Seniors In Place Opens Its First COVID-19 Testing Center In New Jersey, An Important Step In Fighting The Pandemic

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Aug 24, 2020, 08:38 ET

SPRINGFIELD, N.J., Aug. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Seniors In Place, a top accredited "with distinction" healthcare service firm, has opened its first COVID-19 testing center, giving its Certified Home Health Aides and Registered Nurses critical access to being tested. Seniors In Place is one of a very few home health aide agencies in New Jersey with its own testing center.

"This is the next step in assuring the safety of our senior clients," says Adam Blecker, President, Seniors In Place. "Previously, we tested all our caregivers in other testing facilities. Now we can test in our own testing center. In the first two weeks, we tested 40% of our home health aides and Registered Nurses, all of whom tested negative for COVID-19. Our goal is to test 100% of our caregivers in our own testing center on an ongoing basis."

From the onset of this pandemic, Seniors In Place has remained ahead of curve by:

Arranging for testing all caregivers in other testing facilities even before opening its own center
Prioritizing the safety of clients and caregivers over everything else
Providing access to personal protective equipment and remote education
Developing an online portal for critical information
Instituting a daily COVID-19 screening policy
Quarantining employees who were in contact with COVID-19 patients – and continued to pay them
Providing live-in care to reduce exposure
Incorporating remote tele-health nursing
Developing COVID-19 policies and procedures and re-developing them 13 times as more information became available

The Seniors In Place testing center adheres to a strict set of policies and procedures, and is able to get results back in 48 hours. This is a great accomplishment since most testing centers take weeks for results.

Seniors In Place is New Jersey's Top Home Health Aide Agency
For two decades, the Seniors In Place family has provided millions of hours of in-home and in-facility care for thousands of New Jersey families.

It is accredited with Distinction by The Commission on Accreditation for Home Care.

Seniors In Place caregivers are all employees – NOT independent contractors. They are state-certified, insured, receive benefits, and are continuously educated and regularly evaluated.

For more information on in-home-care-related COVID-19 resources, visit www.SeniorsInPlace.com. For urgent need for care, call our rapid response line 24/7 – 973-774-3660.

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SOURCE Seniors In Place