Organizations Filed Purposes:
The mission of The Visiting Nurses Association of the Rockford Area (VNA) is to provide Superior Care, Everyday, For all our Patients.
To provide health care & related services in the home; to help a patient be more independent & recover more quickly, reducing the need for & the cost of care; to attend to the elderly by meeting social & physical needs; to provide hospice care for patients & their families and to train those caregivers.
VNA HAS BEEN PROVIDING HOME HEALTH SERVICES SINCE IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1920. THESE SERVICES HAVE EVOLVED BASED ON COMMUNITY NEEDS. A COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS PROVIDES AN ANNUAL EVALUATION OF SERVICES BASED ON COMMUNITY NEEDS. HOME HEALTH IS A CORE SERVICE AND HAS BECOME CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WITH HELPING TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES AND OUT OF INSTITUTIONS WHERE COSTS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER. TECHNOLOGY - TELEHEALTH MONITORING, SPECIFICALLY - WAS ADDED SIX YEARS AGO AND CONTINUES TO EXPAND DUE TO THE PREEMPTIVE CARE BENEFITS. THE DAILY VITAL SIGNS MONITORING ALLOWS FOR EARLY RECOGNITION OF CHRONIC DISEASE EXACERBATION, THUS EARLIER TREATMENT AND REDUCTION IN HOSPITALIZATIONS. THERE IS NO FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS EXPENSIVE TECHNOLOGY OR FUNDING SOURCE FOR STAFF TO OPERATE IT. COMMUNITY DONATIONS ALONG WITH OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES HAVE HELPED SUPPORT IT. THE HOME HEALTH CARE STAFF PROVIDED 1,463 PATIENTS WITH OVER 24,890 VISITS BY NURSES, THERAPISTS (PT, ST, OT) AND NURSE AIDES IN 2014.
OLDER ADULT CARE SERVICES AND OTHER ADULT SERVICES SUCH AS MONEY MANAGEMENT: ALL TO HELP PEOPLE LIVE SAFELY IN THEIR OWN HOMES AND PREVENT INSTITUTIONALIZATION INTO NURSING HOMES. OVER 7,000 CLIENTS WERE PROVIDED A VARIETY OF SERVICES DURING 2014. 3,000 ELDERLY RECEIVED SOCIAL CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES INCLUDING AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE NEEDS AND THEN ASSISTANCE WITH ARRANGING FOR ANY AND ALL SERVICES FROM THE COMMUNITY TO HELP SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR HOME. OTHER SERVICES INCLUDE A PROGRAM TO SERVE ELDERLY WHO HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED, ABUSED, AND/OR FINANCIALLY EXPLOITED. THE "MONEY MANAGEMENT" PROGRAM SUPPORTS SENIORS WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY IN MANAGING THEIR BILLS, AND "MONEY FOLLOWS THE PERSON" PROGRAM PROVIDES SUPPORT TO HELP MOVE ELDERLY FROM NURSING HOMES BACK TO LIVING IN THEIR OWN HOME. SUPPORT AND TRAINING IS PROVIDED FOR CARETAKERS. NUMEROUS VOLUNTEERS ARE UTILIZED TO SUPPORT MANY OF THESE UNDERFUNDED SERVICES. VNA ALSO OFFERS SPECIALIZED ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE HOSPICE PROFESSIONALS, AND OVER 40 TRAINED VOLUNTEERS CARED FOR 335 TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN 2014. SUPPORT AND COMFORT IS NOT ONLY PROVIDED FOR THE PATIENT BUT THE ENTIRE FAMILY, INCLUDING TWELVE MONTHS OF BEREAVEMENT FOLLOW-UP AFTER THEIR LOVED ONES DEATH. SPECIALLY TRAINED THERAPY DOGS ARE ALSO A PART OF THE SERVICE PROVIDING COMFORT THROUGH PET THERAPY. DURING 2014 HOSPICE STAFF PROVIDED 24,315 DAYS CARING FOR PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF PATIENTS IN THEIR HOMES, IN NURSING FACILITIES, AND IN HOSPITALS.
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND RESPIRATORY SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO PATIENTS IN THEIR HOME TO ASSIST THEM IN LIVING INDEPENDENTLY. THERE WERE 2,080 HOME VISITS MADE BY RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS AND 8,521 VISITS TO DELIVER NECESSARY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, PROVIDE OXYGEN AND OR OTHER EQUIPMENT RELATED SERVICES IN 2014. EQUIPMENT IS PROVIDED WITH EDUCATION FOR THE PATIENT OR THE FAMILY/CAREGIVER FOR FUNCTIONAL TRAINING AND OPERATIONAL SAFETY.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Denise R Schrader | Executive Director | 40 | $185,697 |
| Sharon R Rudy | Former Director | 0 | $22,969 |
| Bruce D Vandegrift | Director | 0.4 | $0 |
| Ruth Robinson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Bruce W Olson | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Joseph Josek | Director | 5 | $0 |
| Carol Hartline | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Alicia J Goral | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Cynthia Frank | Director | 0.1 | $0 |
| John T Dorsey | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Nola Addante | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Todd Kennedy | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Joanne M Giers | Treasurer | 0.1 | $0 |
| Lisa R Munch | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Ticknor | Chair | 2 | $0 |
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