CAREFORCE
CareForce has provided the support that has allowed over 3,500 seniors and persons with chronic or disabling illness to continue their routine in the comfort of their own home. Offering the combination of home care, home health care and geriatric care management, CareForce is able to adapt to the needs of our clients as their care requirements change over time. CareForce is A family-owned company, CareForce is known for its care without compromise, exceptional customer service and extraordinary employees. Guided by its mission, professional ethics and family values, CareForce has served the greater Seattle area throughout King County and Snohomish County with distinction since 1999. The local owners of CareForce have Masters Degrees in Nursing and Social Work from Washington universities. These founders have over 65 years of professional health care experience and are committed to continuous improvement of the services CareForce provides.
Outstanding employees are essential to great care. CareForce hires only those caregivers who clear national background, license, and caregiving reference checks. Special checks of abuse, neglect or exploitation findings as determined by DSHS investigations are also conducted. All caregivers are insured and bonded, have professional experience, and pass a skills test and a written competency test. CareForce offers its caregivers industry leading compensation, ongoing training and real time supervision by RN's or MSW's in order to attract and keep these very special people.
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BREAKING NEWS
CareForce Honored with 3 Statewide Awards
from the Home Care Association of Washington, April 2013
The Home Care Association of Washington (HCAW) is the largest and most diverse home care association in Washington State. HCAW Members include Home Health, Home Care, Hospice, and Hospice Care Centers and provide an array of health-related services. At the HCAW Annual Awards Banquet CareForce employees accepted three statewide awards for 2013.
Home Care Aide of the Year – Jenelle Coale
Jenelle Coale received the HCAW Caregiver of the Year Award.Coale is a warm, funny, and very capable home care aide who has been providing her compassionate and professional services to CareForce clients for almost 10 years
Community Service Person of the Year- Lara Davidson
Lara Davidson, Director of Finances was awarded the HCAW Community Service Person of the Year. Davidson received this award for her focus on community service and her ability to draw her co-workers into service. Lara rides in the Bike MS Washington every year, walks in local fundraising activities for Alzheimer’s and Cancer awareness, and was responsible for bringing a local girl scout troop to walk with Seniors in the Sound Steps Program sponsored by the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department.
HCAW's Online University's First E-Learning Leader
The Excellence in E-Learning Award was given to CareForce as a company as our employees “out learned” all other 48 agencies across the state by completing the most on line courses with the HCAW On-Line University. This Award was presented to one of most active learners,home care aide Essie Jackson and Esther Cooper, CareForce Director of Human Resources.
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CareForce Celebrates
National Women’s Health Week
May 12-18, 2013
CareForce observes the important roles that women play in family health care every day. Women are often both caregivers and decision makers in the families we serve. As a result, they are under great stress and must pay attention to their own health as well as the health of their loved ones. We honor the women in our communities and strongly support National Women's Health Week. Please read the quote below and follow the link to find out more about how you can improve the health status of the special women in your life!
"Starting with Mother’s Day, next week we celebrate National Women’s Health Week. As a nation, we honor the women in our lives – our mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, cousins, friends, and colleagues – by encouraging them to make their health a priority and to take steps to live healthier, happier lives.
Women are frequently the health care decision-makers in their families. We take time off from work to drive a parent to the doctor."
~ Kathleen Sebelius,
US Secretary of Health and Human Services
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Medicare implements fines
to reduce the risk of rehospitalizations in October 2012
Seattle Times article highlights preventable costs to taxpayers
and avoidable disruption of seniors lives.
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Information about reducing the risk of rehospitalizations of Seniors now available on CareForce Care Transitions page.
Check out the video regarding the importance of patients taking control of their own care. Additional information is available at
The Care Transitions web site
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CareForce’s Joni Scott, RN, Geriatric Care Manager featured in Seattle Times Article
Joni Scott, RN and Certified Care Manager was featured in a Seattle Times article on Niche Nursing. This article coincides with National Nurses Day. CareForce is proud to be a leader in providing Geriatric Care Management in the Puget Sound area and to have capable and professional teams of RN’s and Social Workers to meet your care management needs.
CareForce is proud to be Accredited by the Better Business Bureau
with and A+ Rating. Visit our profile for more details.
