Joe Hanson, Nurse Supervisor at Walker Methodist Care Suites, in Edina, Minn. was lately honored by LeadingAge Minnesota with the Rising Star Award.
The award acknowledges an individual who stands out of their current efforts to rework and improve the expertise of growing older.
“Joe got here to his nursing profession in senior care after serving for 4 years within the army,” says Kari Thurlow, President and CEO, LeadingAge Minnesota. “This expertise helps him convey focus and a focus to element to his present work. He’s fiercely loyal to these in his care and is understood for his superpower of listening intently to residents and their households at Walker Methodist Care Suites in Edina.”
Hanson meets with new residents after they transfer in to Care Suites and develops a care plan that can assist anticipate their wants. He sifts via the various tales of the particular person’s transitions, diseases, and ache. By serving to with each day care duties, he is ready to tweak, modify, and adapt the care plan to supply even the smallest comforts to residents. He additionally spends time listening to the household’s issues and reassuring them when growing these new relationships.
“Joe is a type of group members that can are available on the final minute, keep when the day is sophisticated, and calls to examine on folks he’s frightened about even on his days off,” stated Amanda Pitsenbarger, Govt Director, Walker Methodist Care Suites in Edina. “He invests a whole lot of time assessing and realizing residents and their households. We look after older adults that different locations can’t due to the complexity of their conditions. He spends numerous hours educating households on their family members’ situations and what to anticipate because the resident’s wants change over time.”
Hanson accepted the award on the LeadingAge Minnesota Institute, the state’s largest and most complete growing older companies convention. Greater than 3,000 professionals in all points of older grownup companies attend the annual three-day occasion to study new and revolutionary applications, share greatest practices and community with their friends.
For extra data, watch the 2023 Rising Star Award video: https://youtu.be/IyCFZIp1-B8