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Kimberly Williams Authorization Coordinator A Company Review I have been working at advantage home health corporate office for almost 5 years and have been blessed to work with such a dedicated team. Joining the Advantage Team was one of the best employment decisions I could have ever made. Amy and Bill are wonderful and always will to assist in any issues that occur and make everyone feel appreciated! I always enjoy the work day and I love feeling excited to come back to work the next day and do it all again! Advantage is truly a wonderful company that cares not only about patients but their employees as well. I love  team advantage  and am proud to be a part of this family!   Meet Kimberly Williams Kim started in the health field at age 17 when her grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Since then, she always knew she wanted to show the elderly and sick that there are people that will care for them – even if they are not family. Prior to Advanta

Caitlin Chappell OTR Student Susque-View Home Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Classroom to Clinic: A Student's Story Scared, nervous, lacking confidence. These are a few of the feelings I faced as I prepared to leave the classroom environment that I had grown comfortable with over the past four years and begin the next step of my education in the clinic. No one can really prepare you for what it is going to be like. Before finishing out my last semester in the classroom, my teachers told us what we’ve all heard before: you’ll be okay, you know what you’re doing, just trust your inner OT. But in all honesty, when you’re thrown from the classroom into the clinic, two completely different settings, you don’t feel okay, you don’t think you know what you’re doing, and you don’t trust your inner OT, at least not at first. The good news is that there are factors in the clinic that can help make the transition easier and show that your teachers were right after all. P

Written By: Dave Lishinsky, PT VP of Clinical Compliance Student Clinical Affiliations We want to take a few minutes to share AdvantageCare Rehabilitation’s philosophy and thoughts on Clinical Education of therapy students.   As a company, we have student affiliation agreements with many colleges and universities across the state.  We feel that this benefits, in many ways, our residents/patients, our customer SNFs, our therapists, the communities in which we live and work, the colleges/universities, and of course the students themselves.  As professionals, this allows us to “give back” or pay it forward.  We also feel that this supports our clinical philosophy: “Clinical Drives the Operations.” As a company, we cannot (and do not want to) mandate that our therapists participate in student education as Clinical Instructors.  We do strongly encourage our therapists to embrace the opportunity to serve as Clinical Instructors and fully realize the value in wo