Our Ways To Give
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.”
– Dr. Martin Luther King
Impacting The Lives of Those We Serve
We are honored to be here today, having cared for Georgians for the past 75 years, and to be given the privilege to continue to impact millions of lives. Our Annual Impact Reports reflect the incredible efforts it takes to provide quality care, while navigating the many challenges and changes that occur in our healthcare landscape.
Equal Access to Healthcare for All
In Georgia there is a growing underserved aging population and since 1948, Visiting Nurse has remained the safety-net to provide healthcare at home to the largest number of low-income patients in Georgia. Having a partnership with our community to help provide charitable care funds is our highest funding priority so we may provide access to care for all people. While we make nearly 9,000 charitable care visits each year, there is a rapidly growing need of funding to support the growth of this patient population.
Georgia’s Aging Population by the Numbers
There is a growing need for healthcare and aging services at home.
Georgia’s fastest growing population is 65 and older.
Seniors who live in poverty:
Patients who are seniors:
Senior patients who live in poverty :
The State of Elderly Care in Georgia
Families and businesses experience the economic impact of caregiving.
Caregivers who leave their job:
Caregivers who encounter disruption at work:
Many caregivers suffer loss of wages.
Our Care Continuum
Visiting Nurse brings care into the home through our doctors, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, social workers, chaplains, and nursing assistants. Through our collaborative healthcare partnerships, patients receive what they need to have the best quality of life at home. We coordinate care for our patients to provide services they need, including meals, transportation, daily living support, urgent and primary care at home. Healthcare education also is an important part of our delivery of care as we ensure that our patients and their caregivers receive the information needed for optimal patient outcomes.
Ways To Give
Corporate Giving
Give Through Your Time
We offer volunteer opportunities for individuals, groups and executive leadership.
Become a Healthcare Champion
As an ambassador you will learn how to share our mission to improve the lives of those we serve and bring access to healthcare for everyone. Healthcare Champions are invited to quarterly luncheons and events throughout the year. Partner with us for a healthier community.
Care Packages for Seniors
Bring hope to low-income patients by providing customized care packages including adult diapers, nutrition beverages, hygiene products, shelf-stable meals, cleaning products, socks, and blankets. Care packages may be delivered to us, and our clinical team will deliver to patient homes. Each care package should include card with a list of items and words of encouragement.
Where Your Gift Makes a Direct Impact
Every day, patients and families across our community rely on compassionate care and supportive services that bring comfort, dignity, healing, and hope to vulnerable individuals and families when it matters most.
Empower Lives. Invest in CAPABLE – $5,000
Help older adults remain safe, independent, and healthy in their own homes through support that improves daily living and reduces risk of injury and decline.
Prevent Hospital Visits. Support Remote Patient Monitoring – $2,500
Help high-risk cardiac patients receive early intervention and continuous monitoring that prevents emergencies and keeps them safely at home.
Champion Charitable Care. Give Dignity – $1,000
Many companies offer to match gifts for employees to help maximize community impact. Contact your HR department to begin making a difference.
Bring Peace at Life’s Final Chapter. Fund Hospice Atlanta. $500
Provide compassionate, end-of-life support, including an End-of-Life Doula. This experience brings comfort, presence and dignity to patients and their families.
Build a Legacy of Hope. Sustain Camp STARS – $250
Help children and families grieving a loss find healing, connection, and emotional support through life-changing bereavement care.
Create a Legacy of Care for Future Generations
Honor a Life. Celebrate a Legacy.
A tribute gift is a meaningful way to honor or remember someone special while helping provide compassionate care to patients and families throughout our community.
In Memory Giving
Celebrate the life and legacy of a loved one through a meaningful charitable gift.
In Honor Giving
Recognize a caregiver, family member, healthcare professional, or someone who has made a difference in your life.
Planned Giving: Create a Legacy of Care for Future Generations
A planned gift is a meaningful way to extend your compassion beyond today and ensure that future generations continue to receive dignified, compassionate care at home. Through your legacy, you can help bring comfort, independence, and hope to patients and families when they need it most – today, tomorrow, and for years to come.
Planned gifts are flexible and can be tailored to your personal and financial goals. Common options include gifts through a will or trust, retirement assets, life insurance, real estate, or other charitable planning tools.
Your legacy becomes part of a lasting tradition of care that supports patients, caregivers, and families across our community.
