Home Health Care
The delivery of health care has changed over the years. Many procedures that used to require an overnight stay in the hospital are now offered as a same day procedure. Patients are returning home more quickly than they used to, and may need the help of a home health nurse or therapist. Although most people want to return to the comfort of familiar surroundings as they recover from illness or surgery, they also want to feel safe and cared for as they regain strength and recuperate.
Hospice Care
Most people who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness also want to remain at home as they live out the remainder of their lives. Hospice is a philosophy of care that supports that choice. Hospice care offers comfort and dignity to people in the final stage of life, supporting their physical, spiritual, and emotional needs as well as those of their families and loved ones.
VNA Home Health & Hospice, a partner of Mercy, has been providing clinically excellent, compassionate home health and hospice care to the residents of southern Maine since 1921. If you would like more information about the services VNA offers, please click here.