July 1, 2003

Contact:

Tricia Parizo
704-797-8000
tparizo@bayada.com
Bayada Nurses Opens First Office in South Carolina


Greenville, SC - Bayada Nurses is pleased to announce the opening of its first office in South Carolina. The office will be located in Greenville at 1200 Woodruff Road, Suite A-3, in the Merovan Center. Tanya Thompson has been appointed as Service Director.

The office officially opened on June 2 with an outpouring of welcome from the community. The office provides a broad spectrum of home care services-including skilled nursing, personal care and homemaker/companion services. Services are offered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on any schedule. Serving the entire Greenville/Spartanburg region, the office is currently in the process of obtaining a Medicaid contract to provide services to clients under the waiver programs. The office also accepts private pay and most insurances. "We are thrilled that residents of the Greenville/Spartanburg area will be discovering why our employees are known as Heroes on the Home Front," says Thompson.

The office also has job opportunities for nurses, home health aides/certified nursing assistants, homemakers and companions. The benefits of working in home health care include one-on-one patient care, flexible hours, and the ability to work close to home. "We offer wonderful opportunities for mothers, homemakers, retirees, students and other people looking for meaningful work with flexible hours," says Thompson. "We also offer rewarding opportunities for nurses who want a change from the frantic pace of working in a facility."

Tanya Thompson has been with Bayada Nurses for a little more than a year-beginning her employment in Bayada's Salisbury, NC office as a Staff Supervisor. She now lives in Greenville with her husband, Justin. Tanya has a Master's degree in Gerontology and specializes in a Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

Founded in 1975 by J. Mark Baiada, Bayada Nurses is an independently owned home health care agency employing more than 5,000 RNs, LPNs, Home Health Aides and Therapists working for more than 70 offices in 15 states.

For more information on home care services or employment opportunities in the Greenville/ Spartanburg region, please call 864-627-4200 or visit www.bayada.com.

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