2024
CARESTAR
AWARDS
New York City

Who Are CareStars?

CareStars are dedicated and exceptional professionals in home and community care, encompassing health, mental health, and social services.

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Who Are CareStars?

CareStars are dedicated and exceptional professionals in home and community care, encompassing health, mental health, and social services. They make a profound impact on the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged members of our communities.

The CareStar Awards aim to honor and spotlight the remarkable efforts and contributions of paraprofessional and allied healthcare workers. By doing so, they increase awareness of the pivotal role these individuals play within the healthcare ecosystem. In its second year, the Awards continue to shed light on the crucial work of home and community care workers. The Awards spotlight not only advances the industry but also acknowledges their unwavering dedication to providing high-quality care to clients and their families.

What are the CareStar Awards?

The CareStar Awards, an initiative of the Anchor Group (www.anchorgroupcorp.com), in collaboration with several community-based organizations, spotlights the often-overlooked contributions of healthcare workers. In 2023, our Awards honored Home Care Workers.

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What are the CareStar Awards?

The CareStar Awards, an initiative of the Anchor Group (www.anchorgroupcorp.com), in collaboration with several community-based organizations, spotlights the often-overlooked contributions of healthcare workers. In 2023, our Awards honored Home Care Workers. This year, the 2024 Awards will celebrate the efforts of both Home Care and Community Health Workers in New York City.

Despite their vital role, many fail to recognize the contributions of over 130,000 Home Care Workers—comprising Home Health Aides and Personal Care Assistants—in NYC, as well as the over 6,400 Community Health Workers. These dedicated individuals make a difference every day.

The 2024 CareStar Awards recognize the crucial roles and contributions of Home Care and Community Health Workers in our communities. They provide essential care to clients, enabling them to age in place, access necessary services, and maintain their professional and social lives. In essence, Home Care and Community Health Workers are indispensable to the functioning of NYC and its healthcare system. Their ability to foster trust, build relationships, and enhance communication between patients and providers is fundamental to improving individual and community health.

CareStar Categories

The CareStar Awards were created to recognize unrecognized post-acute care workers. This year, the awards highlight paraprofessionals—home care and community care workers, and their contributions to the industry’s sustenance. The awards recognize their invaluable work and commitment to delivering quality care to clients and their families in New York City and Nassau County. The awards will:

Advocate Award

Purpose:
The healthcare landscape has always had many changes.  Clients are not always clear about where and how to access resources.  This award recognizes the home care worker that goes about and beyond, being a voice to oftentimes to voiceless to ensure that their clients have all the resource they need to make the right decisions about their care and to sustain their daily lives

Compassion Award

Purpose:
One can be trained to check vitals, but the most vital skill is a naturally compassionate aide.  While this is our hope for every aide, this award will recognize the HCW that consistently shows great empathy and concern for their clients and intoxicates other aides and caregivers in the circle of care.  Always going the extra mile to ensure that their clients have all the support needed to thrive

Conqueror Award

Purpose:
Recognizes that home care workers that have surmounted several challenges and adversities and continue to serve with diligence

Elevation Award

Purpose:
Your starting point is not the finish.  The Elevation award recognizes an individual that began their career as a home care worker and has used the learning and exposure to move to another successful track within the healthcare industry.  Their initiative to win and endurance inspires us all.

Longevity Award

Purpose:
Three (3) living home care workers that has served the longest as a licensed home care worker

CareStar of the Year

Purpose:
The Home Care Worker (HCW) with the Most Votes from City Pride Award

Partner With Us

See who has partnered with us to recognize the unsung heroes of the home care industry.

Invitations to the second annual CareStar Awards 2024 are now open.  Learn more about the highlights and requirements here

Your brand will be in great company!

Schedule

The 2024 events focus on healthcare, noting home care workers (HCWs) are critical to supporting continuous care for seniors and disabled individuals.

  • Nomination Opens – May 6
  • Nomination Closes – May 31
  • June 14 – Top 100 Nominees will be selected
  • July 15 – Top 50 Nominees will be selected

CareStar Highlights

Home care workers (HCWs) have been critical to supporting continuous care for seniors and disabled individuals in New York City, helping to reduce the cost of long-term care with its lower wage cost compared to nursing homes, hospitals, and rehab facilities, in addition to their contribution to reduction in hospitalization and other complications associated with poor medication adherence. The Anchor Group through its HealthXchange Division will be executing a series of activities focused on enhancing home care talent development.

250

CareStar Nominees

25

Award Finalists

3

Events

10

Judges

5

NYC Boroughs

7

Counties

ANCHOR Group Track Record

The Anchor Group (www.anchorgroupcorp.com) first made its mark in the conference space with Go Caribbean! International Business & Investment Expo, which launched in 2014, and had an annual average of 400 attendees at its series of events and reached an estimated 25,000 Caribbean Americans through its promotional activities over its two-year run. Sponsors for the Go Caribbean! Expos included JetBlue, Capital One, Consolidated Edison (Con Edison), NYC Small Business Solutions, and New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

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