Arise Home Health Care provides in-home care for individuals in Central Minnesota

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Our Mission

To be a radically distinctive care provider and community resource for the elderly, disabled and chronically ill who wish to remain as vibrant as their circumstances will allow.

About Us

Arise Home Health Care Staff

We Were Clients First

Our son required home health care. We expected more service than the home care agencies in the Central Minnesota area were willing to provide. We founded Arise Home Health Care when we saw his needs and the needs of many other families in the area were not being met. This experience has created high levels of empathy for our clients, making Arise drastically different than other home care agencies.

We're committed to:

     *Tenaciously developing and delivering consumer-driven services that nurture the whole person - body, mind and spirit.

     *Earnestly believing each individual we serve desires and deserves dignity, individuality and independence.

     *Enthusiastically employing caregivers whose compassion is abundant, caring is genuine, expertise is apparent and whose flexibility comes easily.

     *Boldly challenging the bureaucracies of the health care industry to recognize that quality care and business success are not a function of size.

Company Profile

Arise Home Health Care was started in 2000 in St. Cloud, MN by Jay and Melody Vachal. It was first known as Vachal Home Health Care. Jay, a respected local businessman, and Melody, a Speech/Language Pathologist specializing in early/special education, started the agency as a way to improve the personal care services available to their son Isaac who has Cerebral Palsy and is blind. The business was incorporated in 2002 and the name was changed to Arise Home Health Care. In 2004, the company expanded into its new corporate offices at 2907 Clearwater Rd. in St. Cloud, MN.

About that same time, Melody became the primary Caregiver for her father. In response to his care needs, Arise HHC created its Adult/Eder Care Division which includes Non-Medical and Nurse Delegated Services. Today Arise HHC has 65 Caregivers providing services throughout Central Minnesota.

Location/Service Area

Arise Home Health Cares primary service area includes the Minnesota counties of Stearns, Benton and Sherburne including the City of St. Cloud and surrounding communities. Our secondary service area includes parts of Wright and Morrison County.

Management Team

Jay Vachal, President and CEO

Jay is responsible for the day to day operations of Arise Home Health Care. He personally oversees client relations, human resources and regulatory compliance. Prior to founding Arise HHC, Jay was the Chief Operating Officer for Success Gear Institute, a division of Image Builders Promotional Agency. Prior to that he served as Vice President and Treasurer of GeoComm, Inc., a public safety communications/technology company. Jay has over 15 years experience in executive leadership in the areas of sales and marketing. Jayl graduated from the University of North Dakota where he earned an undergraduate degree in Marketing. In 1988, he earned his MBA in Finance from the University of Maine.

Paula Muggli P.H.N., R.N.C. Director of Nursing

Paula is Director of Eldercare Services for Arise Home Health Care. She is responsible for outreach and care planning for seniors. Paula has over 20 years experience in skilled nursing, case management and assessment. Prior to joining Arise, Paula was with Stearns County Human Services for 15 years working with clients of all ages providing skilled nursing visits, pca assessments, and waiver case management services.

Arise Home Health Care is a locally owned, licensed provider of in-home caregivers and home health aides. Arise has 65 employees providing services throughout Central Minnesota and is officed in St. Cloud. You can reach Paula at 320-230-6348 Ext 104 or paula.muggli@arisecares.com.

Deb Thomalla R.N., Case Manager

Deb is our point person responsible for working with clients and employees. She manages client care, develop care plans, secure physician orders, check client status from time to time and ensure that our caregivers are prepared to meet the needs of clients.
Deb has been a nurse for 30 years. For the past 10 years she's been a Registered Nurse. Deb is experienced as a private duty nurse for chronically ill pediatric clients and as a home care and hospice case manager for a large variety of clients. She has extensive experience as a rehabilitation nurse and serves the elderly as the health care coordinator for an assisted living facility. Deb graduated from North Hennepin Community College as a registered nurse.