Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

DATE: June 7, 2010
CONTACT: Dr. Roxanne Debski- Seigel
Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation
PHONE: 973-383-0115 FAX 973-383-6889
EMAIL: rdebski-seigel@karenannquinlanhospice.org

WEBSITE: www.karenannquinlanhospice.org

PHOTO: Pictured from left to right: Cecelia Clayton, 2010 winner with Tom Peth, Thornberry President and Cindy Trait – the 2009 winner of the award.

Thornberry Announces 2010 System Manager Award

Newton, NJ. (June 7, 2010) – Thornberry Ltd is pleased to announce Cecelia Clayton, Executive Director of Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation, as the 2010 recipient of its “System Manager of the Year” award. Presented at Thornberry’s recent user conference, Cecilia was recognized for her dedication to achieving NDoc® expertise.

Clayton manages a successful hospice and home care operation, which under her leadership has doubled in size in the past four years. She is the driving force of Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation’s successful implementation and management of Thornberry’s home health & hospice software, NDoc. Clayton ensures strategic use of the NDoc system across two lines of business spanning a total of three offices in western New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.

“Cecelia has true dedication to the success of home care and hospice and she’s shown this through her commitment to her community, the tremendous growth of Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice and Homecare and her strategic use of NDoc,” said Tom Peth, Thornberry’s President. “Our relationship with Cecelia and Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation showcases the strong customer partnerships we pride ourselves on.”

In addition to her many responsibilities as Executive Director, Clayton has been mastering NDoc since 2004. Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation does not have an IT department, so Clayton has taken a very active approach in managing the system and the efficiency of its use among her staff. Clayton continues to find ways to utilize the system to help the agency meet its fast paced growth.

About Thornberry Ltd

Thornberry Ltd provides a strategic connected care technology platform to home health and hospice agencies. NDoc®, Thornberry’s point of care and billing software for the hospice and home health industry, increases efficiency and effectiveness of clinical, clerical and executive staff, which improves patient outcomes, and enhances employee morale and agency profitability. Thornberry offers a proven solution to the challenges facing the healthcare industry. Challenges met by Thornberry’s connected care technology and by Thornberry’s broad network of partners that provide fully integrated telemedicine, mobile technology, benchmarking and other essential services. http://www.thornberryltd.com/ or 717.283.0980

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

DATE: November 3, 2010
CONTACT: Dr. Roxanne Debski- Seigel
Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation
PHONE: 973-383-0115 FAX 973-383-6889
EMAIL: rdebski-seigel@karenannquinlanhospice.org

WEBSITE: www.karenannquinlanhospice.org

PHOTO: Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice patient Nelly Tafferelli receiving her citizen’s papers.

Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice and Congressman Scott Garret’s office make a patient’s wish come true.

Nelly Tafferelli came to this country from Argentina in 1992 and dreamed of becoming a U.S. citizen ever since.

Her efforts, even when assisted by friends and family, weren’t enough. Thanks to the team from Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice: Jackie Shepard, Social Services, Marlina Schetting, Social Services Director and Nancy Lombreglia, RN, Nelly’s dream is now a reality. On her behalf they contacted Congressman Scott Garrett and with the help from his office some of the red tape got unstuck.

She passed her citizenship test and attended her swearing in ceremony all while wearing pink pajamas!

Due to Nelly’s terminal illness, Officer Steve Sprinkler of the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services administered the citizenship test to her at home where she was able to answer questions in comfort and confidence.

Afterwards, she celebrated and blew out eighteen candles (one for each year here), ate some cheesecake, and sang “God Bless America”.

“At last I am an American!” she chortled in delight.

The Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice has been taking care of terminally ill patients and their families for over a quarter of a century. With three offices; Newton and Phillipsburg, NJ and Milford, PA they are licensed in NJ & PA and serve North and Northwest NJ and the Pike County area of PA. In addition to hospice the Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation provides bereavement and home health care. Please visit their website www.karenannquinlanhospice.org for information or call toll free (800) 882-1117.
 
 

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

DATE: November 15, 2010
CONTACT: Dr. Roxanne Debski- Seigel
Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation
PHONE: 973-383-0115 FAX 973-383-6889
EMAIL: rdebski-seigel@karenannquinlanhospice.org

WEBSITE: www.karenannquinlanhospice.org

Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice Education and Quality Manager to join state Consortium.

