Palliative Care

Redefining The Palliative Care Movement

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Visiting Nurse Health System’s Palliative Care Program is redefining the palliative care movement, together with our physician partners, Resurgia Health Solutions’ house-call medical practice, JenCare Senior Medical Center, Dispatch Health, 1st Care Management.

From the comfort and privacy of the place you call home, our distinctive Palliative Care Program carefully evaluates your individual health care needs over time, offering every level of medical care and support. The Palliative Care Program of Visiting Nurse Health System is part of our true in-home health care continuum, offering our patients the complete range of home-based health care services, designed specifically to support our patients in all stages of their health care journey.

Necessary to improving the quality of life while confronting an advanced or life-limiting illness, our Palliative Care Program is a patient-centered, integrated approach to treat, educate, support and comfort each patient, addressing not only the physical symptoms, but the emotional and spiritual challenges as well. By combining both active and compassionate therapies, this program is administered by an integrated team of experienced professionals who support both the patients and their families.

If you or a loved one is in the Atlanta area and need palliative care, call us today, at (404) 869-3000, for more information about our Palliative Care Program.

For Referrals: If you are a healthcare professional faxing a Palliative Care referrals, please fax to 404-848-7965.

Palliative Patient Agreement

Patient Name

Home Address

City, State, Zip Code

Date of Birth

Name of Patient's Primary Care Physician (PCP)

Medicare Number

Medicaid Number

Social Security Number

PATIENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: I acknowledge receipt of my rights and responsibilities as a patient and I understand them. I acknowledge that I have chosen Visiting Nurse Health System to provide palliative care. No employee of Visiting Nurse Health System has solicited or coerced my decision in selecting Visiting Nurse Health System.

CONSENT FOR TREATMENT: I hereby give my permission for authorized personnel of Visiting Nurse Health System to perform all necessary procedures and treatments required for admission and ongoing care under the Visiting Nurse Palliative Program. I understand that Visiting Nurse Health System will supervise services provided. I may refuse treatment or terminate services at any time, and Visiting Nurse Health System may terminate their services to me as explained in my orientation.

RELEASE OF INFORMATION: I acknowledge receipt of the Notice of Privacy Practices and was given an opportunity to ask questions and voice concerns. I understand that Visiting Nurse Health System may use or disclose protected health information about me to carry out treatment, payment or healthcare operations. Visiting Nurse Health System may release information to or receive information from insurance companies, health plans, Medicare, Medicaid or any other person or entity that may be responsible for paying or processing for payment any portion of my bill for services; any person or entity affiliated with or representing for purposes of administration, billing and quality and risk management; any hospital, nursing home or other healthcare facility to which I may be/have been admitted; any assisted living or personal care facility of which I am a resident; any physician providing my care; family members and other caregivers who are part of my plan of care; licensing and accrediting bodies and other healthcare providers in order to initiate treatment. I further understand and agree that Visiting Nurse Health System may release my information to contractors or consultants working with Visiting Nurse Health System.

CONSENT TO FILM OR RECORD: I hereby consent for Visiting Nurse Health System to record or film my care, treatment and services and allow Visiting Nurse Health System to use the photographs/recordings for their internal use, for documenting my medical condition or for insurance providers to document my condition for payment purposes.

GRIEVANCES: I understand that I may voice my concerns regarding the care provided either in writing or verbally to the Director of Hospice and Palliative Care at 404-869-3000. I may also contact the Office of Regulatory Services HealthCare Section which regulates hospice and palliative care in the state of Georgia and maintains a hotline: (404) 657-5727. The website for the state office is https://ors.dhr.georgia.gov.

PAYMENT AND LIABILITY: I understand that I am responsible for the payment of co-pays, coinsurance, deductibles, and the total amount if no reimbursement source is identified, or for any reason they fail to pay. I understand that the BILLING OF INSURANCE IS A SERVICE ONLY AND NOT A GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT. I know my responsibility to provide correct/current information about my insurance, and I will be responsible for any charges incurred if the information provided is not accurate or updated.

