About Us

Incorporated in 1952, Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk is committed to providing the best possible care to patients without regard to race, religion, age, sex or ability to pay.

As a freestanding, not-for-profit, community based home health care and hospice agency, Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk responds to community needs as they arise, maintaining a tradition of charitable and compassionate care in the home, as well as providing community service activities such as blood drives, bereavement support, and flu clinics.

Today, more than 200 staff members make nearly 90,000 home visits to care for 3,000 home care patients and 600 hospice patients each year.  Over 100 specially trained hospice volunteers assist patients and their families with transportation, grocery shopping, errands or companionship for the patient.

Our professional staff is committed to treating patients with kindness and dignity, while helping patients achieve their maximum level of health.  Our knowledge and experience enable us to provide the best in home care to help patients cope with all of their health related needs. 

Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk is dedicated to:

• Provide health services of the highest quality
• Enable people to function as independently as possible in their homes and communities
• Promote individual, family and community health
• Maintain a tradition of charitable and compassionate care
• Provide & maintain quality of life for the terminally ill throughout the dying process and bereavement period

There is no charge for an initial assessment.  Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk will help patients determine what is covered by insurance.  As a certified home health care agency and hospice, we bill Medicare, Medicaid and many other insurance companies and HMO's.  When insurance does not cover a needed service, fees are adjusted based on ability to pay.

What sets VNSHS apart?

• We are a 2010 HomeCare Elite Top Agency.  The HomeCare Elite is a compilation of the most successful Medicare Certified home health care providers in the U.S.  It recognizes the top 25 percent of agencies excelling in quality outcomes, quality improvement, and financial performance.
  
  

• We are CHAP (Community Health Accreditation Program) accredited.
  
  

• Our re-hospitalization rate is consistently lower than the national average.
  
  

• We have dual Medicare Certification for both Home Health Care and Hospice Care.
  
  

• We maintain maximum staff continuity within a patient's treatment period and if a patient is re-admitted.
  
  

• We provide home health aide care with our own employees hired directly.
  
  

• We are a not-for-profit NYS charitable organization providing care regardless of ability to pay