For Health Professionals
At VNA Hospice, we are deeply committed to providing relief, comfort, and peace of mind to your patients. We offer expert management of symptoms and heartfelt comfort.
VNA Hospice offers ACHC Accredited Palliative Care and hospice services in a patient’s home, retirement community, long-term care facility, or the VNA Arthur B. and Ethel V. Horton Hospice Center.
Our hospice services are palliative-based and can assist you and your patient based on your treatment goals. VNA Hospice provides you and your patient with:
- An interdisciplinary plan of care to treat a variety of symptoms.
- Monitoring, management, and reporting of symptoms. We’ll maintain communication with your office.
- Medication and other support services to reduce acute symptoms and avoid re-hospitalizations.
Compared to for-profit hospice, Non-profit hospices
provide patients with:
2x as
many therapy visits
10%
more nursing visits
35%
more social worker visits
Medical Conditions
Talk to an intake coordinator about how we can help your patient with cancer, renal disease, cardiac disease, dementia, pulmonary disease, or other life-limiting illness. We can provide you with detailed referral criteria.
Preventing Readmissions
Research shows that among hospice patients, common reasons for readmissions include pain, nausea, vomiting, and restlessness [1]. Our team understands the end-of-life journey. We can help.
At VNA Hospice, we support our professional referral partners by safeguarding patients’ well-being while they are in hospice care. We monitor symptoms and provide relief while offering reassurance to patients and families.
VNA of NWI places mission above profit. Our calling is to offer world-class care and peace of mind to patients and their families.
For Referrals
Email referrals@vnanwi.org
Call (219) 462-5195
Fax (219) 548-0945
[1] Treece, J. et al. (2018). The Effect of Hospice on Hospital Admission and Readmission Rates: A Review. Home Health Care Management & Practice. (30):3, 140-146.
[2] Data from February 2020