Pictured  are BAYADA CEO David Baiada, Cristina Gomes, former BAYADA Director Ann Baiada, and BAYADA Chairman Mark Baiada

Cristina Gomes, BSN, RN, a clinical manager with BAYADA Home Health Care, was recently recognized with the prestigious Ann Baiada Award for Excellence in Nursing Leadership. Gomes was honored for exemplifying the highest standards of nursing excellence before more than 2,000 employees at the company’s annual awards meeting held in Charlotte, NC.

“It is an honor to be the recipient of this year’s Ann Baiada Award,” said Gomes as she accepted the recognition from the award’s namesake, former BAYADA Director Ann Baiada. “Thank you to my BAYADA family for believing in me, for pushing me to be the best, and for making it so enjoyable to come to work every day.”

BAYADA Nurse Cindi Fitzpatrick loves the one-on-one care with her client Leeanna

BAYADA Pediatrics, a specialty practice of BAYADA Home Health Care, is hosting a career fair open house. The free event will be held on Wednesday, January 25, from 10 am to 4 pm, at PA CareerLink at Sunbury, Room 311, 225 Market Street, Sunbury, PA.

BAYADA Pediatrics, a BAYADA Home Health Care specialty practice, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dominic Molin to associate director of the company’s Greenville office. BAYADA Pediatrics provides nursing care at home for children from birth through adolescence with complex medical needs.

BAYADA Staff pictured during the "98.1 WOGL Loves Our Kids Radiothon to benefit CHOP are (from l to r) Pediatric Home Care Liaison Ezra Hill, Clinical Manager Susan Coder, RN, Transitional Care Manager Susan Eckert, RN, Client Services Manager Lorriane Eschert, Administrative Assistant Amy Eschert, Clinical Manager Virginia Savarese, RN, Transitional Care Manager Mary Simrell, RN, Transitional Care Program Director Mary Ellen Garofalo, MSN, RN, CRRN, SPHR, with WOGL on-air personality Harvey Holiday.

BAYADA Pediatrics, a specialty of BAYADA Home Health Care, presented a $1,500 donation to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) as part of their sponsorship of the “98.1 WOGL Loves Our Kids Radiothon”. BAYADA staff were on hand in the CHOP atrium lobby, answering phones during the annual event which has raised over $7 million since its inception 15 years ago.

BAYADA Director of Pediatric Simulation Operations Heather Kuzara trains a parent in the simulation lab. Photo courtesy of Alejandro A. Alvarez, Philadelphia Inquirer.

Stacey Burling, staff writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, explores the unique program that BAYADA Pediatrics offers to better prepare parents of medically fragile children for emergency medical situations in the home. 

"High-tech human simulators have been a fixture of training for doctors and nurses for years. BAYADA Home Health Care is among those that are going a step further."

Read more at http://mobile.philly.com/beta?wss=/philly/health&id=364413111. 

Simulation lab training using computerized mannequins to mimic real-life medical emergencies is part of the  Nurse Residency Program, which prepares nurses to care for children in the home.

BAYADA Pediatrics, a specialty of BAYADA Home Health Care, is seeking candidates to apply for their post-graduate Pediatric Nurse Residency Program. This full-time, 12-week training program is designed to prepare recent nurse graduates for their transition into a professional nursing role in pediatric home care. The program is followed by a nine-month residency period as a pediatric field nurse.

Pictured during the "98.1 WOGL Loves Our Kids" Radiothon are WOGL Account Executive Mark Kaucher, BAYADA Pediatrics Director Brendan Dolan, BAYADA Clinical Manager Francesca Altamuro, RN, and WOGL Morning Hosts Valerie Knight and Frank Lewis.

BAYADA Pediatrics, a specialty of BAYADA Home Health Care,  presented a $1,400 donation to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)  in support of the 14^th annual “98.1 WOGL Loves Our Kids Radiothon” which has raised over $7 million to support patient care programs at CHOP since its inception.  In addition, a team of BAYADA employees served as phone bank volunteers during the Radiothon, held recently in the hospital’s main lobby.

BAYADA Client Services Manager Debra Monaghan (center) accepts the prestigious Linda Siessel Award for Excellence in Client Services Leadership during the company's annual Awards Weekend. She is pictured with BAYADA Division Director Kristen Kingery (l) and BAYADA chief Operating Officer Linda Siessel (r).

BAYADA Home Health Care Client Services Manager Debra Monaghan was recognized as the recipient of the prestigious Linda Siessel Award for Excellence in Client Services Leadership, for unwavering support of BAYADA Pediatrics clients who receive care in the home and the professionals who provide that care.

Parents like Al Freedman, pictured with his son Jack, who has SMA, will benefit from a Cure SMA grant that will allow BAYADA Home Health Care to provide simulation lab training to families of children with SMA.

Pilot program will train family caregivers of those with spinal muscular atrophy

Cure SMA, a national non-profit organization dedicated to the treatment and cure of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), has awarded BAYADA Pediatrics, a specialty of BAYADA Home Health Care, with a $30,000 clinical care grant. The funding will allow BAYADA to develop a pilot study involving hands-on, simulation-based training to help family members care for the complex medical needs of their children with SMA.

The BAYADA Pediatrics Asheville staff with Drive it Home Contest winner and colleague Rachel Chu, RN. Pictured (from l to r) Client Services Manager Daniel Steelman, Client Services Manager Sue Randall, Rachel, and Client Services Manager Tinesha Burr.

BAYADA Pediatrics Nurse Rachel Chu was recently named the second of four quarterly $500 winners in the BAYADA Drive it Home Contest, a yearlong referral-based campaign to recruit high-quality nurses throughout Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.