DON/ADMINISTRATOR for home health

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I was recently promoted as DON for our home health agency in california since our DON resigned. i need help in looking for a consultant that can train me with DON and administrator's job duties.i am pretty ok clinically, i just need to learn administration stuff. our current administrator is the owner and she doesn't have that much knowledge too.

pls advice. thank you.

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

Avenues to find a consultant:

1. Contact your state home care association:

California Association for Health Services at Home

2. Beacon Health and Decision Health are publishers and providers of services to home health industry--sign up for one of their newsletters to keep abreast of home care changes.

3. National Association for Home Care & Hospice has online vendor mall.

4. Devour information in Handbook of Home Health Standards: Quality, Documentation and Reimbursement Author Tina Marrellii provides consultant services.

5. Look at publications: Home Healthcare Nurse and Caring Magazine

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Specializes in Oncology, Med-Surg.

This one is for credit, but I found it helpful:Home Healthcare Management | Sacred Heart University Connecticut

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thank you for your responses. its really very helpful. im looking at the websites right now.

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