At the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, we understand the issues people living in Queens face every day. We know that if you are ill or injured or elderly, it can be hard to travel from place to place, walk safely on crowded sidewalks, or even do the laundry. We know you live in the very real world of New York City and that is why we offer a wide range of services. From pediatrics to senior care, short-term interventions to long-term management, our skilled nurses, clinical professionals and home health aides have the medical expertise and compassion you need to live your best life possible.

At VNSNY, we have a long tradition serving the residents of Queens, and we’re a part of the fabric of your community:

• Of our approximately 13,000 employees, more than 1,800 live in Queens.
• We served almost 28,500 patients in Queens in 2007.
• Our multi-lingual staff members are able to provide care to patients who don’t speak English comfortably—and that’s more than one-fourth of our patients in Queens.

In Queens, we offer post-hospital care, rehabilitation therapies, long term home health care, AIDS programs, hospice care, and help with all activities of daily living. Through our affiliate company, VNSNY CHOICE, we also offer two health plans–a managed long-term care plan for nursing home eligible Medicaid patients and a Medicare Advantage health plan for residents eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid.

We also offer the following services in Queens:

• Early Head Start and Early Steps Family Center (Rockaway)
• VNSNY CHOICE Adult Day Center (Woodside)
• Fathers First Initiative (Rockaway)
• Meals on Wheels
• Family Care Services

VNSNY can help make the transition from hospital to home as easy as possible, with no gaps in your care or treatment. We also accept referrals from every hospital in Queens, and we have nurses on site at many of them.