VNA Care Hospice

Description of resource: VNA Care Hospice, an affiliate of VNA Care Network, was the Commonwealth’s first Medicare-certified hospice. The nonprofit agency provides a continuum of care for individuals and families facing a terminal illness in eastern and central Massachusetts. The interdisciplinary hospice team offers a combination of physical, emotional, practical, and spiritual support to help hospice patients and their families live as fully as possible. Hospice is provided in patients’ homes, three home-like hospice residences, and assisted living, residential care, community support and extended care facilities. Comprehensive bereavement support is available as well as free bereavement support groups that are open to the public. Care Choices services, offered in conjunction with the nonprofit home health care agency VNA Care Network, are available for patients with a life-limiting illness who are seeking curative/restorative treatment or who are not otherwise candidates for hospice. Care focuses on pain and symptom management through consultation and intervention provided by hospice staff. If a patient becomes hospice appropriate, a seamless transition can be made from one program to the other. VNA Care Hospice is licensed by Medicare and Medicaid and accredited by JCAHO.

Service Information for All Offices: 800-728-1862 (Central Intake)
Specialized Medical: Pain Service; WOCN-Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse Specialist; Oncology Home Care
Support Groups: Bereavement: General Adult, Children; Family Caregiver

Contact: Deborah Corkum, Public Relations Manager
Phone: 800-521-5539
email: info@vnab.org
website: http://www.vnacarenetwork.org

 

Services provided:

	Alzheimer's/Dementia
	Bereavement
	Children
	Education
	Financial
	Home Support
	Hospice
	Information
	Language
	Palliative Care
	Respite Care
	Specialized Medical
	Spirituality
	Support Group/Counseling