Manchester, NH Mayor Ted Gatsas (center, holding scissors) joined BAYADA staff for the grand opening of the company's new location in Manchester

As Mayor Ted Gatsas presided over a ribbon cutting ceremony, members of the community, local businesses and health care organizations, nurses, home health aides, staff, and patients came together to celebrate the grand opening of BAYADA Home Health Care’s new location in Manchester, NH.

BAYADA has provided assistive care services, such as help with bathing, grooming, and meal preparation, in the Manchester area since 2015. In their new location at 33 Lowell Street in Manchester, the Assistive Care office shares space with the first BAYADA office to provide pediatric care in New Hampshire.

BAYADA Pediatrics Nurse Joy Miller loves helping children with special needs be safe at home.

Totaro emceeing the BAYADA Home Health Care Champion Awards on Dec. 1

BAYADA Home Health Care Chief Marketing and Government Affairs Officer David J. Totaro was recently elected chair of the Partnership for Medicaid Home-Based Care 2015-2016 board of directors. The Medicaid Partnership is comprised of leading home care providers and managed care companies from around the country seeking to work with government leaders to promote access to cost-effective, high-quality Medicaid home care services.

Winston-Salem resident Tom Mylet with BAYADA colleagues Dave Totaro, chief government affairs officer, and Lee Dobson, N.C. government affairs director, after receiving the prestigious Order of the Long Leaf Pine award at his retirement celebration on Saturday, September 27.

Winston-Salem resident Tom Mylet on Saturday received the most prestigious award conferred by the governor of North Carolina to a civilian, the Order of the Long Leaf Pine.

“It’s a real surprise and a very proud moment,” said Mylet. “Advocating for people in need and helping keep them safe at home has been a calling, and I’m so thankful to have made a career out of it.”

Clinical Manager Beatrice Lewis, client Lisa D., and BAYADA Nurse Shanta Waugh

Like so many others with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a debilitating and terminal neurological disease, Lisa D. lost her ability to walk, sit up, and breathe. To connect the assistive device that would enable her to breathe, she needed a tracheotomy—a small incision cut in her neck. Following this procedure, Lisa could no longer speak, leaving her family heartbroken.

Her family thought her inability to speak was a result of the disease. Bed bound for three years and only leaving her house for doctor appointments, her quality of life dramatically declined. Then, her family switched to BAYADA Home Health Care.

Photo: L-R: Byron Boyd, director of the BAYADA assistive care office in Baltimore, Mark Baiada, founder and president of BAYADA, and Gwen Turner, president of the Maryland-National Capital Homecare Association (MNCHA).

During the annual Maryland-National Capital Homecare Association (MNCHA) meeting, the Margaret O’Brien MNCHA Leadership Award was presented to BAYADA Home Health Care Founder and President Mark Baiada. The award represents the gold standard of home health care leadership and service in Maryland, and is given to a MNCHA member who best exemplifies Margaret O’Brien’s leadership and service qualities in home health, private duty, or the home medical equipment industry at the local, state, or national level.