NAHC is the largest and most respected national trade association representing the interests and concerns of home care and hospice agencies. On February2 & 3, 2012, Arnie Burchianti, CEO and Founder of Celtic Healthcare, will join approximately 150 invited leaders from across the country in Orlando, Florida with the task of establishing the vision and united [...]
February is American Heart Month: Predicting & Preventing Heart Failure
Heart failure is a condition that develops when the heart muscle becomes weakened after it is injured from something like a heart attack or high blood pressure and loses its ability to pump enough blood throughout the body. Many people are not aware they have heart failure because the most common symptoms are often confused with [...]
GROW Celtic Winners Announced for Quarter 4 2011
Watch CNN (Celtic News Network) Anchor Arnie Burchianti and Larry King announce our GROW Celtic Winners for Quarter 4, 2011 here!
How can I Help my Friend or Loved One Deal with Grief?
In Part 4, the conclusion of our series on grief, we address how to help a friend or loved one deal with grief. It can be difficult to find the right words to show someone you care when they are grieving. People are often afraid of saying the wrong thing, intruding, making the person you [...]
How Can I Help My Child(ren) Deal with Grief?
In Part 3 of our series on grief, today we will look at ways in which you can help your child(ren) deal with grief. Talking to children about death must be focused on each individual child’s developmental level and sensitive to the child’s capacity to understand and comprehend the particular situation. Children will watch and [...]
Lori Putnam, Director of Human Resources, achieves Certification as Behavioral Analyst
We are pleased to announce the recent certification Lori Putnam, Director of Human Resources for Celtic Healthcare, received as a Certified Behavioral Analyst. Lori received this certification through her completion of the Advanced Behavioral Analysis course administered through the Institute of Motivational Living, Inc. The Advanced Behavioral Analysis certification is an in-depth study of [...]
How Do I Deal with this Grief?
In Part 2 of our series on Grief, we will look at the question: How do I deal with this Grief? Unfortunately, everyone loses someone close to him or her at some point during his or her life. This loss causes us to enter into a state of grieving. This time of grieving can be [...]
What is Grief?
This week, we are going to take an extensive look at Grief in a four-part blog series: What is Grief? How Do I Deal with this Grief? How Can I Help My Child(ren) Deal with Grief? How Can I Help My Loved One Deal with Grief? We will be posting a new message daily – [...]
These moments remind us why we do what we do…
by Krista Colella, Homecare Physical Therapist at Celtic Healthcare “I recently treated a 60 year old homecare patient (we’ll call her Ann) who suffered from a fairly massive stroke and left side hemiparesis. Ann had no prior medical history except the birth of her children some years ago. She returned home after rehabilitation with a [...]
The Amazing Ways we are all Connected
What a proud day it was recently for Celtic Healthcare Hospice Nurse, Patti Vescio, when her son, Jordan Vescio, Senior Running Back for Quaker Valley High School in Sewickley, PA was honored with the Frank W. Whitlock Senior Memorial Award. On December 11th at the annual football banquet, it was announced that Jordan was [...]
