Visiting Nurse Services Westchester (VNSW) in White Plains is the recipient of a $42,000 grant from the Field Hall Foundation in Cortlandt for its new Van Services Program. The grant will enable the not-for-profit agency to purchase a van that will transport its home health aides to patients”™ homes in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties.
According to VNSW President and CEO Timothy P. Leddy, “We are thrilled to receive this generous grant from the Field Hall Foundation to help us jumpstart this vital initiative. The procurement of a van will enable us, for the first time, to provide safe and reliable transportation for our home health aides (HHAs) as they travel to and from the homes of our patients. This will allow us to fill current gaps in home care services to the homebound elderly in hard-to-reach areas in northern Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties.” VNSW Foundation Inc. Board Chair Dr. Amy Ansehl, announced that the Foundation has approved a matching grant that will support the Van Services Program by covering costs for personnel and related expenses. “”¦We believe that the provision of van transport services will have a positive impact on the recruitment and retention of home health aides, further strengthening our home care program,” she said.
VNS Westchester is the largest and only independent not-for- profit, Medicare-certified home health care agency in Westchester that also serves the Bronx, Dutchess, Putnam and Rockland counties.
