Programs & Services

McKean County Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice

Contact us 814-362-7466 800-DIAL-VNA 1223 East Main Street Bradford, PA 16701 Get Directions

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:

24 hour on-call RN Cancer Care Diabetic Care and education Infusion clinical nursing visits Injections Management of central lines, peripheral lines and implanted ports. Medication management Newborn care

Nutrition education Pain and symptom management Post-operative care Prenatal and Post natal care Telehealth monitioring Treatment and education specific to illness/disability Wound care, wound VAC system

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
• Certified wound, ostomy, continence nurse
• Advanced wound care products
• Wound and ostomy care and instruction

Personal emergency response systems

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