CONSENT TO OBSERVATIONS: I grant my permission for students in healthcare related programs, supervisory staff, members of the Board of Directors, healthcare consultants, State of Georgia and The Joint Commission surveyors and representatives of any other certification/accreditation/professional bodies to observe Visiting Nurse Health System employees perform my prescribed care and/or review my medical record. I am aware that I may revoke permission for observation verbally or in writing at any time.

NONDISCRIMINATION: Visiting Nurse Health System and I agree that services are provided without regard to race, color, religion, handicap, national origin, gender preference or ability to pay.

I certify that I have received and read a copy of this Patient Agreement, Patient Rights and Responsibilities, written materials on my right to refuse or accept medical treatment and my right to formulate an advance directive.

I certify I have read each of the documents or that they have been explained to me and that I understand the information.

I also certify that I am the patient or the patient’s legal representative duly authorized to execute the terms of this Patient Agreement.

By clicking "submit," I hereby acknowledge that I have reviewed the Patient Agreement, a hard copy of which has been provided to me, and I hereby consent to and agree to be bound by same.

By signing this document, I hereby acknowledge that I have reviewed the Palliative Care Patient Agreement, a hard copy of which has been provided to me, and I hereby consent to and agree to be bound by the same.

Patient/Legal Representative Signature

Date

Printed Name and Relationship of Legal Representative

Date

Visiting Nurse Health System Representative Signature

Date

Why Refer to Us

We provide Georgia’s largest and oldest complete health and hospice care continuum, delivering top clinical outcomes.

We have among the lowest 60-day hospital readmission rates in Metro Atlanta, according to CMS.
We provide post-acute care, handling the most complex cases.
We provide true Charitable Care, helping Georgia’s most vulnerable patients, often left behind.

We can save you time and energy.

We accept virtually all insurance, and we’ll also accept patients who cannot pay. You won’t have to work with different providers for different patients.
We offer online referral capability and a physician portal, which allows our patients’ physicians to efficiently execute appropriate transitions of care.
With the depth and breadth of our services, we can offer a continuum of care for your patients as their needs change.

We have relationships with Atlanta’s leading hospital systems. View our partners in care for more information.

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Visiting Nurse celebrated our Home Health Physical Therapists this week in recognition of PT Appreciation Month!
For more than 78 years, we’ve served Atlanta, helping patients regain strength, improve mobility and maintain independence at home. We are grateful to our PTs for the skill, compassion and dedication they bring to our patients every day.
To all of our PTs/PTAs, thank you for the work you do, the lives you touch and the difference you make for Visiting Nurse and the families we serve!
#ptappreciationmonth#homehealthcare#physicaltherapy#visitingnursehealthsystem #agingathome

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Visiting Nurse celebrated our Home Health Physical Therapists this week in recognition of PT Appreciation Month!
For more than 78 years, we’ve served Atlanta, helping patients regain strength, improve mobility and maintain independence at home. We are grateful to our PTs for the skill, compassion and dedication they bring to our patients every day.
To all of our PTs/PTAs, thank you for the work you do, the lives you touch and the difference you make for Visiting Nurse and the families we serve!
#ptappreciationmonth#homehealthcare#physicaltherapy#visitingnursehealthsystem #agingathome

