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January 18, 2010 By EMI ENDO emi.endo@newsday.com
Quick Summary Linda Cunegin helms Tri-County Home Nursing Services of Westbury, the business her mother started in 1981.
When Ella Ferguson died in 2002, her daughter, Linda Cunegin, had to decide whether to sell or take over Tri-County Home Nursing Services, the home health care agency her mother founded in 1981. "My mother's employees and the clients had been together for like 15 years, and it was just too much" to sell it, Cunegin says. "I said, well, let me keep my legacy."
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Dorothy Turner PCA
 Dorothy Turner is a Personal Care Aide and has been with Tri-County Home Nursing Services, Inc. since 2006. Dorothy is the assistant lead aide at our shared aide site and provides care to multiple patients who live there.
One of Dorothy Turners’ assigned patients was an 88 year old woman with. Although the patient had seven children, she had not had any contact with them for many years. Having many health issues she became ill and had to be hospitalized. Knowing that her patient did not have any family involvement, Dorothy would visit her regularly. Dorothy Turner became so familiar to the staff and patients social worker that they began to rely on her for any known patient information.
There was a sudden change in the patients’ condition continued to deteriorate and Dorothy continued to go to the hospital to visit her, as she said, “I’d hate to see her spend her last days alone without someone being there for her”. Feverously Dorothy tried to locate one of the patients’ children. With just pieces of information previously given to her by the patient and persistence Dorothy was able to locate one of the patients’ daughters.
Unfortunately this patient was overcome by her illness and did expire however not without having been reunited with one of her estranged daughters and not alone. Dorothy continues to reach out her caring compassionate hands to others and we at Tri-County Home Nursing Services, Inc. applaud her and feel honored to present her as our PCA Care Giver of the Year.
Congratulations and May GOD continue to richly Bless Your Life
Beverly Wooden HHA
 We at Tri-County Home Nursing Services, Inc. have wonderful care givers working for our agency. Their praiseworthy deeds are frequently unnoticed and the caregiver is often overlooked. Tri-County Home Nursing Services, Inc. has a very qualified Home health Aide that we have selected as being one of our “Care Givers of the Year”, Beverly Wooden.
Beverly Wooden is a Home health Aide and has been with Tri-County Home Nursing Services, Inc. since 2005. Beverly Wooden is synonymous with dedicated and reliable. Beverly works exceptionally well with our mentally challenged and physically disabled patients. Families of patients have reported how well Beverly has motivated their loved one to do things that had not been able to be accomplished in the past. There has been no job assignment too difficult for her to master or too far to travel. Beverly is very compassionate, with most her patients declining service when she takes time off; with some patients declining service for the length of her vacations.
Our hats go off to you Beverly Wooden, you are truly a hard act to follow, which has been proven time and time again. Tri-County Home Nursing Services, Inc. applauds you and we feel privileged to present you as our HHA Care Giver of the Year.
Congratulations and May GOD continue to richly Bless Your Life
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