CHC Awarded $132,000 Grant

• by New York State Association of Health Care Providers

EAST GREENBUSH, NY (06/06/2007)(readMedia)-- Funding awarded to Community Health Care Services Foundation Inc., (CHC), from the Cardinal Health Foundation permits CHC to translate nine Forums for paraprofessionals into Spanish and Russian.

The grant allows CHC to provide essential training available via audio conferencing - free of charge - to paraprofessionals nation-wide on topics including, “Dealing with Patients with Difficult Behaviors,” “Safety for You and Your Patient,” and “Basic Life Skills: Training for Paraprofessionals” among others.

“We now have the ability to expand our reach with our educational Forums” said Phyllis Wang, president of CHC. “The Forums will be available free of charge to the Spanish and Russian speaking population within the home care industry across the U.S., which will enhance the services offered to home care patients in those communities.”

For more information on this grant or any of our audio conferences, webinars and streaming video, please visit our web site at www.chcforum.org.

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CHC is a nonprofit educational and research foundation dedicated to the development of high-quality education for home care, hospice and other community-based providers in New York. The CHC website (www.chcforum.org) highlights its many activities including an extensive grants program, a variety of educational seminars for home care providers and the Home Care Information Network (HCIN)—the next generation of training and education in home care. HCIN offers rich media streaming video educational seminars designed especially for home care providers over the Internet and available 24/7.

The Cardinal Health Foundation

Headquartered in Dublin Ohio, Cardinal Health is an $80 billion, global company serving the healthcare industry with products and services that help hospitals, physician offices and pharmacies reduce costs, improve safety, productivity and profitability, and deliver better care to patients. The company also manufactures medical and surgical products and is one of the largest distributors of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies worldwide. Ranked No. 19 on the Fortune 500 and No. 1 in its sector on Fortune’s rating of Most Admired Firms, Cardinal Health employs more than 40,000 people on five continents. More information about the company may be found at www.cardinalhealth.com.

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