BATON ROUGE, La., May 07, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMED), one of the nation’s leading home healthcare, hospice and personal care companies, celebrates National Nurses Week by honoring more than 5,700 nurses who call the company home.
National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6 and ends on May 12, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Amedisys is proud to recognize and applaud the home health, hospice and personal care nurses who provide compassionate, clinically distinct care throughout the 34 states we serve.
“Amedisys is a company of caregivers with nurses as a key component of our success and our excellent patient care,” stated President and CEO Paul Kusserow. “I’m honored to support and inspire these outstanding professionals so they, in turn, can support our patients in living their lives with dignity where they most want to be – at home.”
Amedisys recognizes that the modern home healthcare professional is more than just a clinician – nurses in the home health, hospice and personal care fields are coaches, mutual problem solvers, relationship managers, advocates, translators, collaborators, medication managers and so much more.
“Thanks to our nurses, seniors are now better prepared than ever to live safely and independently at home for perhaps longer than they expected,” stated Chief Clinical Officer Susan Sender. “As a result, our patients are more likely to avoid admission and readmission to hospitals and nursing homes.”
To learn more about joining the Amedisys family of caregivers, click here: http://web.amedisys.com/find-your-why-with-amedisys-nursing.
About Amedisys:
Amedisys, Inc. is a leading healthcare at home Company delivering personalized home health, hospice and personal care. Amedisys is focused on delivering the care that is best for our patients, whether that is home-based personal care; recovery and rehabilitation after an operation or injury; care focused on empowering them to manage a chronic disease; or hospice care at the end of life. We partner with 3,000 hospitals and 59,000 physicians nationwide have chosen Amedisys as a partner in post-acute care. Founded in 1982, headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA with an executive office in Nashville, TN, Amedisys is a publicly held company. With more than 17,500 employees, in 421 care centers in 34 states, Amedisys is dedicated to delivering the highest quality of care to the doorsteps of more than 369,000 patients and clients in need every year. For more information about the Company, please visit: www.amedisys.com.
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kendra.kimmons@amedisys.com