Mary Pugliese BSN, RN, CHPN, Education and QAPI (Quality Assessment Performance Improvement program) Manager from Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, has been invited by Dr. Gail Pearson, Rutgers College of Nursing, to join a consortium of experts on end-of-life care. This group represents collaborative efforts to provide current trends and issues in end of life and palliative care and to explore the role of the health professional in assisting clients to make these choices. The consortium will blend nursing academics and nursing research in a conference to disseminate the latest information to an interdisciplinary group of health care professionals. This effort is supported by Rutgers College of Nursing, the New Jersey Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, William Paterson University, and Thomas Jefferson University.

Pugliese’s hospice expertise was sought by the New Jersey End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (NJ-ELNEC) because of her years of hospice nursing, administration, education training, and managing quality experience for the comfort of patients throughout the state. She is a graduate of Rutgers College of Nursing and has served as an officer on the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. As an organization participant, Mary has initiated and served as Chairperson for the Nursing Education Committee and the Review Course for Hospice and Palliative Care Certification for Nurses. She was an active participant on a state committee to standardize and promote a curriculum of training for the certification of hospice home health aides and continues to instruct this course.

Presently and for the past seven years, Pugliese has been working at Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice in Newton responsible for clinical education, orientation, clinical staff development and QAPI. Her affiliation with the state consortium will keep her current with the latest trends, issues, and evidenced based practice to support patients/ families at the end of life.

Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation is passionately dedicated to providing Hospice care for the terminally ill, Bereavement for those who have lost loved ones and Home Care assistance for recovery patients. For Northern NJ and PA, please call 800 882 1117 to reach any of our services. Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 99 Sparta Ave., Newton, NJ, Karen Ann Quinlan Home Health Care, 755 Memorial Parkway, Phillipsburg, NJ and Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 315 West Harford St., Milford, PA. For all programs and events or for more information please visit their web site www.karenannquinlanhospice.org
 
 

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

DATE: December 2, 2010
CONTACT: Dr. Roxanne Debski- Seigel
Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation
PHONE: 973-383-0115 FAX 973-383-6889
EMAIL: rdebski-seigel@karenannquinlanhospice.org

WEBSITE: www.karenannquinlanhospice.org

Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice names two new Board members

Newton-December 3, 2010–Tammie Horsfield, President of the Sussex County Chamber of Commerce and Glen Vetrano, former Sussex County Freeholder Director, will join the Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation beginning January 2011.

Horsfield also serves as President of the Sussex County Economic Development Partnership, Inc. and directs and coordinates seven other local chamber councils including Branchville-Frankford-Lafayette, Andover-Byram, Franklin-Hardyston area, Fredon-Green-Stillwater, Hampton Township, Sparta, and Sussex-Wantage. She is further involved in her community serving as Vice Chair of the Newton Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees, Trustee and Immediate Past Chair on the Sussex County Community College Foundation, Executive Committee member and member of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey State Fair/The Sussex County Farm & Horse Show, Executive Board member of the High Point Regional High School Educational Foundation, Advisory Board member of High Point Regional High School, and a member of the In Home Health Advisory Board.

Tammie serves on numerous committees including the Sussex County Strategic Growth Advisory Committee, Sussex County Economic Development Vision 20/20 Task Force, Sussex County Community College Board of Trustee Search Committee, Sussex County Domestic Preparedness Task Force, Local Emergency Planning Committee of the Office of Emergency Management, Pioneering Healthier Communities Task Force and she is the Chair of the Sussex County Underage Drinking Task Force.

Over the past few years, Tammie has been presented with several recognition awards including; 2008 Garden State Woman of the Year presented by Garden State Women’s Magazine, 2009 NJ Association of Women Business Owners Rose and Scroll Award (Tammie was the recipient of both the Sussex County Award and the New Jersey Award), 2009 Tribute to Women Award presented by the Boy Scouts of America, 2009 she was honored at the Sussex County Community College Foundation Ball for service to the College and the Community.

Glen Vetrano began his service on the Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders February 2000 and served as both a Deputy Director in 2004 and Freeholder Director in 2005.

He is an accomplished firefighter having risen from the ranks of inner city firefighters to Battalion Chief for the City of Paterson Fire Department. His community achievements in addition to Sussex County Freeholder include President of the Paterson Firefighters Association, Highland Water Protection and Planning Council, Sussex County Farm and Horse Show, Director, Lusscroft Farm and Agricultural Association, Chairman of the John Cocula Memorial Scholarship Foundation, President and Chairman of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Paterson and Passaic, President and Chairman, Sparta Unico, and Passaic County 200 Club Trustee.

