Fostering Pets through Underdog Rescue

Stacey McNeely is a Registered Nurse with experience as a device nurse and as a national director of transitional care coordination within the healthcare industry. Passionate about helping rescued dogs, Stacey McNeely volunteers and fundraises for Can-Do Canines. She is also actively involved with the institution Underdog Rescue, through which she has fostered a seven-year-old female Old English Sheepdog named Frankie.

Founded two decades ago, Underdog Rescue is a nonprofit rescue group that offers permanent placement and rehabilitation for homeless dogs and cats. The organization has placed 2,100 plus dogs and cats in their forever homes with the help of volunteers, foster providers, and veterinary care and community partners.

Individuals who have enough space for a temporary pet can provide a foster home to help save adoptable animals from euthanasia until they are adopted. Underdog Rescue supplies food and crates to foster homes during the animal's stay in return for a safe and supportive environment.

To apply to provide a foster home, individuals must assume responsibilities such as exposing the dog or cat to situations similar to the ones they would face in typical family situations and communicate regularly with the Underdog Rescue leadership team. Also, it is essential to attend at least two adoption events each month.

Understanding the Benefits of Transitional Care Management

Registered nurse Stacey McNeely combines her medical experience with extensive business expertise as the National Director of Transitional Care Coordination for The Goodman Group. In this position, she has developed and created a program called Able Care Connect. Stacey McNeely maintains a professional interest in transitional care and the reduction of readmission rates for elderly patients.

Transitional care is an increasingly important aspect of care for patients who were recently released from the hospital. The period of transitional care is vital for ensuring the continued recovery of the patient, and for reducing the incidents of readmission to a hospital. Hospital readmissions cause increased medical costs, but transitional care can help to reduce that extra expense.

Around one in five Medicare beneficiaries gets readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of their release. Experts believe that more than two thirds of these cases are preventable with the proper follow-up and assistance with new treatments or medications after release. The main goal of transitional care management is to reduce the readmission rate for these patients and provide them with the necessary support to ensure complete recovery. Programs like Able Care Connect provide a service that is billable to Medicare. This particular program is aimed at supporting acute care patients for the 7 days following their discharge.