Nursing Care is for people with conditions or illnesses that require medically necessary nursing care. Generally, your physician orders in-home nursing care on your behalf when outpatient care is not a good option.

In-home nursing care means fewer days spent in the hospital and often contributes to a more complete recovery. Since 1967, VNA nurses have been providing care to the homebound with skill and compassion. 

Here is a sampling of the kind of skilled home healthcare available:

• Wound care by a certified wound care nurse
• Catheter / feeding tube
• Ostomy care and maintenance
• Diabetic care and education
• IV therapy
• Medical/surgical care
• Dressing changes
• Burn/wound/skin care
• Medication teaching and monitoring
• Injections
• Catheter changes and maintenance
• Feeding tube instructions for maintenance and education
• Respiratory/tracheostomy care
• Nutritional counseling
• Infusion therapy via peripheral PICC or central line
• Colostomy, urostomy, and ileostomy care, monitoring, and education
• Post operative monitoring and education
• Venipuncture when other skill is present
• Teaching regarding the use of medical equipment

Medical Social Work

• Evaluation of home environment
• Counseling and crisis intervention
• Referral to community resources

Home Health Aide Service

• Personal care including bathing
• Personal linen change
• Dressing & grooming

Medicare, Medicaid, and most private insurers will cover home health care services. VNA is a preferred provider with many managed care networks. VNA provides financial assistance to qualifying individuals with limited resources.