It’s Your Business
Uniontown Girvin new sales associate
Howard, “Hoddy” Hanna, CEO of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services and Keith D. Myers, manager of Howard Hanna Myers Real Estate in Uniontown, have announced the appointment of Suzette Girvin as residential sales associate in the Uniontown office.
Girvin is a life long resident of Fayette County and resides in Masontown with her husband Scott and daughters, Breanne, Chelsey and Delaney.
She is a graduate of Laurel Highlands High School and completed her real estate studies at Polley Associates School of Real Estate in Pittsburgh to fulfill the educational requirements for her to pursue a career in real estate as a licensed real estate salesperson. She had been previously employed in the banking industry with an emphasis on financing and marketing.
For more information, or to contact Girvin, call Howard Hanna Myers Real Estate at 724-437-7740.
Grindstone
Landscaper adds service
Blades ‘N Spades Landscaping in Grindstone has announced its has become certified by the state for fertilization and pesticide applications.
The company has a certified member of the interlocking Concrete Paver Institution on staff to ensure hardscapes are installed professionally and correctly.
In business since 1997, Blades ‘N Spades Landscaping has been providing southwestern Pennsylvania with landscaping services. Starting as a small company with a handful of customers, its has evolved into a full service company.
The company provides services, including lawn cutting, bed and shrub planting, bed and shrub maintenance, aerating, over-seeding, spring and fall cleanup, dethatching, pond installation and retaining wall, patio and walkway installation.
Blades ‘N Spades Landscaping is also an authorized installer of Versa-Loc pavers and retaining wall systems. With springtime here the company is accepting new customers in the area.
Blades ‘N Spades Landscaping is located at 243 Jess King Road in Grindstone and is owned by Jim Barkley. For more information, call 724-785-3399 or visit www.BladesNSpades.com.
Uniontown
Home health service opens
Anova Health Care Services Inc. has opened an office at 280 McClellandtown Road, Uniontown.
Anova is a private-duty health care agency dedicated to serving the needs of clients in their home or other environment where additional help is needed.
Nainesh Desai, Anova president, announced his private duty service in Fayette County and the surrounding areas. Desai chose to open this office in Uniontown to serve the community.
“Anova can reduce stress, cost and the inconvenience of long-term care as we help people with the personal care and household tasks that enable them to stay home, closer to family and in greater comfort than other choices offer,’ Peggy Gursky, Anova executive vice president, said.
Care is provided by registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, aides or homemakers depending on the needs of the client. Anova can also provide services for unexpected, last minute needs. It also offers post-surgical care in the hospital sitting with the person throughout the night while family members rest.
Anova carefully screens all of its caregivers, including professional and character references, proper licensure or certification, criminal history record, satisfactory work records and good health. All employees must comply with agency policies and agreements to standards. They are also covered with worker’s compensation, professional liability and bonding insurance.
Services for clients in Fayette, Greene and Washington counties include nursing care, personal care, companionship, housekeeping tasks, medication management, meal preparation, transportation to and from appointments and skilled care as prescribed by the client’s medical doctor. Anova also plans to provide supplemental staffing to facilities requiring additional help at peak times and during vacations.
For more information, call 724-434-1001.
Uniontown
Croyle named ‘PaceSetter’
Nathan Croyle of The Insurance People, Uniontown, recently became a member of a group of State Auto independent “PaceSetter’ agents.
“The goal of our year-long PaceSetter program is to form a sales/marketing partnership with each agent to improve service to all our customers,” said President Robert Restrepo. “This group is truly our ‘cream of the crop,’ and we’re proud to have members of Nathan Croyle’s caliber in the group, representing State Auto in Pennsylvania.”
In the coming months, State Auto sales personnel will work closely with PaceSetter agents, like Croyle, in forming a sales alliance and providing professional assistance and feedback, as necessary. “We were very selective in choosing our PaceSetter agents who come from only our very top agencies,” Restrepo added.
State Auto operates in 28 states, through more than 30,000 agents, and for five decades, has been A+ rated by A.M. Best Co., an independent rater of insurance companies. State Auto is one of only 14 companies that have achieved A+ status from A.M. Best since the beginning.
Connellsville
Hospice opens new branch
Albert Gallatin Home Care & Hospice opened a new branch office at 2620A Memorial Boulevard, Connellsville, in Chat-A-Whoo-Chee Square.
Albert Gallatin Home Care & Hospice provides skilled nursing and therapy services in patients’ homes as well as in assisted living facilities and personal care homes. Under home care services, patients may need one or more of the following services: skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech language pathology, medical, social services, or home health aid assistance.
Albert Gallatin nurses and therapists will visit patients in their own home to do a physical assessment and work with the patients’ doctor to develop a plan of care based upon diagnosis, needs, family support and home environment. For information about qualifying for home care services, under Medicare or other payers, call Albert Gallatin Home: Care & Hospice at 800-753-2425.
Albert Gallatin Hospice offers services to any patient who no longer desires to seek aggressive therapies for a life-limiting illness and has a life expectancy of six months or less if aggressive treatment is discontinued.
The cornerstone of hospice care is pain and symptom management. The goal of Albert Gallatin Hospice is to allow the patient to maintain the highest quality of life for both the patient and their family until life ends, a spokesman for the company said.