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There’s no place like home, especially when you’re sick or recovering from surgery. Who doesn’t prefer to rest in the comfort of home, in familiar surroundings with family, friends and beloved pets? While hospitals are an important community resource for emergency and critical care, home is often where the journey leads us.

When you earn too much to receive Medicaid but too little to afford private health insurance, you're caught between a rock and the emergency room. It's a dilemma detailed in journalist Mike King's book A Spirit of Charity about the fractured funding of America's public hospitals and clinics, a problem that also results in a lack of home health services for people without insurance.

Last year, Visiting Nurse Health System provided $3.4 million in uncompensated care for uninsured patients and families with special needs. But the needs are great and there's more to be done. Here's how Visiting Nurse, which delivers care to more than 6,000 patients each day across...

In 1893, 123 years ago, the Visiting Nurse movement began in New York City. It was then that Lillian Wald, the first public health nurse in the United States, began seeing vulnerable people on the lower east side of Manhattan. Back then the Lower East Side...

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Join us in celebrating the January Visiting Nurse Health System Employee of the Month! Thank you for all you do, Dwana! #stellar #employee #celebrate

Join us in celebrating the January Visiting Nurse Health System Employee of the Month! Thank you for all you do, Dwana! #stellar #employee #celebrate ...

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Happy New year from all of us at Visiting Nurse Health System!

#happynewyear2025 #visitingnursehealthsystem #hospiceatlanta #health

Happy New year from all of us at Visiting Nurse Health System!

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Thank You, Trella Health Team!
A heartfelt thank you to the Trella Health employees for choosing Visiting Nurse | Hospice Atlanta for your generous gifts-in-kind for our patients in need at this year's 2024 Kindness Drive event! 🌟 
Your dedication to the healthcare industry and compassion for giving back makes a positive imprint on the lives of our patients, bringing smiles and comfort to those in need. Together, we're making a positive difference in our community. Keep shining your light in healthcare! 💙 #KindnessDrive #TrellaHealth #CommunityCare #visitingnursehealthsystem #hospiceatlanta

Thank You, Trella Health Team!
A heartfelt thank you to the Trella Health employees for choosing Visiting Nurse | Hospice Atlanta for your generous gifts-in-kind for our patients in need at this year`s 2024 Kindness Drive event! 🌟
Your dedication to the healthcare industry and compassion for giving back makes a positive imprint on the lives of our patients, bringing smiles and comfort to those in need. Together, we`re making a positive difference in our community. Keep shining your light in healthcare! 💙 #KindnessDrive #TrellaHealth #CommunityCare #visitingnursehealthsystem #hospiceatlanta
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Donate today to help Georgia’s Seniors in Need
As a not-for-profit, we depend on the support of our donor community to help us fund home health and hospice care in the homes of Georgians.
There is no better time than the present to give the gift of care, comfort and compassion this holiday season. 
Please donate today and share this post!
#visitingnursehealthsystem #hospiceatlanta #give #happyholidays #donations

Donate today to help Georgia’s Seniors in Need
As a not-for-profit, we depend on the support of our donor community to help us fund home health and hospice care in the homes of Georgians.
There is no better time than the present to give the gift of care, comfort and compassion this holiday season.
Please donate today and share this post!
#visitingnursehealthsystem #hospiceatlanta #give #happyholidays #donations
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Even our Hospice Atlanta clinicians and team pause to celebrate and spread some holiday cheer! Thank you to our Hospice Atlanta team for all you do bringing care, comfort and kindness to our patients and their families 365 days a year, holidays included! #hospice #Holidays #hospiceatlanta #visitingnursehealthsystem

Even our Hospice Atlanta clinicians and team pause to celebrate and spread some holiday cheer! Thank you to our Hospice Atlanta team for all you do bringing care, comfort and kindness to our patients and their families 365 days a year, holidays included! #hospice #Holidays #hospiceatlanta #visitingnursehealthsystem ...

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🎉 Congratulations! We are thrilled to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Visiting Nurse Health System's Home Healthcare leaders, Helen and Kanesha, as graduates of the 2024 LeadingAge Georgia Leadership Academy! 🎓👏
#visitingnursehealthsystem #leadingage #graduates #leadership #georgia

🎉 Congratulations! We are thrilled to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Visiting Nurse Health System`s Home Healthcare leaders, Helen and Kanesha, as graduates of the 2024 LeadingAge Georgia Leadership Academy! 🎓👏
#visitingnursehealthsystem #leadingage #graduates #leadership #georgia
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🎉 Congratulations! We are thrilled to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Visiting Nurse Health System's Home Healthcare leaders, Helen and Kanesha, as graduates of the 2024 LeadingAge Georgia Leadership Academy! 🎓👏
#visitingnursehealthsystem #leadingage #graduates #leadership #georgia

🎉 Congratulations! We are thrilled to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Visiting Nurse Health System`s Home Healthcare leaders, Helen and Kanesha, as graduates of the 2024 LeadingAge Georgia Leadership Academy! 🎓👏
#visitingnursehealthsystem #leadingage #graduates #leadership #georgia
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🎉 Congratulations! We are thrilled to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Visiting Nurse Health System's Home Healthcare leaders, Helen and Kanesha, as graduates of the 2024 LeadingAge Georgia Leadership Academy! 🎓👏
#visitingnursehealthsystem #leadingage #graduates #leadership #georgia

🎉 Congratulations! We are thrilled to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Visiting Nurse Health System`s Home Healthcare leaders, Helen and Kanesha, as graduates of the 2024 LeadingAge Georgia Leadership Academy! 🎓👏
#visitingnursehealthsystem #leadingage #graduates #leadership #georgia
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Join us in congratulating Hospice Atlanta’s Esther Sutherland, named Visiting Nurse Health System's Employee of the Month for December! 
We are grateful for Esther's significant impact through her passion for helping our patients, their families and our healthcare partners. Her care and positive energy shines through in everything she does! Congratulations! 
#employeeappreciation #hospiceatlanta #visitingnursehealthsystem #celebration

Join us in congratulating Hospice Atlanta’s Esther Sutherland, named Visiting Nurse Health System`s Employee of the Month for December!
We are grateful for Esther`s significant impact through her passion for helping our patients, their families and our healthcare partners. Her care and positive energy shines through in everything she does! Congratulations!
#employeeappreciation #hospiceatlanta #visitingnursehealthsystem #celebration
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Today is the day! #GivingTuesday. 

Thank you for considering a gift to Visiting Nurse Health System | Hospice Atlanta today, ensuring everyone has equal access to quality healthcare at home! 

#GivingTuesday #healthcare #visitingnursehealthsystem #hospiceatlanta #grateful #give

Today is the day! #GivingTuesday.

Thank you for considering a gift to Visiting Nurse Health System | Hospice Atlanta today, ensuring everyone has equal access to quality healthcare at home!

#GivingTuesday #healthcare #visitingnursehealthsystem #hospiceatlanta #grateful #give
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