Preferred Home Health Care Awards Four Nursing Scholarships

Ellen Stone, PHHC Education Director, Scholarship Winner Joan Leung Lo Hing of Ocean Grove and Lisa Gallicchio, PHHC Director of Community Relations. (Photo courtesy PHHC)

EATONTOWN – Four undergraduate nursing students in New Jersey and Pennsylvania are the lucky recipients of $500 scholarships courtesy of Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services (PHHC), which is headquartered in Eatontown.

The scholarship winners, Joan Leung Lo Hing of Ocean Grove, Rosemarie Davis of Iselin, Darlene Johnson of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Rebecca de Jong of Somerset, were awarded based on their applications and an essay explaining what inspired them to attend nursing school.

“We are extremely proud of Preferred’s home care services, delivered by our exceptional and talented field staff. These scholarships will help build and support the next generation of Preferred employees,” said Jonathan Herman, COO of Preferred.

Established in 1987, PHHC has eight locations across New Jersey and three in Pennsylvania, providing an array of medical and non-medical home health care services from pediatric to care geriatric care.

Services include skilled nursing care for infants, children, adults, and seniors; personal care services, including bathing, grooming, dressing, feeding, private duty nursing services, and at-home physical therapy, among others. All of the care can be provided at a patient’s home and is coordinated by registered nurses with clinical supervision available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

For more information about Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services, career opportunities or training programs, contact Director of Community Relations Lisa Gallicchio at lisa@preferredcares.com, call 732-547-9886 or visit PreferredCares.com.