McKean County VNA & Hospice

As a department of Bradford Regional Medical Center, the McKean County Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice brings hospital-level care to patients' homes. Whether a patient is recovering from a short-term illness or having on-going health care needs, the VNA's Medicare-certified and PA licensed agency can provide the individualized medical attention that patients deserve at home.

The McKean County VNA was a recipient of the Pennsylvania Homecare Association’s Best Practice in Homecare and Hospice award in the care and services category.

Our program

Nursing services include:

Home health aide

• Assistance with bathing, personal care, and activities of daily living

Home telehealth monitoring

• Telehealth technology allows for remote monitoring of a patient’s vital signs, such as heart rate, blood pressure, weight, blood oxygen level, and blood glucose level via telephone lines.
• Visiting Nurse Association clinicians are able to improve management of acute and chronic illnesses through the timely monitoring of vital sign information and coordination of interventions with physicians.
• The telemontioring units are user friendly allowing for improved self-management of acute and chronic illnesses and the opportunity to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and emergency room visits.

Hospice care

• Family centered care and support to patients with life limiting illnesses, their families, and caregivers
• Care and support is provided by specially trained professionals and volunteers to fulfill the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of terminally ill patients.
• Care can be provided in the patients home, assisted living facility or nursing home
• Specialized care focuses on pain and symptom management and quality of life
• Bereavement support group
• Children’s bereavement camp (Helping Hands)
• Hospice volunteer training programs
• Spiritual support

Medical social services

• Assistance referrals to community programs, nursing home and alternative care.
• Assistance with problem resolution, living wills
• Emotional support for patients and caregivers
• Eldercare outreach service
• Life skills educational services

Ostomy care

• Assessment and teaching of stoma, skin care, diet and activities.
• Assistance with urinary devices
• Ostomy Support Group available at BRMC

Rehabilitative services

• Physical Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech Therapy
• Fall risk assessment and interventions
• Aftercare for orthopedic surgery
• Therapeutic exercises, gait training and transfer techniques
• Exercises for coordination, strength and endurance
• Ultrasound and iontophoresis treatments
• Instruction in daily living skills, energy conservation techniques and adaptive devices
• Scar massage
• Splints and orthotics
• Evaluation and treatment for speech and swallowing disorders
• Treatment for voice disorders, stuttering, communication impairments, head injury and stroke
• Treatment for memory loss or other cognitive impairments
• Alternative communication devices
• Vital Stim therapy
• E-Stim therapy

Wound care

• The Visiting Nurse Association is a preferred provider for the KCI Wound VAC(vacuum assisted wound closure) system
• Advanced wound care products
• Wound and ostomy care and instruction

Personal emergency response systems

• Home units that provide a 24-hour personal help link

Resources

McKean County VNA & Hospice has teamed up with the Pennsylvania Homecare Association to offer a multimedia resource for families to use as a guide to begin conversations and provide information that will enable families to keep their loved ones home as long as possible.  

A brief documentary chronicles the stories of three Pennsylvania families grappling with common issues that so many face as they care for aging parents, try to navigate the healthcare system , and find the resources necessary to keep loved ones at home. Click Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l40c9OLG_XY&feature=youtu.be

A companion guidebook provides information about available home care services and resources. Click Here: http://www.pahomecare.org/index.php?pID=373