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June 2, 2010
Annual National Nursing Assistant Week
STONY CREEK—June 10th through June 17th, 2010 is the 33rd Annual National Nursing Assistants Week, a nationwide celebration to publicly recognize and validate the role of the nursing assistant in the health care system.
For many years, nursing assistants have proudly served as the backbone of the medical and healthcare fields, tending to the elderly, physically or mentally challenged and for those in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and at home.
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November 4, 2009
Newt Gingrich Honors Local Business Owner as Virginia’s Entrepreneur of the Year
PETERSBURG, VA - Former Speaker of the House and General Chairman of American Solutions, Newt Gingrich, recently honored John Thurman, CEO of Personal Care
Preferred Group, as American Solutions’ 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year from Virginia. Speaker Gingrich recognized Thurman at an American Solutions awards dinner on
September 23, 2009 at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, DC.
October 19, 2009
Local Business Leader Joins Congressman J. Randy Forbes in Washington, D.C.
PETERSBURG, VA – John A. Thurman, CEO of Personal Care Preferred Group
(PCPG), and his wife Barbara were guests of Congressman J. Randy Forbes, VA
4th Congressional District, at the U.S. Capital on September 23. They discussed
the importance of affordable healthcare and other issues surrounding healthcare
and our aging U.S. population.
June 11, 2009
Annual National Nursing Assistant Week
STONY CREEK—June 11th through June 18th is the 32nd Annual National Nursing Assistants Week, a nationwide celebration to publicly recognize and validate the role of the nursing assistant in the health care system.
May 12, 2009
Local Home Care Agency Trains Locals For Fast-Growing Employment Sector
PETERSBURG – While employment statistics continue to worsen and layoffs and hiring freezes have become the norm, one employment sector that has proven itself recession-proof is home health care. Taking care of family members at home who can’t take care of themselves is a fast growing business. . .despite the economy.
April 22, 2009
Personal Care Preferred Group Offers Training Classes
On Sunday, April 19, 2009 the First Baptist Church (FBC) of Emporia, VA dedicated its new youth center. The center will provide much needed space for the church youth, as well as the First Baptist Christian Academy, Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed (AWANA) Program and the youth of the community in general. At the ribbon-cutting ceremony Mark Yeattes, Chairman of Deacons, and Jeff Robinson, Chairman of the Long Range Planning Committee, had the honor of cutting the ribbon and formally dedicating the center.
January 27, 2009
Personal Care Preferred Group Offers Training Classes
COLONIAL HEIGHTS – Personal Care Preferred Group (PCPG), a network of home healthcare companies, regularly offers Personal Care Aide (PCA) training classes for those individuals looking to pursue a career in healthcare. The classes are offered several times a year throughout PCPG’s service area, including the Tri-Cities, Stony Creek, Franklin, Emporia and other areas within south central Virginia.
December 19, 2008
Personal Care Preferred Group Food Drive A Huge Success
Personal Care Preferred Group’s (PCPG’s) first companywide food drive netted over 1,000 food items to be equally divided and donated to the social services departments that serve the company’s seven locations, including the counties of Isle of Wight, Prince George, Sussex, Southampton, Surry, Brunswick, Greensville, Chesterfield and Dinwiddie, as well as the cities of Emporia, Petersburg, Colonial Heights, Hopewell and Franklin. Community members and employees were asked to donate non-perishable, non-breakable food items between December 1 and December 17, 2008.
November 14, 2008
Personal Touch Home Care opens new location in Franklin
FRANKLIN, VA – Personal Touch Home Care, a member of Personal Care Preferred Group, recently expanded the reach of their services by opening a new office in Franklin, VA, which will bring quality personal care service to Southampton County and the greater Franklin area. The office will be open and ready to accept new clients by December 1, 2008.
May 20, 2008
At-home care remains stable while nursing home and assisted living costs rise dramatically
PETERSURG, VA – A recent study conducted by Richmond-based Genworth Financial Inc. revealed that the costs for facility based long-term care services such as nursing homes and assisted-living facilities have sharply increased over the past five years, while costs for at-home care remains stable in Virginia and nationally.
January 24, 2008
Southern Touch Home Care Services opens Second location in Lawrenceville.
LAWRENCEVILLE, VA – Southern Touch Home Care Services, a member of Personal Care Preferred Group, has opened a new office in Lawrenceville, VA. The company also has offices in Petersburg, VA. They will hold a Grand Opening celebration on Thursday, February 7, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at their new location on West Hicks Street.
November 7, 2007
Southside Virginia to receive enhanced personal care services as a result of recent business merger.
EMPORIA, VA – In order to better serve the needs of Southside residents needing personal care services, three of southern Virginia’s leading home care providers have united in a new business partnership.