Visiting Nurse Service

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$188,243 pledged

  • Meals On Wheels delivered more than 350,000 quality meals to 2,000 homebound people.
  • By acquiring Finger Lakes Visiting Nurse Service, VNS expanded for the first time in its
    93-year history.
  • “Transition Coaching,” a program that focuses on teaching self-management skills to patients, reduced unnecessary hospitalization readmissions by 30 percent.
  • Nearly 1,000 terminally ill patients were provided with hospice care that ensured comfort, compassion, and dignity at the end of their lives. 

Bullet points highlight impact made in 2012