HISPANIC/LATINO HOME HEALTH CARE PROGRAM
Our care is tailored to the special needs of each patient and family.
We have the capabilities and experience to provide…
• Skilled nursing care
• Physical, occupational and speech therapies
• Social work services
• Infusion therapy services
• Maternal/child health and pediatric care
• Home health aide services
• Hospice care
• Long term care for the chronically disabled
• Case management
• Mental health services
• Specialized care for people with HIV/AIDS
• Oxygen, medical equipment and supplies
• And much more…just ask us!
Our Hispanic program has many special features.
We offer…
• Spanish-speaking telephone hotline for referral and information
• Cultural sensitivity and respect provided to the patient and his or her family
• AVNS home health care team trained in Hispanic culture, values and customs
• Family-centered care-involvement of patient and extended family in treatment plan
• Nutritional diet plans specially designed for Hispanics
• Patient forms and educational material in Spanish
• Partnership Program between VNS and key Hispanic organizations
• Informationand referral sources to Hispanic community resources
Spanish-speaking home health care professionals.
At VNS we have a large pool of VNS Hispanic caregivers, including Spanish-speaking, nurses, home health aides and interpreters.
Our warm and caring home health care team includes…
• Registered nurses
• Rehabilitation therapists
• Social workers
• Home health aides
• Volunteers
Our services are available 24 hours a day – 7 days a week – 365 days a year.
We are able to bill most insurance companies for services, including Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross/Blue Shield and commercial insurance carriers, and we have contracts with HMOs.
More than 100 years of caring.
With a century-long tradition of caring, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York is recognized as the gold standard in home health care. Since 1893, we have gone wherever and whenever compassionate and expert care is needed. Today, with 1,500 registered nurses and 4,300 other highly skilled caregivers, we are the largest not-for-profit home health care agency in the nation, working closely with Hispanic community agencies, physicians, hospitals, and managed care organizations throughout the greater New York City area.
A long tradition of serving NYC’s Hispanic/Latino community.
At the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, we’re proud of out long tradition of providing the full range of home health care services to New York City’s Hispanic community. Whether the need is for long term care due to chronic illness, disability or mental health condition…short-term care following hospitalization, accident or acute illness…or care management for an elderly parent or spouse, relative or friend, we deliver unsurpassed expertise and reliability. Our goal is to help patients and their families return to as full and rich a life as possible. For more information, or to arrange for our services, please call: (212) 290-3800
Visiting Nurse Service of New YorkSM
1250 Broadway
New York, NY 10001-3701
www.vnsny.org