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Our guides provide you with the skills, checklists and tips for caring for your loved one. Our content is authored by highly qualified registered nurses with a combined total of 60 years of expertise in various healthcare settings such as acute, community and home care.

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  • VNS Health EasyCare: Cardiac Rehabilitation Services (Cardiac Rehab)

    Cardiac rehab reduces the chance of death in the 5 years after a heart attack or bypass by about 35%. It also improves heart failure status and outcomes.

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  • VNS Health EasyCare: Breast Cancer Screening (Mammogram)

    Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, and the second deadliest. Other breast issues are also identified by mammogram. Save the ta-tas!

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  • VNS Health EasyCare: Bone Mass Measurement (Bone Density or BDM)

    1 in 2 women over age 50 will break a bone because of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis does not have symptoms and is usually discovered after a fracture.

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  • VNS Health EasyCare: Annual Wellness Visit (Physical or Check-Up)

    "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." Good advice, but we should still see our provider regularly - whether healthy or ill.

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  • VNS Health EasyCare: Ambulance Services

    Ambulance services can be either emergency medical (EMT) or non-emergency medical transport (non-EMT or NEMT).

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  • VNS Health EasyCare: Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain

    Acupuncture for long-term back pain relief. Even those with a fear of needles are able to embrace this ancient procedure.

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  • VNS Health EasyCare: Acupuncture

    Acupuncture may help relieve chronic pain intensity. Even those with a fear of needles are able to embrace this ancient procedure.

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  • VNS Health EasyCare: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening (Triple-A or AAA)

    8 in 10 people with a ruptured AAA die before reaching the hospital, and most never knew they had one.

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  • VNS Health MLTC: Rehabilitation Therapy

    Physical, occupational, and speech therapy rehab aims at improving quality of life through better mobility, function, and independence.

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  • VNS Health MLTC: Professional Home Health Care Services

    Coordination of all professional home health care services, which includes one or more nursing, therapy, and social work services.

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  • VNS Health MLTC: Personal Care (Home Health Aide)

    A needs assessment determines the coordination of a home health aide for personal care and help with activities of daily living (ADLs).

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  • VNS Health MLTC: Home Delivered Meals

    Arrangement of home-delivered or congregate meals. Congregate meals are provided in group settings outside the home.

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Helpful is an app to make caregiving easier. We integrate your loved one’s insurance benefits, medical records and caregiving guides into an immediate, accessible and user-friendly experience. Helpful supports your care needs by eliminating administrative tasks and providing technology to support your caregiving experience.

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