Ways to Leave Your Legacy of Care
You may choose from several types of planned gifts, including:
· Bequests in a will or living trust
· Retirement plan or IRA assets
· Life insurance policies
· Real estate or appreciated assets
· Charitable trusts or donor-advised funds
We encourage you to consult with your attorney or financial advisor to determine the option that best aligns with your goals and intentions.
Sample Bequest Language
The following sample language may be helpful when including Visiting Nurse Health System in your estate plans:
“I give, devise, and bequeath to Visiting Nurse Health System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation located in Atlanta, Georgia, the sum of $_____ (or _____% of my estate, or described asset) to be used for its general charitable purposes.”
Organization Information
- Legal Name: Visiting Nurse Health System, Inc.
- Incorporated: Atlanta, Georgia
- Federal Tax ID: 58-0566250
Community Partners
Thank you to our partners for championing our mission and advancing educating our community members our important work.
Our Healthcare Champions
DOROTHY M. DAVIS
President and CEO
Visiting Nurse Health System
DAN HOLLAND
Chair, Healthcare Champions
Cadence Bank
JAMES CARLOS
Republic National Distributing Company
JORDAN BENNETT
Cigna Healthcare
MARILYN BOOKER
Volunteer
MAURICE BAKER
Georgia Natural Gas
DEE LANE EADES
DLE, Inc.
DAVID GHEGAN
Troutman Pepper
JAY HARRIS
King & Spalding
FLORENCE HAY LURANC
Volunteer
ANDREW BROCKINGTON
Mutual of America
BARRY KOCH
TGBeyond
BENNETT BROWN
Low Country BBQ
ALFREDA MAYES
Redmond Law Group
BRITTON MCLEOD
HOME Luxury Real Estate
LAURA PEAS
Bank of America
WENDY RACE
AlphaGraphics
EMILY HUTMACHER
Wellstar
STAN SHARP
Merril Lynch
BILLS SMITH
Double Iron Consulting
ERIC THORNTON
FirmCare Life Sharing
JILL MAULL
Kaiser Permanente
PAIGE VOHS
Naborforce
BAOKY VU
Forthright Investments
KERRY POPE
Odyssey Black Luxury Car Service
LAURA MEDDERS
Emory Healthcare
MICHELE BLONDHEIM
Aprio
MONICA LASCALA
Consultant
REGINALD DEROSLARD
Genuine Parts
SHANNON DRAKE
Independent Living Systems
TINA R. McCREA
Without A Trace Ministries
VONETTA DANIELS
Consultant
JASON ANAVITARTE
CareSource
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Thank you for investing in a mission that improves lives of those we serve.
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At Visiting Nurse Health System and Hospice Atlanta, we’re honored to care for the veterans in our community, recognizing not only their healthcare needs, but the lives, sacrifices and service that shaped who they are.
From bringing compassionate care into their home, we’re committed to making sure those who served our country are treated with the dignity, respect and gratitude they deserve.
We are honored to serve those who served. 🇺🇸
#Veterans #HonoringVeterans #HospiceAtlanta #VisitingNurseHealthSystem #VeteransCare #CommunityCare
💫 Camp STARS 2026 is almost here! ⭐️
Our volunteers are getting ready for a wonderful weekend of connection, laughter, support and memories with our bereaved families this November.
Camp is nearly full, and we can’t wait to welcome our 2026 STARS! ⭐️✨
#CampSTARS #HospiceAtlanta #BereavementSupport #CommunityOfCare #VolunteersWhoCare
We’re grateful when patients and families share their experience with Hospice Atlanta. Their stories not only encourage our team, but can also help other families feel more confident as they consider hospice care for someone they love.
Thank you for trusting us to be part of your journey.
#hospiceatlanta#hospicecare#ourwhy#CompassionateCare
Please join us in celebrating our Employee of the Month!
Geraldine has been part of the Visiting Nurse Health System family for nearly a decade, bringing dedication, care and commitment to the work she does every day.
We’re grateful for all you do, Geraldine! 👏💙
#EmployeeOfTheMonth #TeamVNHS #VisitingNurseHealthSystem #HealthcareHeroes
Visiting Nurse`s Palliative Care program focuses on comfort, quality of life and support for people living with serious illness, while helping patients and families navigate their care.
Learn more about Palliative Care through Visiting Nurse Health System and how our team can help.
