October 23 , 2002

Contact:

Ida Rodriguez
201-339-1330
irodriguez1@bayada.com
Bayada Nurses' Bayonne Office Expands Services

Bayonne, NJ - Bayada Nurses is pleased to announce that its recruiting office in Bayonne (located at 410 Broadway) is expanding its services to serve clients.

The office opened in April and has functioned solely as a recruiting and staffing office for home health aides who work in downtown Jersey City and Bayonne. However, increased demand for client services prompted the office to expand its focus. The office will now offer personal care services to residents of Bayonne and the surrounding area. Personal care services include assistance with activities of daily living (such as bathing, navigating stairs), meal preparation, laundry, and errands. Services are offered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on any schedule. The office is currently in the process of becoming Medicaid certified but can provide Medicaid services under the auspices of Bayada's office in Union City, NJ until the certification process is complete.

"We initially opened the office to better serve our current employees and to expand our recruiting efforts in the Bayonne area," says Ida Rodriguez, Service Director. "However, response from the community was so positive, and we were receiving so many calls from clients requesting services that we realized it was time to become a full-fledged office. We are thrilled that more and more Hudson County residents are discovering why our employees are called Heroes on the Home Front."

The office employs a number of experienced home health care professionals, including home health aides, homemakers, companions and live-ins. Many staff members are bilingual, and all are fully bonded and insured. "We have very stringent hiring standards so our clients can feel completely comfortable with our employees coming into their homes," says Rodriguez. Each applicant must undergo a criminal background check as well as reference checks. All employees are supervised by a Registered Nurse (RN).

Founded in 1975 by J. Mark Baiada, Bayada Nurses is an independently owned home health care agency that employs more than 5,000 RNs, LPNs, home health aides, and therapists working from more than 80 offices in 13 states.

For more information about personal care services or employment opportunities with the Bayonne office, please call 201-339-1330.

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