Visiting Nurse Association of Northern New Jersey Resources

Providing the proper caring for aging parents is not a task to take lightly. The Visiting Nurse Association of Northern New Jersey understands and supports your efforts in obtaining palliative care, nursing and hospice care and can supply you with the home care solutions you need. Whether you are researching adult day care or occupational therapy for loved ones undergoing stroke rehabilitation or amputee rehabilitation, or you are providing senior home care for those undergoing geriatric rehabilitation, you can get the answers you seek through the following resources.

We strive to help you make a difference in home health care for the elderly. For those following a hospice career in New Jersey and are considering a visiting nurse job with the visiting nurse services of New Jersey, and others involved with elder in home care, these resources and the Visiting Nurse Association of Northern New Jersey are here to help.

Associations:

JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
The Joint Commission has standards to encouraging improved safety and quality of hospice care for more than 4,800 home care agencies that they accredit, with the Visiting Nurse Association of Northern New Jersey being one of them. The JCAHO's extensive use of home health care agency feedback improves their accreditation services, making the quality home nursing care you'd expect.

VNAA (Visiting Nurse Associations of America)
The VNAA is the official national association for not-for-profit, community based home care agencies known as Visiting Nurse Associations (VNAs). Visiting Nurse Associations (VNAs) created the profession of home health aides more than 100 years ago. They have a united mission to bring compassionate, high-quality and cost-effective elder home care and home nursing care to individuals in their respective communities.

National Association for Home Care and Hospice
NAHC represents the interests and concerns of home care agencies, hospice care, home health care provider organizations, and medical equipment suppliers. They are dedicated to making home health aides and home care providers lives easier which enables them to better serve their patients.

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
NHPCO is a nonprofit membership organization representing hospice care and palliative care nursing programs and professionals in the United States. The organization is committed to improving end of life care and expanding access to hospice care with the goal of profoundly enhancing quality of life for people dying in America and their loved ones.

Home Care Association of NJ
Home Care Association of NJ is supportive of the visiting nurse services of New Jersey by providing information, education and assistance to the home care nurse New Jersey patients and families rely on. Their membership consists of home health care aides and those seeking a hospice career in New Jersey along with home care agencies and professionals.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
CMS serves beneficiaries by opening their programs to full partnership with the entire health community. Their mission to improve quality and efficiency in an evolving health care system assures health care security for beneficiaries. They provide leadership in the broader health care marketplace including home health care for the elderly and adult day health care to improve the health and the caring for aging parents.

Alzheimer's Association
If you are providing Alzheimer's home care for a loved one or a patient, the Alzheimer's Association can help. Look to them for research and support, guidance on prevention methods and treatments, and additional resources for awareness and education towards quality home health care for the elderly and ill.

Information:

Home Health Line
Home Health Line provides 48 weekly issues of time-sensitive news, guidance, benchmarks and more to home nursing care subscribers. They notify home health care agency executives on regulatory and legislative changes, as well as decision-critical intelligence to stay on top of home health nursing issues to provide the best home care solutions.

NJ EASE (New Jersey Easy Access, Single Entry)
NJ EASE provides a toll-free telephone number to put seniors and their families in touch with someone to help those looking for information on geriatric rehabilitation and senior services, including senior home care, and help them apply for important programs and benefits.

My Homehealth.com
My Homehealth.com is a virtual home health care nursing resource and community for hospice care for the elderly and others receiving visiting nurse service. They are the powerhouse behind the newsletters, magazines and other reference media for senior home health care and home care providers.

Government Print Office
GPO Access is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government. Find literature and headlines from the National Library of Medicine partnerships regarding visiting nurse service, rehabilitation nursing and other topics on medicine and hospice care.

HealthWorld Online
Find a professional, some expert advice and therapies for many health conditions through HealthWorld Online. Get the answers you seek when caring for aging parents in need of Alzheimer's home care or cognitive rehabilitation. These experts have dedicated their lives to educating consumers and professionals with a 24-hour health resource center--a virtual health village where you can access information, products, and services to help create your wellness-based lifestyle.

Services:

Hospice Pharmacia
Hospice Pharmacia provides comprehensive medication management pharmacy services for VNA hospice care patients. Their services feature direct delivery of medication to the homes of cognitive rehabilitation and Alzheimer's home care patients and others under the supervision of a home health care nurse.

Hospice Choices
Hospice Choices is an online career center for the hospice community. Whether you are an individual looking for LPN nursing jobs or home health nursing jobs, NJ abounds with employment in the field of nurse practitioner jobs. If you have a career as a home health aide, NJ has a job for you and Hospice Choices can get you a home health nursing job with a home health care agency in NJ to meet your needs.

Drexel University's College of Nursing and Health Professions
Drexel University's College of Nursing and Health Professions has a reputation for educating nurses for successful careers. Look to them for certificates and nursing degrees online when seeking registered nursing jobs and home health aide jobs along with other home health nursing jobs.

American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing is a national source for America's baccalaureate- and higher-degree nursing education programs. Whether employed with an adult day care center or providing in home physical therapy, AACN's programs can work to establish quality standards you'd expect from a health care provider. If you are seeking a hospice career in New Jersey, AACN has 14 member schools in NJ alone. Here you can also find textbooks and training in palliative care nursing.

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