Carolina, where so many of our office employees, field employees, and clients recognize the importance of sharing their voices too. The more impassioned people we have involved, the more of a difference we can make on behalf of all South Carolinians that rely on home care,” said GAO director Melissa Allman.
BAYADA employees were excited and inspired by the impact they made that day. Thank you to the many participants for the difference you make on behalf of all South Carolinians that rely on home care to stay independent in their communities!