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.
Visiting Nurse Association, Louisville, KY.
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