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The hidden caregiving crisis is a workforce issue, and a critical part of the ongoing conversation about the future of aging at home.
We’d like to thank everyone who joined us today for the Visiting Nurse Healthcare Champions Event: Leadership Conversations That Drive Change, hosted by Genuine Parts Company.
A special thank-you to Genuine Parts Company’s Renay Blumenthal, Sr. Director, Corporate Giving & Community Relations, for leading the day’s event with a warm welcome, and kicking off the day’s amazing line up of speakers.
Honored to have this event moderated by Crystal Edmonson of the Atlanta Business Chronicle, we are very grateful for our panelists for sharing their leadership expertise and perspectives on the growing demands facing working family caregivers and how employers can help support them:
• Rachel Cannady, Senior Associate Director, Caregiving, The Carter Center
• Keisha Olinger, Region Leader, Marsh People and Investments, Mid-South
• Eric Barker, Analyst, Senior Health & Welfare, Southern Company
Thank you to our own President and CEO, Dorothy Davis, for speaking today, and continuing to bring community leaders together to keep this important conversation going, critical to addressing the future of healthcare in our communities. At Visiting Nurse, we see firsthand how family caregivers help older adults remain safe, comfortable and independent at home. Yet balancing caregiving responsibilities with work and family life can create significant challenges for our own employees, employers and families.
Supporting caregivers is essential to helping seniors age with dignity in the place they call home. By bringing business and community leaders together, we can raise awareness, explore meaningful workplace solutions and strengthen the support systems families need. Because caring for those who care for others matters, too.
Thank you to Genuine Parts Company for hosting this important conversation and Huntington Bank for sponsoring our Healthcare Champions series. Together, we can help build healthier workplaces, stronger families and more supportive communities for Georgia’s aging population.

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The hidden caregiving crisis is a workforce issue, and a critical part of the ongoing conversation about the future of aging at home.
We’d like to thank everyone who joined us today for the Visiting Nurse Healthcare Champions Event: Leadership Conversations That Drive Change, hosted by Genuine Parts Company.
A special thank-you to Genuine Parts Company’s Renay Blumenthal, Sr. Director, Corporate Giving & Community Relations, for leading the day’s event with a warm welcome, and kicking off the day’s amazing line up of speakers.
Honored to have this event moderated by Crystal Edmonson of the Atlanta Business Chronicle, we are very grateful for our panelists for sharing their leadership expertise and perspectives on the growing demands facing working family caregivers and how employers can help support them:
• Rachel Cannady, Senior Associate Director, Caregiving, The Carter Center
• Keisha Olinger, Region Leader, Marsh People and Investments, Mid-South
• Eric Barker, Analyst, Senior Health & Welfare, Southern Company
Thank you to our own President and CEO, Dorothy Davis, for speaking today, and continuing to bring community leaders together to keep this important conversation going, critical to addressing the future of healthcare in our communities. At Visiting Nurse, we see firsthand how family caregivers help older adults remain safe, comfortable and independent at home. Yet balancing caregiving responsibilities with work and family life can create significant challenges for our own employees, employers and families.
Supporting caregivers is essential to helping seniors age with dignity in the place they call home. By bringing business and community leaders together, we can raise awareness, explore meaningful workplace solutions and strengthen the support systems families need. Because caring for those who care for others matters, too.
Thank you to Genuine Parts Company for hosting this important conversation and Huntington Bank for sponsoring our Healthcare Champions series. Together, we can help build healthier workplaces, stronger families and more supportive communities for Georgia’s aging population.

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The future of aging at home starts with all of us!
Grateful our Healthcare Champions, with the generous support of event sponsor Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, brought together key community leaders, partners and distinguished guests for an important conversation about the future of healthcare and aging in Georgia.

Lead by nationally-recognized healthcare attorney Bill A. Dombi, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP (AGG), and Visiting Nurse President and CEO Dorothy Davis, this important conversation investigated how healthcare, business, philanthropy and public policy can work together to strengthen the infrastructure, innovation and partnerships that help Georgians age safely, independently and with dignity at home. Including Georgia`s healthcare community leaders, changemakers and valued community partners in attendance, the room was filled with people committed to shaping what comes next.

Thank you to all of our guests who joined the conversation, with a very special thank you to Bill Dombi for leading the day`s event. Thank you to our host Arnall Golden Gregory LLP for sponsoring this important event.

#VisitingNurseHealthSystem #HealthcareChampions #AgingAtHome #HealthcareLeadership #GeorgiaHealthcare #HospiceCare

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The future of aging at home starts with all of us!
Grateful our Healthcare Champions, with the generous support of event sponsor Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, brought together key community leaders, partners and distinguished guests for an important conversation about the future of healthcare and aging in Georgia.

