For Professionals

VNA Community Healthcare makes your job easier and less confusing by helping you connect your patients.  We offer a wide range of "Tools for Professionals"  and Programs for Health Professionals.  Our private pay agency, LifeTime Solutions, provides live-in aides, homemakers, personal care assistants and transportation.

Contact Us

Need additional assistance? Contact the VNA Community Healthcare Transitional Care Department, 203.458.4275, (toll free) 1.866.862.0888 or email. Our knowledgeable nurses are happy to answer your questions and help you make the best decisions for your patients.

News You Can Use

Medicare Hospice Benefit Update, October 2011

Information presented by Patricia Magrath, RN, Director of Admissions at The Connecticut Hospice is posted below.

 Update on Entitlements, September 15, 2011

This program was geared towards health professionals with highlights of the latest information on Medicare, Medicaid and the Home Care Program for Elders. Featured speaker, Beverly Kidder, Director, Aging Resource Center at the Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut discussed:

• Entitlements available to seniors
• Newest eligibility requirements
• Program limits
• How to access entitlement programs

VNA Community Healthcare and the CT Collaborative for Fall Prevention have created the medication guidelines (posted below) to help professionals work with their patients, who are over age 70, to avoid falls.

 About VNA Community Healthcare

  For close to a century, VNA Community Healthcare has been an integral part of the fabric of the shoreline, from East Haven to Old Saybrook and the surrounding communities. With the merger with VNA Services, we now serve Greater New Haven and Middlesex counties. We are an independent, non-profit organization, state licensed and Medicare certified.

When life takes an unexpected turn, we support our patients with the healthcare and life-at-home services necessary to stay home longer.

Home Health Services:

• Medical Surgical Nursing Care
• Physical Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech Therapy
• Home Health Aides
• Psychiatric Nursing Care
• Maternal Child Health
• Private Duty Nursing
• Social Work

Continuing Services:

• Homemaker Companion
• Personal Care Assistance
• Live-in Assistance
• Staying Put Check Up 
• Emergency Communication
• Geriatric Care Management
• Transportation
• Household Management
  

Our work together ensures the best care for patients in the comfort of their home, promotes better results, and prolongs patients’ independence.

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