Vetrano’s special recognitions include Sussex County Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year, Red Cross of Sussex County Man of the Year, Sussex County St. Patrick’s Society Grand Marshal and Boys and Girls Club of Paterson and Passaic Man of the Year. A resident of Sussex County, his ultimate objective as a rural citizen farmer is to advance the preservation of New Jersey’s agricultural roots.

“It is my pleasure to welcome Tammie Horsfield and Glen Vetrano to the Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation Board. For the past two years they served on the Focus Group/Capital Campaign Committee with dedication and commitment. Their experience and knowledge will be beneficial in enabling hospice to reach our future goals.”—Julia A. Quinlan, Chairman & Co-Founder Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice.

Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation is passionately dedicated to providing Hospice care for the terminally ill, Bereavement for those who have lost loved ones and Home Care assistance for recovery patients. Serving North and Northwest NJ and PA; please call 800 882 1117 to reach any of our services. Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 99 Sparta Ave., Newton, NJ, Karen Ann Quinlan Home Health Care, 755 Memorial Parkway, Phillipsburg, NJ and Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 315 West Harford St., Milford, PA. For programs, events, and more information visit www.karenannquinlanhospice.org.
 
 

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

DATE: December 2, 2010
CONTACT: Dr. Roxanne Debski- Seigel
Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation
PHONE: 973-383-0115 FAX 973-383-6889
EMAIL: rdebski-seigel@karenannquinlanhospice.org

WEBSITE: www.karenannquinlanhospice.org

Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice names two new Board members

Newton-December 3, 2010–Tammie Horsfield, President of the Sussex County Chamber of Commerce and Glen Vetrano, former Sussex County Freeholder Director, will join the Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation beginning January 2011.

Horsfield also serves as President of the Sussex County Economic Development Partnership, Inc. and directs and coordinates seven other local chamber councils including Branchville-Frankford-Lafayette, Andover-Byram, Franklin-Hardyston area, Fredon-Green-Stillwater, Hampton Township, Sparta, and Sussex-Wantage. She is further involved in her community serving as Vice Chair of the Newton Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees, Trustee and Immediate Past Chair on the Sussex County Community College Foundation, Executive Committee member and member of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey State Fair/The Sussex County Farm & Horse Show, Executive Board member of the High Point Regional High School Educational Foundation, Advisory Board member of High Point Regional High School, and a member of the In Home Health Advisory Board.

Tammie serves on numerous committees including the Sussex County Strategic Growth Advisory Committee, Sussex County Economic Development Vision 20/20 Task Force, Sussex County Community College Board of Trustee Search Committee, Sussex County Domestic Preparedness Task Force, Local Emergency Planning Committee of the Office of Emergency Management, Pioneering Healthier Communities Task Force and she is the Chair of the Sussex County Underage Drinking Task Force.

Over the past few years, Tammie has been presented with several recognition awards including; 2008 Garden State Woman of the Year presented by Garden State Women’s Magazine, 2009 NJ Association of Women Business Owners Rose and Scroll Award (Tammie was the recipient of both the Sussex County Award and the New Jersey Award), 2009 Tribute to Women Award presented by the Boy Scouts of America, 2009 she was honored at the Sussex County Community College Foundation Ball for service to the College and the Community.

Glen Vetrano began his service on the Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders February 2000 and served as both a Deputy Director in 2004 and Freeholder Director in 2005.

He is an accomplished firefighter having risen from the ranks of inner city firefighters to Battalion Chief for the City of Paterson Fire Department. His community achievements in addition to Sussex County Freeholder include President of the Paterson Firefighters Association, Highland Water Protection and Planning Council, Sussex County Farm and Horse Show, Director, Lusscroft Farm and Agricultural Association, Chairman of the John Cocula Memorial Scholarship Foundation, President and Chairman of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Paterson and Passaic, President and Chairman, Sparta Unico, and Passaic County 200 Club Trustee.

Vetrano’s special recognitions include Sussex County Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year, Red Cross of Sussex County Man of the Year, Sussex County St. Patrick’s Society Grand Marshal and Boys and Girls Club of Paterson and Passaic Man of the Year. A resident of Sussex County, his ultimate objective as a rural citizen farmer is to advance the preservation of New Jersey’s agricultural roots.

