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News and Events...
Showcasing Adult Day
Service
with Open House Events
North Penn Visiting Nurse Association invites you to discover the
best kept secret in senior care – Adult Day Services.
If you or
someone you know is
looking for options in caring for their aging
parent or ailing spouse, join us during
one of our open house
events for an
opportunity to see the center, meet the staff and learn
more about the benefits of Adult Day Services for both
participants and caregivers.
Upcoming events include...
Tuesday, September 27
4 to 6 pm
228 Ridge
Avenue, Souderton
Tuesday, October 11
4 to 6 pm
51 Medical
Campus Drive, Lansdale
Wednesday, November 9
4 to 6 pm
1290
Allentown Road, Lansdale
North Penn VNA Adult Day
Service offers security and peace of
mind
to families and seniors in the North Penn and Indian Valley
areas by providing activities, social opportunities and care for
adults who would be unsafe at home alone, or who require medical
oversight during the day.
Adult Day Services gives seniors the
opportunity to continue to live independently and remain in the
community with their friends and family.
Adult Day Services also
provides
families with a cost effective alternative to placing their
loved one in a nursing home or hiring in-home care.
For more information on these events, call
215-855-1298 or to
learn more about Adult
Day Services, go to the ADS page on our
website.
To download and print a flyer of these
events to share with friends,
family or
others in your community, please
click here.
Get your Flu Shot
from North Penn VNA
Upcoming community events include
October 15
9am - noon
November 12 9am - noon
Call 215-855-6191, option 3
to
make your appoiintment
The Center
for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that the average
person needs at least 5 to 7 days to get over the symptoms
of the
flu.
Can you afford to get sick?
If not, then get your flu shot.
The North Penn Visiting Nurse Association will hold their annual
Flu and pneumonia immunization clinics for children and adults at
the North Penn VNA building at 51 Medical Campus Drive in
Lansdale.
Shots are free for adults who use Medicare B as their primary
health insurance or for those with a traditional health insurance plan
with deductibles.
Medicare and insurance cards must be
presented to receive the vaccine at no cost.
All others will be
charged $25 for
the flu vaccine and $50 for the pneumonia
vaccine, payable in cash or by check.
A receipt will be provided so
you
may obtain reimbursement from your insurance company.
Appointments are necessary.
Please call 215-855-6191 to
reserve
your time.
Dental Clinic
Accepting
New Patients
Affordable dental care available
to all North Penn area residents.
In a
collaborative effort among the Montgomery County Health
Department, the North Penn Community Health Foundation, The
Greater North Penn Collaborative for Health and Human
Services
and North Penn Visiting Nurse Association,
affordable dental care
is now available to all North Penn area
residents.
The
Greater North Penn Dental Initiative at North Penn VNA
provides dental services to individuals, children,
families and
seniors who do not have dental insurance.
The clinic is located at
the North Penn VNA building at
51 Medical Campus Drive in
Lansdale. Services include:
Services are provided on a sliding scale payment system
based
on income level and family size with payments starting
as low as
$35.00 per procedure.
Call for your appointment at
1-877-GO-NP-SMILES
(1-877-466-7764)
Telehealth Technology Available to
North Penn VNA Home Care Patients
North Penn Visiting Nurse
Association has decided to utilize the
Honeywell HomMed
telemonitor to monitor home care patients
7-
days a week in
addition to the intermittent nursing visits that
patients
receive.
Telehealth, or in-home monitoring,
uses technology to assist
patients in the daily collection
of their vital signs and other clinical
data. The
information is transmitted, securely, through the patient’s
telephone line to a computer at North Penn VNA for
interpretation
by a registered nurse. North Penn VNA will place telemonitoring
units,
about the size of an alarm clock, in the homes of selected
home care patients who will benefit from the additional
monitoring
of their health status. With a kind voice,
the monitors will alert
patients when it is time to take their blood pressure, pulse
and
weight, then the monitor will ask up to 10 yes/no
questions on how
they feel, or whether they have eaten or
taken their medications.
The North Penn VNA nurses will use the
information for early
detection, intervention, and to
educate patients on ways to improve
their health. If any of
the data is out of a pre-set range,
it will be flagged and a
call will be made to the patient, or a visit will
be
made. “Collecting and evaluating vital signs and other
information on a daily basis will allow our nurses to see
what’s
happening with a patient even when they are not
scheduled for
a visit,” said Kitty Fitzgerald, Executive
Director of North Penn
VNA. “Monitoring patients this way
may give us the ability to catch
a problem early and prevent
a more serious one from developing.
We’re excited to see
what the possibilities are for our patients, our
physicians
and the agency with the use of telemonitoring.”
Studies conducted by Honeywell HomMed have shown that patient
and physician satisfaction
increases with the use of
in-home
monitoring during home
care service. Physicians whose patients
are on monitors
will receive periodic reports, including graphs of
the data
collected, showing their patient’s progress. “With our
nurses monitoring patients on a daily basis, physicians can
use the
clinical data collected to be more pre-emptive in
patient care,
allowing for quick adjustments to medications
or treatment plans in
response to a change in condition,”
said Jane Brainard, Director of
Patient Services at North
Penn VNA. “Telehealth allows our
patients to immediately
see the results of not following their
medication regiment
or recommended diet. Patients can learn
that doing what the
doctor and visiting nurse told them to can mean
a better
quality of life.” In previous telehealth studies,
patients have
indicated that they feel better knowing that
someone is watching
out for them each day.
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