Our Skilled Providers

Nursing Staff

VNA nursing staff work as team members with patients, their families, and the community in a variety of ways. Home care coordinators take requests for services from various members of the community and guide the patient, physicians, hospital discharge planners, family and friends to the most appropriate program services.

At the request of the patient's physician, the nurse will perform an in-home assessment of the patients needs and, in coordination with the doctor, develop a plan of care to meet those needs.

Home Care Coordinators

• Coordinate care from hospital or convalescent facility to home
• Coordinate care through the MD without prior hospitalization
• Coordinate all necessary home care services
• Advocate for patient needs

Patient Care Nurse Specialities

• General Nursing
• Cardio/Pulmonary
• Ostomy Care
• Diabetes
• Wound/Decubitis
• Infusion
• Pediatric Care
• Injections
• AIDS Care or AIDS Management
• Pre/Post Surgical Care
• Psychiatric
• Oncology
• Orthopedic
• Mother/Baby
• Neurology
• OB Prenatal
• Neonatal

Home Health Team

Total patient care is the goal of the VNA team.

VNA's highly skilled staff of physical, speech, and occupational therapists provide services for people who have difficulty with ambulation, performing daily living activities, and language, speech or perception problems

The patient might also require care from Medical Social Workers, Home Health Aides, or a Dietician. These valuable services help the patient to recuperate at home.

Physical Therapy

• In-Home safety assessment
• Transfer training
• Gait/Stair training
• Therapeutic exercise

Speech Therapy

• Assess and treat swallowing disorders
• Aids non-oral communication needs
• Patient/family education and training
• Helps patients relearn language and speech skills

Occupational Therapy

• Adaptive equipment evaluation
• Actitivities of daily training
• Energey conservation techniques

Medical Social Workers

• Community referrals
• Assist with advance directives
• Long term planning
• Financial assessments
• Supportive services
• Suicide Screening

Home Health Aides

• Personal grooming
• Bathing
• Hair washing
• Bed Changing
• Light Housekeeping

Dieticians

• Nutritional screening and assessments
• Provides nutritional counseling
• Monitoring patients on enteral and parenteral feeding regimes