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Home Health and Rehabilitation

VNA has been providing help for people with home care needs in Douglas County and the surrounding area since 1969.

home health and rehabilitation

Visiting Nurses Home Health comprises a variety of services to help you maintain independence in the comfort of your own home. We work with you and your doctor to determine the best treatments while helping promote, maintain and restore your health.

We provide skilled care and a staff of caring professionals who are solely focused on your wellbeing and recovery.

Skilled Nursing

Skilled Nurses provide wound care, infusion therapy, pain management, diabetic and respiratory care, as well as medication management. Nurses also educate both the patient and family about chronic disease symptoms and management. 

VNA Skilled Nursing

Respiratory Therapy

Respiratory Therapists provide assessment and care for patients with disorders affecting the cardiopulmonary system. Therapists offer comprehensive treatment and disease management for COPD, emphysema, asthma, pneumonia and other breathing disorders.

VNA Respiratory Therapy

Physical Therapy 

Physical Therapists provide exercise and teaching to help patients achieve the highest level of mobility and functional abilities to improve quality of life. Treatment of physical impairments and disabilities that interfere with safe mobility is the primary focus. After complete evaluation, PTs provide one-on-one personalized exercises to promote strength, balance and flexibility, while helping people manage pain.

VNA Physical Therapy

PT/INR Monitoring

Home Health Nurses provide on-site PT/INR monitoring for patients with clotting disorders who are taking prescribed anticoagulation medication. This in-home testing provides immediate results so abnormalities can be reported immediately to your health care provider, preventing cardiovascular complications.

VNA PT-INR Monitoring

Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapists help patients improve their ability to perform tasks in living and working environments. They work with individuals who suffer from mentally, physically, developmentally or emotionally disabling conditions. The Therapist helps patients improve their basic motor functions as well as find ways to compensate for permanent loss of function. The goal is to help patients have independent, productive, satisfying lives.

VNA Occupational Therapy

Speech Therapy

Speech Therapists evaluate and treat voice, speech, language and swallowing disorders, and hearing impairments that affect communication. Therapists help patients regain the ability to produce and understand speech, and facilitate communication skills. 

VNA Speech Therapy

Lymphedema Therapy

Lymphedema Therapists use a gentle application of exercise and massage to encourage lymph drainage and help relieve swelling for patients with pain due to edema.

VNA Lymphedema Therapy

Medical Social Workers

Social Workers provide emotional support and counseling, as well as assistance with financial matters.

VNA Medical Social Workers

Home Health Aides 

HHAs are trained, certified health care workers who provide assistance in the home with personal care and monitoring the patient’s condition.

VNA Home Health Aides

Dieticians

Certified Dieticians provide nutritional consultations tailored to the patient’s specific illness and dietary health needs.

VNA Dieticians

CareLinkTM

This electronic relay device allows the in-home client to signal for help in an emergency.
Click here to learn more about CareLinkTM.

TeleHealth

This electronic device monitors vital statistics and weight in the patient’s home. Information is transmitted to our office for review so abnormalities can be reported immediately to your health care provider, allowing earlier intervention.

Who Pays for Home Health Care?

Medicare, Medicaid and most private insurance companies typically pay for Home Health services. Most payors require patients to be homebound for a period of time as defined by Medicare standards. 

Who Pays for Home Health

To learn more, click here to view our Home Health brochure.

Contact Us

200 Maine St., Suite C
Lawrence, KS 66044

Tel: 785.843.3738
Fax: 785.843.6439
Intake Fax: 785.813.9270