Healing mind & body.
A comprehensive care plan must go beyond the physical. The Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) of Louisville, a private nonprofit agency serving Louisville and 13 surrounding counties in Kentucky and southern Indiana, began its in-home mental health program in 1978 with one mental health nurse. Today VNA has 20 mental health nurses who make more than 10,000 home visits to 800 patients a year. The program includes treatment of the mentally ill, geriatric patients with mental or emotional problems, people suffering from Alzheimer's disease and related dementia, and emotionally disturbed children.
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Visiting Nurse Association, Louisville, KY.
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D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006694:Holistic Health; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007196:Indiana; D007629:Kentucky; D001523:Mental Disorders; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration