Legacy Visiting Nurse Association

LVNA strives to provide compassionate, competent care for hospice patients and their families and friends. LVNA serves those who are experiencing severe pain, intractable nausea, seizures, depression, respiratory distress, or other conditions that the patient's family is unable to cope with. LVNA's round-the-clock medical care emphasizes symptom management and support for the whole person.Bereavement follow-up is an important part of Hospice care. On the death of a patient, our bereavement counselors provide family members and friends with both written resources and emotional support. Grief support groups and classes are offered free of charge. Due to the pandemic, all grief support groups and classes are offered as virtually or by phone. In support of its mission, LVNA voluntarily provides medically necessary patient care services that are discounted or free of charge to persons who have insufficient resources and/or who are uninsured.LVNA is part of Legacy, which collectively provided over $40 million, $292 million, $265 million, and $13 million in uncompensated care attributable to its financial assistance, Medicaid, Medicare, and other government programs, respectively, in fiscal year 2022. In addition, Legacy provided over $26 million in other community benefit activities during fiscal year 2022.