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Making a referral

For more information, or to arrange for Aurora VNA assistance, please contact your coordinator or call toll free 800-862-2201.

Arrange for home health care

Continuity is important to achieving quality care for patients and can be disrupted upon discharge. The Aurora Visiting Nurse Association of Wisconsin partners with physicians and care partners to achieve desired outcomes. We improve lives by treating patients in their own homes to maintain a safe environment while promoting health, healing and independence.

We assess needs and provide an array of assistance, so people can choose to remain independent at home. An individual can qualify for home care if any of these circumstances exist.

Ask for a home care evaluation. Our coordinators will assess to determine if home care is appropriate and provide a recommendation.

Palliative care: A bridge to home health care

What is palliative care?

Palliative care is the medical specialty focused on relief of the pain, stress and other debilitating symptoms of serious illness. This type of care can be delivered at the same time as treatments that are meant to cure you. Palliative care may be provided at any time during a person’s illness, even from the time of diagnosis.

How does palliative care benefit the patient?

The goal is to relieve suffering and provide the best possible quality of life for patients and families. We offer a wide range of services, including bereavement and psychosocial support. Our clinicians are experts in pain and symptom management.

How does palliative care benefit physicians?

Our clinicians support patients and physicians as experts in pain and symptom management. While monitoring patients in their homes, we provide quality care and reduce hospital readmissions.

What is hospice care?

Hospice care always provides palliative care. The concept and focus is on comfort and symptom management, however, hospice care is for terminally ill patients. Patients receiving hospice care are not seeking curative treatments any longer and have a life expectancy of six months or less.

How does hospice care benefit the patient?

Hospice care involves an interdisciplinary approach to provide medical care, pain and symptom management, along with emotional and spiritual support. Our hospice team takes a holistic approach to address the physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs of the patient and the family/caregivers.

How does hospice care benefit physicians?

Collaboration with our hospice team enables physicians to manage patients and family/caregivers as they remain in their home. Physicians can rely on our expert clinicians to provide quality end-of-life care.

Order a palliative care evaluation Our coordinators will determine if palliative care is appropriate and provide a recommendation.