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"My grandfather is 90 years old and speaks only Spanish. He is very weak and his eyesight is poor. I need someone who can come in and help."
What is the Hispanic/Latino program?
At the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, we're proud of our long tradition of providing home health care services to New York City's Hispanic community. Our Hispanic/Latino program tailors our comprehensive home health care and community-based services to New York City's population of more than two-million Hispanics. We offer cultural sensitivity and respect to both patients and their families.
A large pool of Hispanic caregivers
We have a large pool of Hispanic home health care caregivers (the largest in the New York metropolitan area, in fact). We have Spanish-speaking nurses, rehabilitation therapists, social workers, home health aides, and translators.
Our warm and caring home health care team includes:
Registered nurses
Rehabilitation therapists
Social workers
Home health aides
Volunteers
We have the capabilities and experience to provide:
- Skilled nursing care
- Physical, occupational, and speech therapies
- Social-work services
- Maternal/child health and pediatric care
- Home health aide services
- Hospice care
- Long-term care for the chronically disabled
- Case management
- Mental-health services
- Specialized care for people with HIV/AIDS
- Oxygen, medical equipment and supplies
Our Hispanic/Latino program offers many special features:
- Spanish-language telephone hotline for referral and information
- A VNSNY home health care team trained in Hispanic culture, values and customs
- Nutritional diet plans specifically designed for Hispanics
- Family-centered care involvement of patient and extended family in treatment plan
- Patient forms and educational materials in Spanish
- Partnership programs between VNSNY and key Hispanic organizations
- Referrals to Hispanic community resources
- A close alliance with Hispanic community agencies, doctors, hospitals, and managed-care organizations
Our Hispanic/Latino Program is available in:
- Bronx
- Brooklyn
- Manhattan
- Queens
- Staten Island
- Nassau County
- Westchester County
We work closely with Hispanic community agencies, doctors, hospitals, and managed-care organizations throughout New York City as well as Nassau and Westchester counties.
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