Visiting Nurse Association (Hospice)

The primary mission of Visiting Nurse Association (Hospice) is to provide high quality, effective and efficient hospice services in the least restrictive environment possible - primarily the home; to promote for individuals and family: health, dignity, mobility and independence regardless of ability to pay, to the extent of the agency's resources; to make these services the responsibility of the community at large through the maximum use of volunteers and charitable funding.

Description:
VNA Hospice provides palliative (comfort) medical care and emotional support for people of all ages in the final phase of a terminal illness, allowing them to live as fully and comfortably as possible. The hospice team consists of the following people: patient, physician, family and caregiver, registered nurse, social worker, home health aide, chaplain and volunteer. Hospice doesn't hasten or postpone death. Rather, it affirms life and allows people to die with dignity.

History:
VNA Hospice was established in 1978 and is the oldest and most experienced hospice in Texas. The program currently serves the needs of over 30 Texas counties and continues to reach out to other areas in need of hospice care.

Contact people:

Connie Williams, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email) Connie Williams, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email)

Address:

2414 W. University Drive, Ste 200 McKinney, TX 75071 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.vnatexas.org

Directions:

Take Interstate 75 North to McKinney. Exit Highway 380 (also called W. University) and turn left going west on Highway 380. Continue west on Highway 380 for approximately one mile. The VNA McKinney office is on the. . . (more)

Last updated on August 20, 2009