Caring Shield Hospice

12/12/2025

10/18/2025

🎉 Big Congratulations to Sebastian Collao, PTA! 🎉

We’re so proud of Sebastian for passing his PTA licensure exam! Your hard work and dedication truly inspire our Imperial Therapy team. 💙💚

Join us in celebrating this amazing milestone — way to go, Sebastian! 👏👏

09/13/2025

🏆 Please keep voting DAILY through Sept 16!

We’re finalists in Home Health, Hospice, and Physical Therapy. Your daily votes help us keep caring for the High Desert.

👉 Scan the QR on the poster or tap here:

https://vvdailypress.gannettcontests.com/2025-Best-of-the-Desert-Communitys-Choice-Awards/gallery?group=526442

✅ You can vote once per day (use any email).

Thank you, friends, patients & families! 💙

09/08/2025

🌍💙 Happy World Physical Therapy Day 2025! 💙🌍

At Caring Shield Hospice (dba Imperial Hospice and Palliative Care), we honor the incredible work of Physical Therapists who help patients move better, live stronger, and age healthier every day. This year’s theme shines a spotlight on:

✨ Healthy Ageing – Staying active, maintaining relationships, and doing what you love as you grow older .
✨ Falls Prevention – Improving strength, balance, and flexibility to avoid injuries and remain independent .
✨ Preventing Frailty – It’s never too late to start! Strength training benefits all ages when guided safely by a PT .

🙌 To all our PTs and rehab team—thank you for your dedication to patient recovery, safety, and independence.
💪 To our patients and families—remember, small steps today mean stronger, safer tomorrows.

📅 World PT Day | September 8, 2025

09/08/2025

🏆 Please keep voting DAILY through Sept 15!

We’re finalists in Home Health, Hospice, and Physical Therapy. Your daily votes help us keep caring for the High Desert.

👉 Scan the QR on the poster or tap here:

https://vvdailypress.gannettcontests.com/2025-Best-of-the-Desert-Communitys-Choice-Awards/gallery?group=526442

✅ You can vote once per day (use any email).

Thank you, friends, patients & families! 💙

09/03/2025

🌟 We’re honored to be nominated again for the 2025 Best of the Desert Community’s Choice Awards! 🌟
✅ Categories:
🏡 Home Health
🌿 Hospice
💪 Physical Therapy
🗓 Voting is open Sept 2 – Sept 15
📲 Vote daily using as many emails as you can!
👉 Scan the QR code in the photo OR click here: Vote Now
💙 We’re asking all of our employees, clinicians, contractors, families, patients, and friends to join in and spread the word. Every vote counts!
Let’s bring home the win again this year! 🏆✨

09/03/2025

🌟 We’re honored to be nominated again for the 2025 Best of the Desert Community’s Choice Awards! 🌟

✅ Categories:

🏡 Home Health Imperial Home Health
🌿 Hospice Caring Shield Hospice (dba Imperial Hospice)
💪 Physical Therapy Imperial Therapy

🗓 Voting is open Sept 2 – Sept 15

📲 Vote daily using as many emails as you can!
👉 Scan the QR code in the photo OR click here: Vote Now
@ https://vvdailypress.gannettcontests.com/2025-Best-of-the-Desert-Communitys-Choice-Awards/gallery?group=526442

💙 We’re asking all of our employees, clinicians, contractors, families, patients, and friends to join in and spread the word.

Every vote counts!
Let’s bring home the win again this year! 🏆✨

03/14/2025

Caring Shield Hospice dba Imperial Hospice and Palliative Care is proud to celebrate the Grand Opening of Imperial Therapy—another step in our mission to lead healthcare at every stage of life. From home health to hospice, and now therapy, we remain dedicated to helping individuals regain independence, mobility, and quality of life.

A huge thank you to the Greater High Desert Chamber of Commerce and our community leaders for their support. We look forward to serving even more patients with compassion and excellence!

02/27/2025

🌟 Celebrating a Major Milestone! 🌟

Caring Shield Hospice (dba Imperial Hospice and Palliative Care) proudly congratulates Imperial Therapy on the successful completion of its on-site survey from the California Department of Public Health with zero deficiencies!

As part of the Imperial Family, alongside Imperial Home Health, Hospice, and Palliative Care, this achievement strengthens our collective mission of leading health care at every stage of life.

With this milestone, Imperial Physical Therapy PC is now officially licensed to provide Physical Therapy (PT), Occupational Therapy (OT), and Speech Therapy (ST) to the community. While they are ready to begin operations, they will be holding off until their grand opening announcement—coming soon!

We are thrilled to celebrate this success and look forward to the incredible care Imperial Therapy will bring to patients. Congratulations to the entire team!

02/10/2025

📢 New Research Publication in Geriatric Rehabilitation 📢

We’re excited to share that a new research study co-authored by Dr. Eleazar Tayag—CEO of Imperial Home Health and Imperial Therapy, and CFO of Imperial Hospice and Palliative Care—has been published in a peer-reviewed journal, contributing to the growing body of evidence in telehealth assessments for older adults.

This marks the third published study that Dr. Tayag has collaborated on, reinforcing efforts to improve accessibility, reliability, and feasibility of virtual mobility assessments in geriatric rehabilitation. The study explores how functional tests administered via telehealth compare to traditional in-person assessments, which is particularly relevant for home health and remote patient care.

🔬 Published Research Studies:

📌 NEW: Latest Published Study
“Reliability and Validity of Functional Assessments Administered via Telehealth for Older Adults”
PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39868692/

📌 Validity & Reliability of Virtually Obtained Assessments
Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation
https://journals.lww.com/topicsingeriatricrehabilitation/abstract/2023/10000/validity_and_reliability_of_virtually_obtained.3.aspx

📌 Feasibility of the Timed Up and Go (TUG) Test via Telehealth
Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation
https://journals.lww.com/topicsingeriatricrehabilitation/abstract/2023/10000/feasibility_of_timed_up_and_go_administered_via.2.aspx

📌 Concurrent Validity & Reliability of In-Person vs. Virtual Testing
Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy
https://journals.lww.com/jgpt/abstract/9900/concurrent_validity_and_reliability_of_in_person.68.aspx

Why This Research Matters

✅ Improves telehealth assessments – helping clinicians evaluate older adults remotely with greater confidence.
✅ Supports home health practices – offering evidence-based insights for PTs, OTs, and rehabilitation specialists.
✅ Expands access to care – ensuring older adults, especially those in rural or mobility-limited settings, receive accurate functional assessments.

These studies are published in highly respected journals, such as Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation and Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, both known for their rigorous peer-review process and impact on clinical practice.

Collaboration in research plays a crucial role in advancing evidence-based care, and it’s always rewarding to be part of studies that help improve patient outcomes and accessibility in rehabilitation.