Bethany, Music Therapist with Heartland Hospice serving Southeastern Wisconsin, is performing music therapy sessions with hospice patients outside of their windows. “I saw some of the biggest smiles and heard the most joyful singing from these visits! Music has a special way of bringing joy and comfort during these difficult times and I’m so glad I can work in creative ways with facilities and my Heartland Hospice team to make this work for our patients,” said Bethany.

Heartland Home Health and Hospice has been selected as the 2018 Veteran Friendly Business of the Year by the Wisconsin Veterans Chamber of Commerce and their nearly 200 members. The Wisconsin Veterans Chamber of Commerce is a membership-based business organization serving veterans and military families by supporting veteran-owned and veteran-friendly businesses across Wisconsin.

“Heartland Home Health and Hospice has helped to grow and support Wisconsin’s veteran business community.” said Saul Newton, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Veterans Chamber of Commerce. “Our economy, our communities, and our state are stronger when veterans succeed. We are proud to recognize them and the work they’ve done to expand economic opportunity for military veterans, military service members, and military families.”

Heartland was selected not only for their commitment and contributions to the Veterans Chamber of Commerce but also for their commitment to their veteran employees, patients and the veteran community. Tracy Rosinski, Heartland Manager of Business Development was presented with the award for 2018 Veteran Friendly Business of the Year at the Wisconsin Veterans Business Conference this past spring at the Potawatomi Hotel and Casino.

“We have a unique responsibility to offer our patients a chance to heal emotionally at the end of life; especially our veterans. I am humbled at the opportunity to educate the community on the needs that dying veterans have at the end of life and increase awareness of the care Heartland provides to our veteran patients, their families and our communities,” explained Tracy.

My mother, Lucille, is a patient of Heartland Kenosha. She looks forward to seeing her visitors – Jolene, RN case manager, and Nichole, hospice aide. My mother is deaf and cannot speak. Jolene uses a little sign language to communicate with her. Nicole bathes her and changes her bed sheets. My mother is finicky, but is tickled to see them. Even Max, my dog, looks out the window and waits by the door in anticipation of their arrival.

I am relieved to see them taking care of my mother. I don’t know what I would do without these two sweethearts.

Heartland Home Health and Hospice Care takes great pride in the helpful, caring and responsive employees who are committed to providing quality care to our patients and residents. Our employees around the country are regularly honored at their locations by patients, residents, family members and fellow employees for the care and caring they provide. HCR ManorCare, parent company of Heartland Home Health and Hospice, has taken the recognition a step higher in launching a program company-wide, that on a quarterly basis will honor a Champion of Caring for each of our seven operating divisions, one of whom will be named a Heartland Champion of Caring, a national champion chosen from among 50,000 employees across all service lines.

Tanya Beaver Is First Home Health and Hospice Care Great Lakes Division Champion

“I am pleased to announce that Tanya Beaver, hospice aide at Heartland Hospice serving Southeastern Wisconsin, is the Great Lakes Division’s first Champion of Caring,” said Peter Allegretti, General Manager of Heartland Home Health and Hospice Great Lakes Division. “I congratulate her for embodying the spirit of caring we value in interactions with patients, families and fellow employees.”

Tanya has been with Heartland for one year and in that time has been named her agency’s “Employee of the Year” by her peers. Tanya has demonstrated excellent communication skills, meticulous detail and valuable support when interacting with patients, families and co-workers. She is regarded as a role model for how the agency wants employees to perform their job. She goes the extra mile daily and will often re-arrange her schedule to best suit her patients’ and families’ needs. Tanya has been mentioned in many complimentary phone calls and comments from family members as well as co-workers.