ANNUAL REPORT

2018

Bringing the Care Home

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Bringing the care homeThe work that we do is instrumental to keeping our patients and our communities healthy. To that end we strive to do our very best each and every day. One of the most effective ways we have of improving health and decreasing rehospitalization is through building a trusting relationship with our patients . . . wherever they call home. It only takes a single nurse, therapist, or aide to make a difference and put our patients on the path to recovery. The very definition of recovery reminds us that it doesn’t always mean a cure but rather finding a new balance, or a renewed sense of well being. It is through our experience, our knowledge, our empathy and support that we help our patients to recover. This is truly what it means to bring the care home in a meaningful and impactful manner.

Our greatest strength is truly our staff and their tireless commitment to the patients care and wellbeing. We thank them for allowing each patient to find their own path on the road to recovery and being there to help them along the journey.

Alyce Brophy,President/CEO

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Board of TrusteesThank you to the Board of Trustees

who provide direction, support and

strategy, making us successful

today and prepared for tomorrow.

Top Row: (Left to Right) Dr. Elizabeth Balint, Carol Patterson, CVNA Board Chair2nd Row: Lisa Desnoyers, Secretary, Therese Steinhardt, Irwin Vogel, Martin Jacob1st Row: Larry Fox, Barbara Lucas, Chair CHC, Mike Jablonsky, Treasurer, Keya Denner, Esq., Len Laich, Chair, CVNS

Senator Kip Bateman

Rick Fontana, Vice Chair

Rev Todd Buurstra

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CVNA diversified its funding streams and modified its payor mix in

order to better meet the needs of its communities. Though Home

Health remains our core business we remain steadfast in our support

of our specialty and community programs and will continue to utilize

all of our available resources to support them to provide the very

highest quality of care. We truly believe in our mission of improving the

health of our communities and its residents.

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REVENUE BY PROGRAM

82%Home Health

4%Community

14%Hospice

EXPENSES

66%Salaries

4%Other

15%Benefits

3%Supplies

2%Transportation

10%Purchased Services

BUSINESS MIX

77%MCR

2%Other

2%MCD

12%MGD MCR

7%MGD CARE

2018 Financial Highlights

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2018 Clinical HighlightsOur patient’s risk indicators illustrate that we

serve a very fragile, high risk population. The senior

population is the fastest growing segment in the

country and here at the VNA 55% of our patients are

between the ages of 81-100 with the average being

87. Some of the programs we’ve implemented to

augment their care and help enhance their lives and

health include:

• Fall Risk Reduction • Chronic Care Support• Telehealth monitoring• Video Education• Emergency Preparedness • Rehospitalization prevention • Interdisciplinary care management

Under 20

41-60

61-80

81-100

Over 100

PATIENTS BY AGE

Average Age: 87

PATIENTS BY GENDER

1%

7%

37%

54%

64%

36%

VISITS BY DISCIPLINE

50%Nursing

36%REHAB

2%MSW/RD

12%HHA

PATIENT RISK INDICATOR’S

49.3%42%

1%

55.7%45%

26%

45%38.8%

31%

Risk of Falls Frailty Risk for Hosp Multiple Hosp

CVNA State *CVNA serves a high risk population

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Community VNA

CVNA has provided services to our

local neighborhoods for over 70 years.

Our mission is to improve the health

of our communities through providing

and coordinating quality home care,

hospice and community services

and promoting health education,

wellness and prevention. Our caring,

knowledgeable staffs assist patients

and their families navigate the

complexities of recovery based on

their individual needs and wishes.

TOP COMPLEX HEALTH CONDITIONS

Cardiac Care

Respiratory Care

Diabetic Care

Chronic Kidney Disease Care

Surgical Aftercare

PATIENTS BY COUNTY

44% Somerset

17% Middlesex

39% Warren County

AGENCY SERVICES PROVIDED

• Skilled Nursing• Physical Therapy• Occupational Therapy• Speech Therapy• Nutritional Counseling• Medical Social Services• Home Health Aide• Hospice• Chaplain• Volunteers• Chronic Care Support• Child Health

Conferences• Community Services

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Community Home CareWorking to keep our communities

healthy, we provide child health

clinics in conjunction with our local

Departments of Health, as well

as immunization clinics, school

immunization audits, health fairs,

health screenings and health

education.

