Apria Delivers Essential Oxygen Equipment to Those Impacted by California Wildfires
November 07 2019 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
In response to the wildfires that have plagued much of
California, Apria Healthcare — one of the nation’s largest
providers of home healthcare and equipment services — announced a
mobilized effort to deliver critical equipment to patients in
need.
As utility companies increasingly cut power to homes and
businesses across the state, and select neighborhoods are placed
under mandatory evacuation, patients are at risk of going without
prescribed oxygen therapy. Given the need to focus attention on
patients in these affected neighborhoods, Apria employees have been
working around the clock to ensure critical equipment is being
delivered to their doorstep. Last week, more than 20,000 oxygen
home deliveries were made, and trucks were set up in strategic
locations to help distribute oxygen tanks to patients being
evacuated from their homes.
“Our employees have been working nonstop, even while some of
their own families were without power or had been evacuated from
their homes,” said Zachary Holt, General Manager of the Apria Santa
Rosa branch office. “This truly speaks to the unwavering dedication
and commitment we feel towards our patients and communities.”
Apria has a long-standing commitment to supporting its patients
during times of need and well-established emergency preparedness
protocols in place. In advance of the power outages, local branches
have been proactively filling up delivery vans, making calls to
distribution centers to make sure adequate inventory is on hand,
and individually contacting hundreds of patients to ensure they
know what to expect and how Apria is available for support.
Many patients have been frustrated and scared by the power
outages and have expressed how relieved they are, knowing Apria
will provide personalized care and service during this crisis. “Our
patients have been able to stay home and get their equipment
delivered instead of having to travel to a local hospital for
oxygen,” said Tyler Hutton, General Manager of the Apria Eureka
branch office. “This is not the case with every home medical
equipment company.”
With over 275 local branch offices, Apria stands ready to help
serve patients across the entire country. “I am proud that our
local teams have the knowledge, experience and dedication to
providing outstanding patient care in all types of environments,
whether it be hurricanes, tornados, blizzards, earthquakes — or
most recently — wildfires,” said Dan Starck, Chief Executive
Officer of Apria Healthcare Group. “We are honored to be able to
help improve the quality of life of our patients at home.”
About Apria Healthcare Group Inc.
Apria is a privately held company owned by a group of investment
limited partnerships managed by affiliates of Blackstone (NYSE:BX).
Through its Apria Healthcare LLC operating unit, Apria provides
home respiratory therapy, negative pressure wound therapy, home
enteral nutrition therapy and support, and home medical equipment
through more than 350 locations throughout the continental United
States and Hawaii and serves more than 1.8 million patients each
year. With over $1 billion in annual revenues, Apria is one of the
nation’s largest and leading home healthcare companies. Apria was
the first company of its type to obtain voluntary accreditation
from The Joint Commission and has been continuously accredited for
more than 25 years. For more information, visit www.apria.com.
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Elizabeth O’Hare (949) 285-1894 elizabeth.ohare@apria.com
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