“It is my pleasure to welcome Tammie Horsfield and Glen Vetrano to the Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation Board. For the past two years they served on the Focus Group/Capital Campaign Committee with dedication and commitment. Their experience and knowledge will be beneficial in enabling hospice to reach our future goals.”—Julia A. Quinlan, Chairman & Co-Founder Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice.

Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation is passionately dedicated to providing Hospice care for the terminally ill, Bereavement for those who have lost loved ones and Home Care assistance for recovery patients. Serving North and Northwest NJ and PA; please call 800 882 1117 to reach any of our services. Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 99 Sparta Ave., Newton, NJ, Karen Ann Quinlan Home Health Care, 755 Memorial Parkway, Phillipsburg, NJ and Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 315 West Harford St., Milford, PA. For programs, events, and more information visit www.karenannquinlanhospice.org.
 
 

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

DATE: December 8, 2010
CONTACT: Dr. Roxanne Debski- Seigel
Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation
PHONE: 973-383-0115 FAX 973-383-6889
EMAIL: rdebski-seigel@karenannquinlanhospice.org

WEBSITE: www.karenannquinlanhospice.org

Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice recognizes dedicated employees.

At the annual staff and holiday meeting held at the Lafayette House for Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice & Home Health Care, the organization honored 5, 10, and 20 year employees.

“Hospice care is often a very difficult job and we are grateful to all those dedicated staff members who take us through day after day.”—Cecelia Clayton, Executive Director Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice.

(A) Five year awards were given to Certified Home Health Aides (LtoR) Sue Pedersen, Sherry Rumsey, and Machelle Foster.
 
 
 
 
(B) Karen Ann Quinlan hospice founder Julia Quinlan, center, and to her left Hospice board member Louis Ruggiero congratulated ten year award recipients Laura Entwistle, MA, Social Services Counselor, and on the end Mary Bowden from the Marketing and Advancement department. The two twenty year recipients were Cecelia Clayton, Executive Director, and Marlina Schetting, Director of Social Services.

(C) Marlina Schetting “Hospice has been such a gratifying part of my life”. Pictured with Louis Ruggiero on the left and Julia Quinlan, center.
 
 
 
(D) Cecelia Clayton spoke of how she started at the “top” in hospice work; she started as a volunteer 20 years ago.
 
 
 
 
 
Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation is passionately dedicated to providing Hospice care for the terminally ill, Bereavement for those who have lost loved ones and Home Care assistance for recovery patients. Serving North and Northwest NJ and the Pike County area of PA; please call 800 882 1117 to reach any of our services. Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 99 Sparta Ave., Newton, NJ, Karen Ann Quinlan Home Health Care, 755 Memorial Parkway, Phillipsburg, NJ and Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 315 West Harford St., Milford, PA. For programs, events, and more information visit www.karenannquinlanhospice.org.

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

DATE: March 17, 2011
CONTACT: Dr. Roxanne Debski- Seigel
Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation
PHONE: 973-383-0115 FAX 973-383-6889
EMAIL: rdebski-seigel@karenannquinlanhospice.org

WEBSITE: www.karenannquinlanhospice.org

PHOTO: These children are being helped to cope with their losses of loved ones at the Joseph T. Quinlan Bereavement Center. Counseling and programs have been developed for elementary aged children on through teens.

Joseph T Quinlan Center Open House Welcomes Community.

The idea of a Joseph T Quinlan Bereavement Center grew out of the desire to provide the community, in addition to hospice families, grief support for loss of loved ones.

Before the first center was opened, there was a history of bereavement counseling provided by Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice as part of the hospice benefit. Cecelia T. Clayton, now Executive Director of the hospice, was then serving as Volunteer Coordinator and the initiator of many bereavement groups in existence today. Seeing a further need in the community, Clayton presented a proposal to the Hospice Board of Directors to create The Joseph T. Quinlan Bereavement Center. By acting on the opportunity of donated space from St. James Episcopal Church in Hackettstown, the hospice board was assured the bereavement programs would be available not only to hospice families, but to anyone in the community who was grieving a loss through death.

The center also held individual counseling and support groups for Sussex County at the Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice offices located at 99 Sparta Ave, Newton. The area’s demand for grief counseling for both adults and children has increased over the last ten years since the first center was opened in 2000 and they quickly outgrew the hospice office space that was providing local programs.

At the beginning of this year, The Joseph T. Quinlan Bereavement Center opened a second location on 61 Spring St., Newton. Director of Bereavement, Diana Sebzda, MA, LPC, CT, has put into practice many additional programs and activities.

