Patient & Family

Services: Skilled Nursing Services in the Home

Call on the VNA for skilled nursing services in the home, and you will work with a pioneer and innovator in the field. We offer an incredible range of services, all provided under a plan of care established and monitored by the patient’s physician.

Nursing

Our experienced home health RNs assess and care for patients of all ages and conditions. Services include:

• Patient observation and assessment.
• Patient and family teaching.
• Administration of medications.
• Wound care.
• Tracheotomies, gastrostomy tubes and foley catheters.
• Other treatments as ordered.
• Specialty teams in infusion therapy, mental health, obstetrics, as well as a dedicated pediatric team.

Disease Management and Clinical Path Implementation

• Programs focused on education, nutrition, patient compliance, and communication.
• Help to control the disease process and maximize wellness. 
• Template of care can be modified based on individual patient needs.
• Clinical paths include diabetes, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, DVT, asthma, COPD, and IDDM.

Physical Therapy

• PTs assess the rehabilitation needs of patients and establish realistic goals toward recovering function.
• Services provided in the home include therapeutic exercise, gait training, range of motion and other modalities.
• Pediatric therapists are available for the special needs of the child and the family.

Occupational Therapy

• Our therapists assess the patient’s ability to carry out activities of daily living and develop treatment plans.
• Therapies include training in feeding, dressing, balance, assistive devices and other interventions.

Speech/Language Pathology

• We offer treatment for speech, language, communication disabilities and swallowing disorders
• Services are implemented in the home.

Medical Social Work

• MSWs assess and attempt to improve the patient’s emotional adjustment by counseling, referral to community agencies, helping with finances, and other matters.

Nutritional Services

• Dietary consultation is available.

IV Therapy Nursing

Patients and families can count on the VNA's outstanding team of IV nurses, offering unequaled clinical and personal service in home care.

• Work with home pharmacy pharmacists who monitor patient drug therapies, reviewing medication profiles, laboratory results and nursing reports.
• Pharmacists communicate with physicians as appropriate to ensure proper dosing.

• We have a team of Registered Nurses trained to provide Infusion Therapy.
• Infusion nurses work with pharmacists to administer antibiotics, chemotherapy, steroids, IVIG, hydration, TPN and a variety of other home infusion therapies.