Pocono VNA-Hospice

Visiting nurse association: the following list includes the major programs of the vna identified by their discipline of service: skilled nursing, home health aides, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, dietary consulting, and social work services. These services are provided according to a physician's treatment plan to those 18 years of age or older who need skilled care in their home to recover from a medical treatment and promote patient self-sufficiency. It takes more than clinical expertise to improve a patient's condition, the human touch is an essential part of patient care. Home care patients served totaled 960 with 14,093 visits by skilled clinicians in fiscal year 2023.

Hospice house: provides patients and their families a resource for inpatient skilled care at the end of life in their own community. Hospice provides not only the medical care that a patient requires, but also care for the emotional, social, and spiritual needs of the patient and their loved ones. Under the direction of a physician, the following teams tend to all of the needs of the terminally ill: registered nurses, certified nursing assistants, social workers, chaplain, and other medical personnel. As part of the standards of medical, emotional, and spiritual support service provided by Pocono Vna-Hospice this team acts on a plan of care that is an individually tailored and well-choreographed approach with the goal of easing the stress and pain at the end of life. Patients served totaled 245 with 1,061 days in care in fiscal year 2023.

Hospice: provides comfort and support, it is compassion and respect designed for patients and their families with life-limiting illnesses, hospice is a philosophy of care - a very special kind of care dedicated to providing physical, emotional, and spiritual comfort. With hospice, patients can remain at home - alert and pain-free - relaxed, comfortable, and most important, surrounded by their loved ones. We have a special team of trained professionals and volunteers to provide physician directed skilled nursing, home health aides, therapy, dietary, social work services, and pastoral care. This team acts on a plan of care that is an individually tailored and well-choreographed approach with the goal of easing the stress and pain at the end of life. Hospice patients served totaled 375 with 10,862 days in care in fiscal year 2023.