#palliativecare#visitingnursehealthsystem#qualityoflife#CompassionateCare
We’re back with the second installment of our Hospice Myth or Fact series to help our patients, families and our community better understand hospice care and the support available when it’s needed most.
Have a question about hospice? Hospice Atlanta is here to help, because knowing the facts can make all the difference.
Our team is available to answer questions, provide guidance and help families understand navigate care options.
#HospiceMythOrFact #HospiceAtlanta #HospiceCare #HereToHelp #CompassionateCare
Aging Better starts with a community that cares!
Our Visiting Nurse Health System and Hospice Atlanta Home Health and Hospice teams were proud to be part of the Aging Better Expo, hosted by our valued healthcare partner, Kaiser Permanente.
The event brought seniors and community partners together for a day focused on health, wellness, resources and connections that help older adults live and age well in their homes!
Great event connecting one-on-one with seniors, answering questions, sharing information about our full care continuum filled with services to help seniors age in place.
We’re grateful to Kaiser Permanente and all the organizations working together to care for Atlanta’s growing senior community. When we come together, we make our community stronger by bringing information, resources and connection to our seniors to thrive at home.
#agingbetterexpo#kaiserpermanente#visitingnursehealthsystem#hospiceatlanta#homehealth#seniorcare#AtlantaCommunity#CommunityCare
Grateful for strong community partnerships that help build strong nonprofit leadership.
For the past five years, OnBoard has been an important pipeline for recruiting talented, committed leaders to the Visiting Nurse Health System | Hospice Atlanta Board of Directors. Their work has helped us connect with individuals who bring fresh perspectives, valuable expertise, and a genuine commitment to our mission.
We’ve seen that impact firsthand. Mel Coker, now in her first term as Board Chair, came to our board through OnBoard and stepped into the chair role following Nicole Hart’s successful completion of her term. And now, we are excited to welcome Amy Katnik as the newest leader joining our board through the OnBoard pipeline.
Strong organizations need strong governance, and strong governance starts with finding the right people who are willing to serve.
Thank you, OnBoard, for five years of partnership and for helping Visiting Nurse Health System continue to strengthen the leadership around our board table. We are grateful for the partnership and excited about the leaders still to come.
#OnBoard #BoardLeadership #NonprofitLeadership #Governance #CommunityLeadership #VisitingNurseHealthSystem #HospiceAtlanta
Today, we celebrate the people who came before us. ❤️
The ones who raised families.
Built communities.
Worked hard.
Loved deeply.
Weathered challenges.
And left a little wisdom behind for the generations that followed.
On Senior Citizens Day, we honor the older adults who have shaped our families and our communities, and remind ourselves that growing older should always come with dignity, respect, connection and care.
Here’s to the stories, memories, lessons and legacies that make every generation matter.
Happy Senior Citizens Day!
#SeniorCitizensDay #CelebrateSeniors #LegacyOfCare #AgingWithDignity #EveryGeneration
As we close out the month, we`d like to acknowledge each and every day, the dedicated team members of Visiting Nurse Health System and Hospice Atlanta make a difference in the lives of patients and families across our community. From nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians, social workers, chaplains, aides, therapists, administrative staff, care coordinators to our incredible volunteers, each person plays an important role in delivering compassionate, patient-centered care.
Thank you for your expertise, dedication, and commitment to those we serve. We are grateful for all that you do.
#HealthcareHeroes #HospiceCare #HomeHealth #CommunityCare #Teamwork #VisitingNurse #HospiceAtlanta
Stories like these remind us why we do what we do. Every day, Visiting Nurse Home Visiting Nurse Health System / Hospice Atlanta is honored to help patients regain strength, independence, and honor life`s journey with peace, confidence and dignity, at every stage of life, in the comfort of home.
#HomeHealth #hospiceatlanta #PatientExperience #visitingnursehealthsystem #CareAtHome #HealthcareHeroes
Connecting with our community is at the heart of what we do. From senior citizen fairs, Veteran Patient Pinning ceremonies, medical doctors offices and hospital education days, to community education events, the Visiting Nurse teams are out across Georgia, every day, building relationships, sharing resources, and helping connect patients to the care they need.
We`re proud to partner with healthcare professionals, community organizations, and families to increase awareness of home health, hospice and community-based services, ensuring more individuals can access quality care where they are most comfortable, at home.
#VisitingNurseHealthSystem #Veterans #HomeHealth #CommunityOutreach #HealthcareEducation #AtlantaHealthcare #CareAtHome
