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Lawrence, Mass. – Home Health Foundation President and CEO Karen Gomes, RN, MS, CPHQ has been elected as vice president of the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts Board of Directors.

Benefiting Home Health Foundation is a family affair.

Board president emeritus retires following 15 years of service.

New unit at High Pointe House in Haverhill is first of its kind in the region.

Bernice Burkarth, MD named Physician of the Year and High Pointe House Precaution Suite earns Innovative Team Award.

Lawrence, Mass. – Home Health VNA has awarded a scholarship presented annually in memory of a former employee to Rechelly Paula, a Lawrence resident and graduate of the Health Careers Department at Greater Lawrence Technical School in Andover. Paula plans to study nursing at Barry University in Miami this fall with the goal of becoming a physician assistant.

Lawrence, Mass. (July 2, 2020) – Home Health VNA, a Lawrence-based nonprofit organization providing essential home health care to maximize patients’ independence and quality of life, has awarded a $500 college scholarship to Fleiry Mendez.

Lawrence, Mass. – Kathy Duckett, MSN, RN has joined Home Health Foundation, a Lawrence-based nonprofit organization, as director of Advanced Care at Home. The new department is based at Circle Home in Lowell, a provider agency of Home Health Foundation and part of Wellforce Health System.

Lawrence, Mass.  – Kelli True, BSN, RN has been promoted to director of referral management and transitions of care at Home Health Foundation, a Lawrence-based nonprofit organization under the Wellforce Health System which provides home health, palliative, hospice, aide and private care services in all the places patients call home.

Lauren Brousseau has been promoted to director of development and corporate communications at Home Health Foundation, a Lawrence-based nonprofit organization under the Wellforce health system which provides home health, palliative and hospice care in all the places patients call home.

Lawrence, Mass. – As a healthcare professional who has endured the personal and professional tolls of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Linda Miller, RN felt both relieved and honored when her turn came to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. She is now giving back by volunteering to administer inoculations at Lowell General Hospital’s regional vaccination site at Cross River Center, located at 1001 Pawtucket Blvd. East in Lowell.

Lawrence, Mass. (September 18, 2020) – While the physical effects of COVID-19 have been widely documented, 100-year-old Rita Ducheneau has struggled with isolation at Marguerite’s House Assisted Living on the Mary Immaculate Health/Care Services campus in Lawrence.

If prevention is the best medicine for good health, then early detection is a close second. Modern medicine allows us to catch many cancers and other health conditions in their earliest and most treatable stages through routine screening.

When your child’s runny nose and cough take a turn for the worse, it can be difficult to know whether it’s just a bad cold or something more serious.

In Cambodia, many services Americans take for granted – like emergency medical care – are reserved only for those who can afford it.

When a person is coping with a chronic illness or recent surgery, sometimes the doctor visits are the easiest part.

Billerica Memorial High School junior Taylor Gibson works tirelessly to be the best student-athlete she can be for her team.

Anne-Marie Wagner has always been careful about her health and kept up with her screenings, especially her annual mammograms.

Today, Evan Maloney is a tall and slender 21-year-old man, weighing in at a healthy 192 pounds. He exercises regularly and enjoys grilled chicken with lemon and chicken salad as two of his favorite meals.

Diabetes has been part of Danny Rourke’s life since he was 12 years old.