Lead by nationally-recognized healthcare attorney Bill A. Dombi, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP (AGG), and Visiting Nurse President and CEO Dorothy Davis, this important conversation investigated how healthcare, business, philanthropy and public policy can work together to strengthen the infrastructure, innovation and partnerships that help Georgians age safely, independently and with dignity at home. Including Georgia's healthcare community leaders, changemakers and valued community partners in attendance, the room was filled with people committed to shaping what comes next.

Thank you to all of our guests who joined the conversation, with a very special thank you to Bill Dombi for leading the day's event. Thank you to our host Arnall Golden Gregory LLP for sponsoring this important event.

#VisitingNurseHealthSystem #HealthcareChampions #AgingAtHome #HealthcareLeadership #GeorgiaHealthcare #HospiceCare

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Happy National Case Management Week!
And a little appreciation goes a long way, as Phillip Walters, of Hospice Atlanta, made life a little sweeter joining Northside Hospital’s Case Management Vendor Event! Sharing important resources and information on critical care, a great time was had celebrating these dedicated case managers who make a difference for patients and families every day.

Thank you for all you do, and a shout out to our local Scrumpt bakery for helping make their special week even sweeter! #NationalCaseManagementWeek #HospiceAtlanta

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Happy National Case Management Week!
And a little appreciation goes a long way, as Phillip Walters, of Hospice Atlanta, made life a little sweeter joining Northside Hospital’s Case Management Vendor Event! Sharing important resources and information on critical care, a great time was had celebrating these dedicated case managers who make a difference for patients and families every day.

Thank you for all you do, and a shout out to our local Scrumpt bakery for helping make their special week even sweeter! #NationalCaseManagementWeek #HospiceAtlanta

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⭐ Camp STARS 2026 is getting ready to shine! ⭐

Our Camp STARS volunteers and facilitators came together Saturday for a meaningful training workshop to prepare for our campers this November!

From learning and sharing ideas, together our volunteers planned grief-group activities designed to help children and families connect, express their feelings and grow through their journeys of grief. 💙

Prepared for Camp weekend, filled with moments that matter, these dedicated leaders are ready to make Camp STARS a meaningful and memorable experience for our families.

Thank you to our amazing Camp STARS volunteers and facilitators for showing up with heart and purpose!

We’re so grateful for the heart, creativity and compassion our Camp STARS volunteers bring to this special weekend. ⭐

#CampStars#hospiceatlanta#visitingnursehealthsystem#campvolunteers#griefsupport#MakingADifference

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⭐ Camp STARS 2026 is getting ready to shine! ⭐

Our Camp STARS volunteers and facilitators came together Saturday for a meaningful training workshop to prepare for our campers this November!

From learning and sharing ideas, together our volunteers planned grief-group activities designed to help children and families connect, express their feelings and grow through their journeys of grief. 💙

Prepared for Camp weekend, filled with moments that matter, these dedicated leaders are ready to make Camp STARS a meaningful and memorable experience for our families.

Thank you to our amazing Camp STARS volunteers and facilitators for showing up with heart and purpose!

We’re so grateful for the heart, creativity and compassion our Camp STARS volunteers bring to this special weekend. ⭐

#CampStars#hospiceatlanta#visitingnursehealthsystem#campvolunteers#griefsupport#MakingADifference

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First in Georgia!
Visiting Nurse is proud to announce that our HeartCare at Home™ program is the first home health program in Georgia certified by the American Heart Association® for Home Health–Heart Failure care.
Because heart failure care doesn’t stop when a patient leaves the hospital. This certification reflects our commitment to evidence-based, high-quality care and our dedicated clinicians who bring specialized heart failure support directly to patients where they are most comfortable, in the place they call home.

