Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice

A not-for-profit, independent home caregivers and hospice agency
providing optimal health and quality of life since 1950.

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Home Care Services

Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice Home Care is intermittent care – care provided several times a week or less for a short period of time – that requires special skills not ordinarily carried out by a lay person. Care may be provided more often if the medical condition of the patient requires it, but it is not private duty nursing. Care is provided by professionals and paraprofessionals.

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“Having home health care was such a comfort to me and my husband. It can be very scary to be a patient, sick at home, or the caregiver with no one to consult when new issues or questions arise. Without the Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice to help the alternative the wait and worry or return to the Emergency Room, neither of which is good for recovery. VNS bridged an important gap for me between hospitalization and feeling better at home.”

Hospice

Hospice is a form of care; it is not a place. Our hospice care is available to patients who have advanced diseases that are considered incurable. Hospice care is about living each day to its fullest and helps to make a patient’s last months and days as comfortable and fulfilling as possible…making every moment count. Hospice is a philosophy, not a place. Care is provided in the familiar surroundings of home or home-like setting. Care can also be provided in a long-term care setting or a hospital.

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Palliative Care

The Visiting Nurse Palliative Care is specialized medical care that focuses on reducing symptoms, pain, and stress caused by illness. It is appropriate at any stage of serious illness and can be provided alongside curative treatment. The goal of our Palliative Care is to improve quality of life for both patient and family. It is an extra layer of support whereby the team (physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, social workers, CNAs, pharmacists, dietitians) work together to provide a plan of care and offer guidance for complex medical decisions.

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Rehabilitation Services

The Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice Rehabilitation Team of VNS helps patients regain their independence
and achieve the goals they have set for mobility in the home. Upon returning home after

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Community Health

Community Health is a central part of the Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice mission. Our commitment to community health covers wellness programs, community flu clinics, adult blood pressure clinics, support groups (diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and bereavement), health research, community partnerships, and governmental lobbying for home health initiatives.

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Golf Tournament: Winners!!

The 2018 Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice Golf Tournament was played on a sunny, cool, perfect day at Newport National. A field of 94 golfers chipped, drove, and putted their way through 18 holes. The winning Ladies’ Foursome was a team of Barbara Barrow, Sue Green, Kim Lyons, and Suzanne Kissell. The winning Mixed Foursome comprised Joe and Stephanie Mediate, Candy Sharkey, and Sheri Ferland. The winning Mens’ Foursome went to Gary Doster, Mike Karolewski, Dan Quinn, and Kevin Ulmschneider. Congratulations everyone!

SHP names us “Best Superior Performer of 2017” in Patient Satisfaction

Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice has been named “Best Superior Performer of 2017” by Strategic Healthcare Programs, a performance analysis data firm that the agency uses to survey all our patients on satisfaction with our services. This award places us in the top 20% of homecare agencies for patient satisfaction for the calendar year 2017.

What is the Joint Commission?

Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice is Joint Commission accredited. We’re pretty proud of that. What does it mean?

The Joint Commission is a voluntary, independent outside accrediting agency that oversees standards and performance for a number of health care industries including home care. Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice pays a substantial fee to be audited and accredited by this esteemed group. Not all home care agencies invest in this oversight, but it is a level of trust and quality accreditation that is similar to the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval for domestic products. More

Welcome to “West”

Since the VNA of RI has closed its doors, Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice has hired 35 of their former employees, including 10 Registered Nurses, 9 Physical Therapists, 4 Home Health Aides, and many others including interpreters and schedulers. We’ve also opened our Warwick office at 475 Kilvert Street. We are ready, open, and eager to serve the home care, rehabilitation, and hospice needs of northern and western Rhode Island.

Visiting Nurse’s Mission Statement

The mission of the Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice is to provide community services that promote optimal health and quality of life for individuals and families

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