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Archive: February 2021

In Patient Care | Posted February 23, 2021

Take Care of Your Heart Health at Home

By: Lynn Bayne, R.N., VP Clinical Operations Home Health & Hospice
Did you know, in 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared February American Heart Month? Fifty-seven years later, we continue to spotlight heart disease as the leading cause of American deaths.  This past year’s pandemic has landed a direct impact on our heart health through the effects of COVID-19 on the heart and vascular system.  Indirectly, […]
In Media Resources | Posted February 18, 2021
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (February 18, 2021) Stonerise, one of West Virginia’s leading providers of transitional and skilled nursing care, today announced new guidelines for in-person patient visits at its centers. Skilled nursing centers can begin welcoming visitors under the guide of the infection control principles and visitation guidance contained in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services […]
In Spiritual Care | Posted February 12, 2021

The Priority of Love

By Pastor David Jones, Stonerise Manager of Chaplaincy Services
Stonerise Chaplain Services presents the daily devotional: Ask God to make you a greater dispenser of His love today, to Him, to your family, and to others around you who need.
In Media Resources | Posted February 11, 2021
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Feb. 11, 2021) — Stonerise, one of West Virginia’s leading providers of transitional and skilled nursing care, announced today that 79% of its care center (short and long-term skilled nursing facility) patients and 64% of care center team members have been vaccinated, each receiving at least the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, through […]
In Patient Care, Transitional Care | Posted February 4, 2021

5 Reasons Why Every Doctor Should Prescribe Home Health

Julie DeTemple, MD, FAAFP, Stonerise Home Health Medical Director
So much of healthcare is moving home where patients are most comfortable. Through my years of clinical experience, I have learned five very important reasons why every doctor — no matter the specialty — should prescribe home health. 1. It keeps patients out of the hospital. One of the most important roles of a quality […]