Firm honors LM graduate as Caregiver of the Year

Published: February 12, 2012

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WILLIAMSPORT - Teressa Garrison, director of operations for Amedisys Home Health Care, has been named Caregiver of the Year in home health care by the company.

Garrison, who has been employed by Amedisys for one year and has worked as a health care professional for more than 14 years, was nominated by her peers at the local Amedisys care center in Williamsport and was selected from hundreds of the company's caregivers across 45 states.

Garrison is a 1981 graduate of Line Mountain High School and a daughter of Diane Lenig Ferry and the late Calvin V. Lenig. She now resides in Williamsport.

"Our clinicians travel from home to home caring for and sharing compassion with our patients and their caregivers," said Bill Borne, company CEO, in a press release. "It takes a special person to do what they do every day, a person with a mission or a calling that inspires them to go beyond doing just a job. We honor these special members of our Amedisys family with our Spirit of Excellence awards program."

The Caregiver of the Year award was presented to Garrison for "having the utmost respect for patients and their families; positively influencing patients and families; promoting patient independence; demonstrating sterling observation skills; being knowledgeable about patient care and competency in personal care skills; proving to be flexible toward assignments, and functioning as a contributing member of the home care team to achieve patient positive outcomes."

Garrison received the award recently during Amedisys' 2011 Spirit of Excellence recognition dinner held in Baton Rouge, La., home of Amedisys' corporate headquarters. Amedisys, which employs more than 16,000 people, honored Caregivers of the Year for Home Health and Hospice Care, Aides of the Year for Home Health and Hospice Care, Hospice Volunteer of the Year and Christen Award.

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