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The Visiting Nurses of the Lower Valley, Inc. is very excited that the residents of Deep River selected our nonprofit agency as their local provider of nursing and public health services. We are also very pleased to have the opportunity to provide them with home care, including nursing, therapy and home health aide services. Deep River joins the towns of Essex and Chester, in providing support for public health services, as well as home visits for those who are without funding for critically needed care. Please contact us for further information. [BACK TO TOP]
In its 14th year, Visiting Nurses of the Lower Valley, Inc.'s Murtha Scholarship program awarded $4,000 to four local students entering the nursing profession.
Priscilla Munro, the agency’s executive director, noted that this year’s pool of applicants was outstanding, both in terms of the number of candidates and their academic and volunteer accomplishments. “Our board of directors was thrilled to see so many outstanding young people entering the health care professions.”
The scholarship program is an annual event to honor the memory of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Murtha of Essex.
Awards were made to Megan Renzoni of Centerbrook, Vanessa Aspilaire of Deep River, Matthew Herman of Ivoryton and Amelia Haney of Essex (absent from picture). [BACK TO TOP]
Visiting Nurses of the Lower Valley, Inc. (VNLV) has been named to the 2010 HomeCare Elite, a compilation of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. This is the fourth time VNLV has earned this national designation.
"I am proud to announce that we have received this designation, and for the fourth time. It is a distinction that this year was given to only 18 homecare agencies in Connecticut," said VNLV Executive Director Priscilla Munro. "I credit our agency's dedicated and highly knowledgeable staff with our ability to continue to rank as one of the HomeCare Elite. Quality and reliability are vital in our industry and we embrace those traits. Like us, the majority of this year's winners in Connecticut are small, local home health agencies committed to the communities they serve."
VNLV is a licensed, non-profit home health agency serving Chester, Deep River, Essex, and 10 other communities in the Connecticut River Valley. The 2010 HomeCare Elite is the only performance recognition of its kind in the home health industry. It identifies the top 25 percent of agencies in the country by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality improvement, and financial performance.
"The 2010 HomeCare Elite winners continue to demonstrate a commitment to providing their patients with the best possible care while performing at the highest level," said Amanda Twiss, CEO of OCS HomeCare, which compiles the winning list. "We congratulate Visiting Nurses of the Lower Valley, Inc. on being one of the top home care agencies in the country."
OCS HomeCare, the leading provider of homecare information, joins with DecisionHealth, publisher of the industry's independent newsletter Home Health Line, in announcing the recipients. "On the fifth anniversary of HomeCare Elite, DecisionHealth congratulates all the winners who have achieved excellent clinical and financial outcomes, especially during times of such drastic regulatory changes," said Marci Heydt, executive editor for DecisionHealth.
VNLV is a full-service home care agency whose services include nursing, public health, diabetes care, cardiac, psychiatric, wound care, maternal child, social work, home health aid, and therapies, as well as geriatric care management, medication management, escorted transportation, homemakers, and companions through its subsidiary Lower Valley Care Advocates. [BACK TO TOP]