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October 20, 2004 – Philadelphia, PA - Bayada Nurses is sponsoring free blood pressure screenings in celebration of National Home Care Month in November. The screenings will take place every Tuesday in November inside The Bourse building, located between Market and Chestnut Streets, with entrances on 4th and 5th Streets. All members of the community are welcome to stop by and the event will be hosted between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm.

“We thought the free blood pressure screenings would be a great way to give something to the community that is useful, and to promote awareness of the home health care industry”, says Judi Gases, community liaison for the Philadelphia visits office.

The home care industry has been growing exponentially and is expected to continue huge growth through 2020. Home care clients of all ages are now able to get highly-technical, skilled care and still enjoy the privacy, freedom and familiar surroundings of their own home. For families with older adults, this is a much better option than a nursing home or retirement community. Nurses enjoy working in home care because they work with only one patient at a time – a big change from the frantic pace of other health care environments.

“National Home Care Month is a very exciting time of the year for us because we have the opportunity to spotlight our employees, honor our home care clients and their families, heighten community awareness of the home care industry, and share the wonderful opportunities we have with students and health care professionals”, says Gases.

Founded in 1975, Bayada Nurses is an independently owned home health care agency that employs more than 10,000 nurses, home health aides, and therapists working from more than 100 offices in 15 states.

For more information about the free blood pressure screenings, call the Philadelphia visits office at 215-413-0600 or the Philadelphia private duty, adult or pediatrics offices at 215-413-5000; for more information on Bayada Nurses, visit www.bayada.com.