Visiting Nurse Association Kansas City

In 2023 Vna achieved a four-star rating in home health by cms. This high rating exemplifies Vna's determination to deliver quality healthcare to patients throughout our 17-county coverage area. The healthcare professionals at Vna strive to be our patients first and only call when a need arise. With shortened hospital stays the necessity for home health organizations to bridge the gap of care continues to grow. This need continues to rise as federal reimbursement rates continue to decline creating a financial strain on home health providers. Funding this gap is essential to retain quality home health care in our communities. Especially for those patients in underserved communities located in medical deserts. At Vna we keep going even after the road ends. No patient should ever sacrifice quality of care based on their ability to pay or their lack of access to quality, local health care providers. Vna home health clinicians provided care to patients during 46,180 health care home visits during 2023. These home health visits help bridge growing socioeconomic gaps in healthcare by providing in-home care to an aging population by serving 4,425 individual patients. Our top three are rehabilitation therapies, wound care and neurological rehabilitation. Throughout 2023 our rehabilitation (physical, occupational and speech) therapists performed 24,871 visits (53.8% of total annual visits), wound care encompassed 11,379 visits (24.6% of total annual visits), and neurological rehabilitation completed 6,428 visits (13.9% of total annual visits). These three disciplines accounted for 92.3% of all home health visits in calendar year 2023. The physical, occupational and speech therapists at Vna bring therapy to the comfort of the place they call home. Assisting patients to gain ability across a multi areas of diminished capability. Our therapist not only deliver custom designed therapy sessions they also educate patients on post visit tasks to continually enhance their rehabilitation between therapy sessions. The importance of education along with therapy assists patients in regaining greater success over the course of their treatment timeline. Being one of the few remaining home health agencies with certified wound care clinical registered nurses. This unique aspect sets Vna apart in the communities we serve. Wound care provides a necessary service to patients who might otherwise see greater hospital readmissions. By limiting undue stress on the already overwhelmed healthcare system our Vna wound care specialists assist in alleviating readmission levels of our patients. Vna is proud to have affiliation with lsvt big and lsvt loud certification. With these certifications Vna is equipped to better treat patients with parkinson's disease or other neurological conditions. Vna's lsvt big and lsvt loud therapy provides custom designed treatment plans to benefit our patients. Many of our patients in rural and underserved communities would not have access to this premier service without Vna's dedication to individuals providing service regardless to ability to pay.

The community outreach program of Vna has a proven track record of success. In an effort to track success we fully recognize both progress and services provided have to be measured. The community outreach program has a focus on the 65 and over population in the Kansas city metropolitan area as well as the surrounding Missouri counties of cass, clay, jackson, platte and the Kansas counties of johnson and wyandotte. With a robust goal of maintaining 49 outreach sites and serving over 11,710 individual screenings and 3,441 wellness coaching appointments Vna is proud to inform you we have surpassed our 2023 goal by 14.7%. The community outreach program completed a total of 3,424 patient encounters. Our low-income older adults served by this program were provided 8,282 screenings for blood sugar, cholesterol, and blood pressure. Our participants are forever grateful for Vna providing a healthier outlook on their future. The demographic makeup of the community outreach program participants for 2023: - 95.1% age 60+ - 52.2% female - 76.6% caucasian - 14.2% african american - 2.3% hispanic - 6.9% vietnamese or other ethnicities the aforementioned services are all possible due to the dedication of our community outreach program. With your continued support we will be able to positively impact the lives of thousands of deserving individuals throughout Kansas city and the 17 surrounding counties our patients call home.

Hospice care of Vna has been recognized in the top 5% nationally for care giver satisfaction in both 2022 and 2023. Vna is proud of this accomplishment since our hospice group was created in 2021 giving us the distinction of being in the top 5% since our inception. Our compassionate hospice teams enhance the final weeks, days and hours of our patients' lives. In 2023 Vna's hospice team delivered world-class care to 238 patients in Kansas city and the surrounding 17 county area. Our patients averaged 68.9 days on our hospice service in 2023 equating to an average daily census of 53. Additionally, our hospice professionals also provide invaluable end of life education to families and loved ones. At Vna hospice we provide our services to patients of all ages and background.