Annual Report

Mark A. Wiles, MD joins VNA as Hospice Medical Director with over 20 years of hospice and palliative medicine experience.

Mark A. Wiles, MD joins VNA as Hospice Medical Director with over 20 years of hospice and palliative medicine experience.

On February 2, 1969, Douglas County Visiting Nurses Association, Inc. (VNA) officially opened an office in an unfinished basement at 342 Missouri St. It was a humble beginning, but a crucial moment for improving access to healthcare in Douglas County and the surrounding areas.

For Jim Householder, pain in his leg had become the norm. For more than a year, the constant pain, which he described as a 6 or 7 on the pain scale, disrupted his sleep, attitude, and much of his daily life. Jim’s knee issues date back to his time in…

“Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” - Fred Rogers The heart of Visiting Nurses Association (VNA) is the desire to help, it is just what we do and who we are. Each and every one of us. But it is the act of going…

VNA’s Employee of the Year award is given to an individual who exemplifies the values and mission of the organization, and the 2024 recipient, Janice Watts, embodies these qualities perfectly.

Read the 2024 Fall Edition of the VNA Voice Newsletter here.

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Read the 2024 Winter Edition of the VNA Voice Newsletter here.