After 43 years of caring for the community, Lisa Bivens announces retirement
Lisa Bivens MARTINSBURG — For more than four decades, Lisa Bivens has dedicated her career to ensuring residents of the Eastern Panhandle receive quality health care in the comfort of their own homes. Now, after 43 years with Panhandle Home Health, including the past 21 years as executive director, Bivens has announced plans to […]
Burke & Herbert Bank Foundation Invests in Community Health
Panhandle Home Health is proud to announce the receipt of a $5,000 grant from the Burke & Herbert Bank Foundation in support of our Building Expertise to Expand Community Health initiative. Representatives Christine Albright, Brianna Gilbert, and Jenn Bishop recently visited Panhandle Home Health to present the award and learn more about the impact of our […]
Panhandle Home Health celebrates 50 years of service.
MARTINSBURG — After five decades of serving residents across the Eastern Panhandle, Panhandle Home Health marked its 50th anniversary with a celebratory ribbon cutting, honoring its past while looking ahead to the future of in-home care. Founded in 1976 as a free-standing nonprofit and Medicare-certified home health agency, Panhandle Home Health has grown from […]
Panhandle Home Health Receives Healthcare Grant
Panhandle Home Health Receives Healthcare Grant from the Charity Care program Being able to provide in-home healthcare to their patients, regardless of their ability to pay, resulted in care that was life-changing for the recipient. Panhandle Home Health recently treated a patient that underwent emergency surgery and was then discharged from the hospital with surgical […]
Eating Right for Older Adults
Healthy eating is recommended throughout life, but as we age certain factors can affect our nutrient needs. Choosing a variety of foods from all the food groups (vegetables, fruits, grains, dairy and protein foods) will help you build a healthy eating routine. The following tips can help you get started on your way to eating […]
Preventing a Fall at Home
Some Facts about Falls: The risk of falling increases with age. More than half of all falls happen at home for people age 65 and older. Often, people don’t know how or why they fell. Older adults who fall once are likely to fall again within a year. At least 95% of the 200,000 annual […]