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TD Charitable Foundation Continues Funding for VNA Care Network & Hospice's Telehealth Program
Karla Christiansen, vice president, TD Bank, (left)
and Mark Fellion, senior vice president, TD Bank,
(right) presented a check from the TD Charitable
Foundation to Jane Woodbury, vice president of
business and fund development, VNA Care
Network & Hospice (center).
VNA Care Network & Hospice recently received a grant for $5,000 from TD Bank, through the TD Charitable Foundation, in support of the agency's Telehealth Program. This grant represents the second year of the foundation's funding for Telehealth monitoring which helps elders remain independent and safe at home while coping with an illness.
Telehealth allows VNA Care Network & Hospice's health care professionals to check how patients are doing between in-person visits. The small, easy-to-use unit connects to a blood pressure cuff, scale, and other devices that take measurements important to patients' health. The results are sent over a toll-free telephone line and are monitored by VNA Care Network & Hospice staff. If vital signs fall outside the acceptable range, changes can be made quickly to a patient's treatment plan.
"This continued support from the TD Charitable Foundation makes possible an enhanced level of care for patients with chronic conditions, such as congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes, who are at risk for rehospitalization," said Anne Zettek-Sumner, RN, M.Ed., VNA Care Network & Hospice's Telehealth coordinator. "Daily Telehealth monitoring reassures our patients between their scheduled visits with the nurse. People want to remain in the comfort of their own homes, and Telehealth helps them do it."
Using remote monitoring to supplement traditional, in-home nursing, rehabilitation therapy and other home health care services has numerous benefits for patients, including better management of symptoms and a decrease in unplanned physician office, hospital and emergency room visits.
Information
For more information about the Telehealth Program or other services, contact VNA Care Network & Hospice's Referral Center at 800-728-1862 or info@vnacarenetwork.org. For TTY access, call 508-751-6926.
To make a charitable gift, see the donate page.
Posted: Sept. 7, 2010