The services provided at the center will consist of anticipatory grief and bereavement programs which are offered to hospice families and the entire community.

Included are:

• Coping With Loss Support Groups
• Individual Grief Counseling Sessions
• Children’s Art Bereavement Programs
• Pet Loss Support Groups
• Healing in the Classroom workshops for our schools
• Movie Nights and Bereavement Facilitator Training Series.

Also for this event, their will be a “butterfly” art display and silent auction. The “butterfly” is the symbol of transformation and majestically honors the life cycle with its impressive process of metamorphosis and has served as the symbol for grief and hospice.

The Sussex County Arts and Heritage Council has donated an original butterfly art piece and all original works displayed will be available via a silent auction held that evening and proceeds will benefit both the Arts Council and the Bereavement Center.

If you would like to get to know the Joseph T Quinlan Bereavement team please join them at their Grand Opening and Open House celebration to be held Wednesday, March 30th from 4 to 7:00 p.m. Parking is available on the Trinity St entrance and the bereavement center can be accessed via the Trinity Street ground floor level or for handicap access via the Spring Street entrance and take the elevator to the 1st floor.

The center is a non-profit and is able to offer this care through donations and grants from our clients and the community; no one is ever turned away regardless of ability to pay.

If you, or someone you know, are in need of grief counseling and would like to be part of a support group, the Joseph T. Quinlan Bereavement Centers offers these services at the following locations.

• Sussex County –61 Spring St., Newton, NJ 07860
• Warren County –214 Washington St., Hackettstown, NJ 07840
• Pike County PA –The Church at Hemlock Farms, Hawley PA or the United Methodist Church, Milford PA.

For more information, please call 800-882-1117 for a brochure or you may also visit www.karenannquinlanhospice.org for support group details.

Each year the Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) presents a nationally recognized distance learning program to more than 125,000 people in 2,000 communities. For more than a decade, this annual educational event has been instrumental in educating healthcare professionals and families on issues affecting end-of-life care. The program provides an opportunity for a wide variety of professionals – including doctors, nurses, funeral directors, psychologists, educators, social workers and bereavement counselors – to share and exchange ideas and obtain continuing education credits.

This year HFA’s 18th Annual National Bereavement Program focuses on “Spirituality and End-of-Life Care.” The program will discuss differences between spirituality and religion, while also addressing spirituality during illness, death and grief; spiritual assessment and empowerment, and life review. Moderated by Frank Sesno, Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University, the program will be shown at The Joseph T. Quinlan Center-Sussex County, 61 Spring St. Newton, April 13th from 1 pm to 4:00 pm. Sign in starts at 12:30 and the program ends with a panel discussion from 4-4:30.

Mr. Sesno will lead the panel of noted authorities that includes: Kenneth J. Doka, Professor of Gerontology at the Graduate School of the College of New Rochelle; Gary S. Fink, Chaplain and Dementia Project Coordinator at Montgomery Hospice, and Adjunct Faculty at Hood College Graduate School; Carolyn Jacobs, Dean and Elizabeth Marting Treuhaft Professor at Smith College, School for Social Work; Betty Kramer, Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Social Work; Reinette Powers Murray, owner of The Peaceful Journey End-of-Life Process Program, and certified as a Train-the-Trainer for End-of-Life Nursing Education (ELNEC); and Martha Rutland, Director of Clinical Pastoral Education at VITAS Innovative Hospice Care.

Each year this award-winning, program is produced by Hospice Foundation of America, a not-for-profit organization, which acts as an advocate for the hospice concept of care through ongoing programs of professional education, public information and research on issues relating to illness, loss, grief and bereavement.

To register or for more information, call Diana Sebzda, Director of The Joseph T. Quinlan Bereavement Center at 973-940-0411 or email bereavement@karenannquinlanhospice.org. NOTE: News media are encouraged to attend.

Karen Ann Quinlan Memorial Foundation is passionately dedicated to providing Hospice care for the terminally ill, Bereavement for those who have lost loved ones and Home Care assistance for recovery patients. Serving North and Northwest NJ and the Pike County area PA; please call 800 882 1117 to reach any of our services. Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 99 Sparta Ave., Newton, NJ, Karen Ann Quinlan Home Health Care, 755 Memorial Parkway, Phillipsburg, NJ and Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 315 West Harford St., Milford, PA. For programs, events, and more information visit www.karenannquinlanhospice.org.