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VNA Services, Inc., (www.vnaservices.org) is a wholly-owned Saint Raphael Healthcare System subsidiary that provides homecare services to residents of 34 Greater New Haven, Middlesex County and shoreline communities. The agency provides nurses, home health aides, homemakers, occupational, speech and physical therapists, medical social workers, wound care specialists, telemonitoring nurses/specialists, registered dietitians and a certified diabetes educator. These healthcare professionals work as an interdisciplinary team to meet the healthcare needs of patients in their homes.
Patients are referred to VNA Services by a variety of hospitals, physicians and other sources. Patients who already use the Saint Raphael Healthcare System may select VNA Services for their homecare needs to ensure continuity of care or they can choose another home care provider.
VNA Services offers a variety of healthcare and support services. Using a multidisciplinary team model, staff provides in-home management and coordination of healthcare in collaboration with a patient’s attending physician. Patients may receive a single type of skilled care or a combination of services, depending on the complexity of their needs.
Facts about VNA Services:
- Not-for-profit
- Medicare and Medicaid certified
- Licensed by the State of Connecticut Department of Health
- Community Health Accreditation Program (accreditation program for homecare agencies)
- Exclusive provider of HomMed® Health Monitoring Systems in New Haven and Middlesex counties
- Reimbursement is provided by third-party payers, grants, town funding and private pay. Fee for service may be reduced with completion of a financial evaluation.
Specialty programs:
- Telemonitoring of vial signs
- Cardiac program
- Rehabilitation services
- Total joint replacement
- Behavioral health
- Skin and wound care
- Wound V.A.C.® therapy, which uses controlled negative pressure to help promote wound healing, resulting in reduced healing time and improved outcomes
- Medical nutrition therapy (provided by a registered dietitian)
- Diabetes education (provided by a certified diabetes educator)
- Maternal/child health
- Clinton School nurses health program
- Support services for seniors
- Strong House Adult Day Care (located in Madison)
Services:
- Skilled nursing
- Physical therapy
- Speech therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Medical social work
- Private duty nursing
- Home health aides
- Homemakers/companions
Health promotion activities:
- Adult health guidance clinics
- Well child clinics
- Flu clinics
- Health education
- Nutrition education
- Health expos and events