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Services Offered: |
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Resource Description: |
A team of compassionate, specially trained caregivers
assist, support and comfort the dying patient and their
family. This is a comprehensive program of care provided by
physicians, nurses, counselors and other professionals
designed to keep the patient comfortable and alert at home,
while emotional support is given to all family members. An
Interdisciplinary Team approach is used to provide hospice
care. The Team is made up of the patient, a primary
caregiver (family or friend of the patient), the patient's
primary physician, the hospice medical director (a
physician), a nurse, social worker, chaplain and volunteer.
Other potential members of this team include a personal care
aide, homemaker and physical, occupational or speech
therapist. All treatment measures are designed to promote
comfort. The goal of hospice is to respectfully permit the
patient to remain fully alert and functioning within the
family network at home while experiencing little or no
symptoms of the disease. Some call this "quality of life".
We call it the right to live fully to the last moment.
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Open Hours: |
Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. A nurse is on-call 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
Home visits are scheduled 5 days per week but made 7 days
per week, 24 hours per day according to patient need.
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Population Served: |
All persons meeting eligibility guidelines for hospice care
can be served by VNA HOSPICE. Primarily, they must have a
medical diagnosis with a prognosis of six months or less
life expectancy if the disease process continues at its
current pace. No further chemotherapy, radiation, surgery or
other curative treatment options are expected to effect a
cure and therefore these treatments have been stopped. The
patient must choose to receive hospice care. He/she may
change his/her mind at any time. |
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Child Care: |
YES |
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Child Care Description: |
Hospice services are provided for infants and children as
the need arises. The parents or legal guardians and the
child's doctor must request the services for them.
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Accessibility Limitations: |
NO |
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Volunteer Opportunities: |
YES |
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Volunteer Description: |
Volunteers are the hospice heart and soul. Without them,
there could be no hospice. Volunteers receive an in-depth
16-hour training in ways to use the skills they have learned
over a lifetime. With the full support of the whole hospice
team, they give their time, their talents, and their love.
Each patient is offered the services of at least one
volunteer. Volunteers have a choice in the areas they wish
to serve ~ direct patient contacts, office support or
charity fund raising. Volunteer Training is provided free of
charge to any interested person. |
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Certificates/Licenses: |
VNA is a private, not-for-profit hospice licensed by the
state of Missouri, certified by Medicare and Medicaid. VNA
was established in 1973 and the hospice program was
Medicare/Medicaid certified in 1993. |
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Funding Sources: |
Medicare, Medicaid, Private Insurance, Private Purchase and
Charitable Contributions purchase hospice services for VNA
patients. Volunteers solicit contributions to support
patients without an adequate source of insurance during the
annual "Spring For Life". |
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Additional Notes: |
The hospice definition of "home" is "the place where the
patient resides". This means "home" may be the home of a
friend or family member, a nursing home or the patient's own
apartment or house. A 1992 Gallup Poll that was commissioned
by the National Hospice Organization revealed that 9 of 10
Americans prefer to be cared for and die in their own home
or a family member's home. Women were more likely to express
very high interest in comprehensive services. Respondents in
the South, retirees, college graduates and higher income
people were most likely to consider hospice services. Many
people remain unfamiliar with what "hospice" means. Speakers
are available to provide informational programs for
interested groups. |
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Driving Directions: |
Take Interstate 55 to exit #67. Turn left onto Hwy 62/Malone
Avenue and continue west through Miner into Sikeston. Turn
right at the stoplight onto Selma Street (at Taco Bell),
continue across the railroad tracks and immediately turn
left onto Linn Street. The VNA office is the third building
on the right. There is a lighted sign in front of the
building. Additional parking is located in back of the
building. Enter through the middle door in the front of the
building. Sue will be just inside waiting for you. Welcome!
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