Union, NJ - Bayada Nurses is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Union. Serving all of Union County, the office is located in the Five Points Shopping Center (324 Chestnut Street, Suite 13 C/D) and will be under the direction of Nilda Marin, RN, MPA, MSN.

The office will provide a broad spectrum of home care services-including long-term care and personal care assistance for eligible residents of Union County. The office also features bilingual staff members who are fluent in both Spanish and English. Future services will include companions, skilled care, and staffing to health-care sites. The office will also offer training for people interested in becoming a certified home health aide. Medicaid cases will be accepted-as well as self-pay and private insurance cases. Referrals are accepted 24 hours a day.

The decision to expand to Union County was made after other Bayada Nurses offices began receiving an increasing number of referrals from the region. "There is a tremendous need for home health care services in Union County-especially among the elderly population," says Marin. "Union County residents will soon learn why our employees are called Heroes on the Home Front."

Marin has more than 11 years of home care experience-including working with a Medicare-certified agency prior to joining Bayada Nurses. A Registered Nurse (RN), Marin received her nursing license in 1979. She has a master's degree in Public Administration and received a master's degree in nursing from Kean University in May 2001.

Founded in 1975 by J. Mark Baiada, Bayada Nurses is an independently owned home health care agency that employs more than 6,000 RNs, LPNs, home health aides, and therapists working from more than 65 offices in 11 states. For more information about the Union County office, please call 908-687-6363.

For more information on Bayada Nurses, go to www.bayada.com.

For an electronic copy this press release, send an e-mail to jlabunetz@bayada.com.