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Visiting Angels Visiting Angels is a nationally respected nonmedical senior home care provider. Its goal is to aid seniors in continuing to live in their homes. Visiting Angels promotes seniors’ independence by helping them with such activities as bathing, dressing, light housekeeping, transportation and meal preparation. Visiting Angels is family-owned and operated by Michael and Jackie DiAsio. They have more than 270 employees and assist about 600 seniors every day. Opening in 2000, the provider now has employees (caregivers) located throughout Las Vegas, Henderson and North Las Vegas. They perform more than 200,000 caregiving hours every year. Properly licensed and bonded, a Visiting Angels typical caregiver has been with the agency for about four years. It accepts long term care insurance and private pay. Visiting Angels is also a Medicaid and Veteran’s Administration provider. Clients determine their assistance schedule based on needs and budget. Visiting Angels can provide care up to 24 hours a day.
LOCATIONS Visiting Angels Las Vegas
9436 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 11-F Las Vegas, NV 89134 702.562.3322
Henderson
1701 N. Green Valley Pkwy. Henderson, NV 89074 702.407.1100 www.visitingangels.com/vegas/home
Desert Institute of Spine Care Andrew Cash, MD Dr. Andrew Cash is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and fellowship-trained spine surgeon at the Desert Institute of Spine Care. Recently he expanded his practice, adding a specialty care center, Desert Institute of Specialty Care, and surgery center, the Minimally Invasive Spine Institute. Cash offers the oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) procedure, which is considered the newest generation of minimally invasive surgery for spinal fusion patients, in the Las Vegas Valley. He is the only surgeon in Nevada currently performing the OLIF procedure. His approach is to individualize each patient’s treatment according to their needs and manage their pain with nonoperative techniques. Approximately 95 percent of patients respond favorably to nonsurgical treatments. Cash trained under renowned surgeon, Dr. Robert Watkins, who has performed surgery on numerous athletes, including Peyton Manning and Dwight Howard. Cash’s focuses include sciatica, arm and leg pain, disc bulges and spine arthritis.
Nicole Dalessandro, DPM A seasoned podiatrist at Desert Institute of Specialty Care, Dr. Nicole Dalessandro developed a passion for health care when a close member of her family was left with a lifelong foot condition that could have been treated as a child. Recent promising advancements in medicine motivated her to enter the podiatry field to treat conditions in ways that were not available in the past.Dalessandro’s areas of expertise include diabetes, wound care, sports medicine, foot and ankle care, forefoot and rearfoot surgery and biomechanics.
Location Desert Institute of Spine Care Desert Institute of Specialty Care Minimally Invasive Spine Institute 9339 W. Sunset Road, SUIte 100, Las Vegas, NV 89148 702.630.DISC (3472) www.disclv.com; www.discspecialtycare.com
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