Vermont’s 11 not-for-profit Visiting Nurse Associations and home care agencies provide a wide range of high-quality care for people of all ages with acute and long term illnesses. In addition to skilled nursing services, specialty nurses coordinate high-quality individualized care. Licensed Nursing Assistants assist with personal care and activities of daily living. 

Home Care Services Include:

Skilled Nursing - Provided by an RN or LPN under the supervision of an RN

• Observation and assessment of patient's condition
• Management and evaluation of a patient care plan
• Teaching and training activities
• Administration of medications
• Treatments such as catheter and wound care

Licensed Nursing Assistant Service

• Personal Care  

Rehabilitation Services

·        Physical Therapy

·        Speech Therapy

·        Occupational Therapy

Medical Social Work

• Individual Counseling
• Evaluation of Home Environment 
• Crisis Intervention 
• Referral to community resources 
• Long-term Care Planning 

Homemaker

·        Light Housekeeping

Enterostomal Therapy

• Ostomy care 
• Complex wound and skin care 

Infusion Therapy

• Chemotheraphy 
• Antibiotic Therapy 
• Hydration Therapy 
• Gamma Globulin 
• Steroid Therapy 
• Analgesics/Pain Management 
• Total Parenteral Nutrition
• Blood Transfusion 
• Cardiac Medications 
• Enteral Feedings 

Medicaid High-Tech Program

• Shift Care Nursing 
• Case Management 
• Pediatric and Adult Care 
• Community Care Team 

Health Promotion and Wellness

• Community-based Health and Wellness Services 
• Public Clinics for Flu Vaccines, Blood Pressure Screening, Cholesterol Screening, Blood Glucose 
• Clinics for Businesses: Hepatitis B vaccines, TB screening, Rabies Vaccines 

Medicaid Choices for Care Program

• Personal Care Attendants 
• Client-directed Plans of Care 
• Case Management 
• Respite Care 
• Assessments for Eligibility 

Medicaid Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver

• Life Skills Aides 
• Community Re-entry 
• Respite Services 

Hospice Services

A specially coordinated home-based program that helps children and adults with a terminal illness, along with their families, cope with death by living life to the fullest. The interdisciplinary team emphasizes care directed toward expert pain and symptom control, maximizing independence and socialization and providing support.

• Care for Terminally Ill
• Respite Care 
• Volunteer Services 
• Bereavement Services 
• Team of Medical Director, Nurse, Social Worker, Licensed Nursing Assistant, Clergy, Volunteers, Volunteer Coordinator 

Palliative Care Program (Hospice-like services for those who are seriously ill but not yet qualified for hospice.)

• Skilled Nursing 
• Licensed Nursing Assistant Services 
• Volunteer Services 

Maternal Child Health 

Comprehensive home and center-based prevention/early intervention services to provide medical educational and psychosocial support for families.

Skilled Nursing

• Assessment, Education & Medical Nursing Intervention for pregnant and postpartum women 
• Assessment, Education & Medical Nursing Interventions for children with chronic or acute illness, developmental delays, failure to thrive or injury 
• Maternal-infant Early Discharge Support 
• Parenting Skills Education 

Licensed Nursing Assistants

Family Educators

Social Workers

Physical & Occupational Therapy Services

For more information about home care services in your area, call your local home health agency or Visiting Nurse Association or call VAHHA at 802-229-0579. To dial your local agency simply dial 1-800-HOMECARE (466-32273), punch in the zip code of your town and you will be directly connected.