Social Service - Visiting Nurse Alliance of Vermont and New Hampshire

The VNA and Hospice is like the local police and fire departments - a strategic part of the community's safety net - with services that must be continuously available to anyone in need. The need varies dramatically from month to month and year to year. The VNA provides a comprehensive range of care, requisitioned by hospital staff and physicians, for everyone, regardless of ability to pay. Regardless of ability to pay, we are committed to provide care those uninsured and under-insured individuals residing in the communities we serve to access needed and medically necessary, skilled-level home-health services.

We value the continued partnership with the Town of Harford to help us meet your resident's home care, hospice and family health needs. Town funding accomplishes the following:

• Enables your family, friends and neighbors to remain independent and at home as they receive skilled clinical care during times of injury, recovery from surgery or accidents, disability, whether for short-term and chronic illness. For many such patients, many are addressing multiple medical emotional and social issues at the same time.
• Provides emotional support plus pain and symptom management during terminal illness. Hospice care extends to family members as well. More and more patients want to be at home during their end of life and through Hospice they have that control.
• Provides community-wellness programs and assistance to young families at risk. Clients range from fathers and/or mothers who want to be more effective parents through learning parenting skills or providing a balanced diet; infants and young children who have chronic illnesses requiring long-term support and care.
• Visits (July 1, 2003 through June 30, 20043)
• Home Care
• Skilled Nursing 2,904
• Physical Therapy 1,078
• Speech Therapy 72
• Occupational Therapy 316
• Medical Social Worker 62
• Home Health Aide 4,675
• Homemaker 1,958
• Hospice & Private Duty Visits 450
• Total Visits 11,515
• Hospice
• Patient/Families served 24
• Maternal Child Health Program
• Children 45
• Family Support Services
• Families Served 12
• Individuals Served 43
• Home Visits 83
• Fatherhood Program, Dads served 6
• Clinic Attendees
• Flu 202
• Blood Pressure 378
• Foot 70

On behalf of the people we serve in your community, thank you for your continued confidence.

Susan H. Larman, BSN, MBA

President and Chief Executive Officer

The Hartford Housing Authority | Windsor County Partners | Health Care & Rehabilitation of Southern Vermont | Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) | Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA) | The Upper Valley Haven, Inc. | Women's Information Services (WISE) | The Vermont Center for Independent Living | Vermont Adult Learning | Visiting Nurse Alliance of Vermont and New Hampshire, Inc. | The Family Place | Headrest | Bugbee Senior Center | Advance Transit