After 78 years, we’re proud to continue advancing care at home. ❤️

#VisitingNurseHealthSystem #HeartCareAtHome #HeartFailure #HomeHealth #AmericanHeartAssociation

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First in Georgia!
Visiting Nurse is proud to announce that our HeartCare at Home™ program is the first home health program in Georgia certified by the American Heart Association® for Home Health–Heart Failure care.
Because heart failure care doesn’t stop when a patient leaves the hospital. This certification reflects our commitment to evidence-based, high-quality care and our dedicated clinicians who bring specialized heart failure support directly to patients where they are most comfortable, in the place they call home.

After 78 years, we’re proud to continue advancing care at home. ❤️

#VisitingNurseHealthSystem #HeartCareAtHome #HeartFailure #HomeHealth #AmericanHeartAssociation

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We are so grateful for our volunteers who give their time, compassion and heart to serve our patients and families in need.
What a beautiful reminder of the lasting impact a caring volunteer can make through companionship, connection and simply being present.
Thank you to our volunteers for the meaningful difference you make for our patients and families every day.

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We are so grateful for our volunteers who give their time, compassion and heart to serve our patients and families in need.
What a beautiful reminder of the lasting impact a caring volunteer can make through companionship, connection and simply being present.
Thank you to our volunteers for the meaningful difference you make for our patients and families every day.

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Visiting Nurse | Hospice Atlanta was proud to celebrate National Assisted Living Week all month long, with celebrations honoring the national theme “Shining Through the Years.”

We enjoyed celebrating with the residents and team at Brookdale Carrollton, GA, honoring the lives, stories and connections that make every year meaningful. (pictured below)

#NationalAssistedLivingWeek #ShiningThroughTheYears #HospiceAtlanta #VisitingNurseHealthSystem #BrookdaleCarrollton #SeniorCare #CommunityCare

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Visiting Nurse | Hospice Atlanta was proud to celebrate National Assisted Living Week all month long, with celebrations honoring the national theme “Shining Through the Years.”

We enjoyed celebrating with the residents and team at Brookdale Carrollton, GA, honoring the lives, stories and connections that make every year meaningful. (pictured below)

#NationalAssistedLivingWeek #ShiningThroughTheYears #HospiceAtlanta #VisitingNurseHealthSystem #BrookdaleCarrollton #SeniorCare #CommunityCare

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🌟Congratulations to our Employee of the Month! 🌟

Please join us in celebrating our Hospice Atlanta Nurse Tasha for her dedication, hard work and commitment to our Hospice Atlanta patients and families. We thank you for all you do for our patients, families and team!

👏 Congratulations, Tasha!

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🌟Congratulations to our Employee of the Month! 🌟

Please join us in celebrating our Hospice Atlanta Nurse Tasha for her dedication, hard work and commitment to our Hospice Atlanta patients and families. We thank you for all you do for our patients, families and team!

👏 Congratulations, Tasha!

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Team Hospice Atlanta proudly participated in this year`s Kaiser Permanente’s Run, Walk & Roll 5K! As a valued healthcare partner, we are grateful for the opportunity to join forces and come together to support health, wellness and a healthier community.

Thank you to everyone who represented Hospice Atlanta and Visiting Nurse Health System. We are proud to support events that bring our healthcare partners and community together to in health!

#HospiceAtlanta #VisitingNurseHealthSystem #KaiserPermanente #RunWalkAndRoll #CommunityHealth #HealthAndWellness #HealthyCommunity #AtlantaCommunity #HealthcarePartners

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Team Hospice Atlanta proudly participated in this year's Kaiser Permanente’s Run, Walk & Roll 5K! As a valued healthcare partner, we are grateful for the opportunity to join forces and come together to support health, wellness and a healthier community.

Thank you to everyone who represented Hospice Atlanta and Visiting Nurse Health System. We are proud to support events that bring our healthcare partners and community together to in health!

#HospiceAtlanta #VisitingNurseHealthSystem #KaiserPermanente #RunWalkAndRoll #CommunityHealth #HealthAndWellness #HealthyCommunity #AtlantaCommunity #HealthcarePartners

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