Community Care Hospice

211Children Wellness Screenings

404Childhood Immunizations

253

Patients receiving post discharge chronic care support visits

3,034 hoursHome Health Aide Grant Program

Health Department Support

1,296 hours

11%Volunteer

38%Nursing

8%MSW

35%HHA

8%Chaplain

Hospice Days of Service

5,770

Community Care Hospice provides end of life care and support to individuals and families in their homes, assisted living facilities and skilled nursing facilities. The members of our Hospice team have specialized knowledge and experience in pain and symptom management, nutrition and hydration, and emotional and spiritual needs. They help to ease the sense of fear, uncertainty and loss that so many experience, and replace it with a sense of knowledge, calm, security and comfort.

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Hospice Donors Express their Gratitude

Donations of $1000 and aboveLois Grudinsky and Charles Territo

Donations of $100 to $999William AbbottBohler EngineeringCindy BoyeaAlyce BrophyBeverly ChristensenJim and Paula CurhamBernie DemskeyLisa DesnoyersMary DiehlDiFrancesco, Bateman, Kunzman, DavisLehrer & FlaumJoan FedorRichard FortuneIda FlowersNancy GalbraithLinda GiordanoMarie HarwankoLinda and Robert HerasHelen A. HuberA. KielwasserMs. Nancy KrugDiane and Lenny LaichJanine LasinskiJacqueline LibreraJane and Bernie McElroyLisa NivisonMaureen and Michael RappDonald RadkoMary RitcheyTheresa Rudnicki-JonesPeter and Marjorie SchengrundErwin SchnitzerPhillip and Loretta Schreil

Pat SherlockPat ShiffnerBrian SilbertCatherine StewartMargaret SwickRoberta TehanSusan ThompsonKevin TolsonRev. Frank VilleriusNicole VillaniThe Villani FamilyIrwin VogelRebecca VogelKathryn Welgoss and FamilyMary E Wilson Memorial Union Church

All other DonationsCarole J. AdairMaria Alfano and Edward WoodLinda A. AmatoAlfred E. BallDennis BarbierDiana BaxterNicole BirligaMary BowersThe Bugal FamilyCathy BuitronMrs. Dorothy CarlomagnoDr. M. L. CebulaDavid and Alyce ChudubaRegina ClarkeMarvin and Suzanne ClineJoAnn CohenFred CortelyouFred CostabileDonna CuttsJoan DobroskyHope Dolan

Betty and Fred DudeckDavid EdwardsBette EspositoRosary FedakMs. Ada FerraroFloyd and Margaret FrankenfieldElizabeth FuerstSusan FuchsErica FurmatoDebra GentileMrs. Betty GoldfarbJohn GoleskieCurtis GrahamJane GreningerMs. Jean GretchMr. and Mrs. John GyoriAnita HaleyJohn HuggMarjorie HurteEleanor JackowskiTracy JazkowskiJane JaskulskiMrs. Ann KolumbanJoan KukanSherry KuhneKathy and Pat LaRosaMrs. Margatet LacknerCarole LongoMs. Alice ManzellaMarilyn and Bob MarinoLois MasonLynn McGuirePaula MelbournDiane MeredithJosephine MethnerBarbara C. MeyerJoan MoritzEthel Ann Mosher

Audrey MothnerMy Tribute Gift Foundation, Inc.Joan PalmieriChris ParentiCarol PattersonCarmine PironeMary Ann and Kenneth PogorzelskiHarold PolhemusIris PonteJohn PrickettFrank RagazzoDonald ReaMeryl ReifThe Rose FamilyMarion RozgerAlan RubinMr. and Mrs. Alvin SagerCindy SchallerElaine SchwartzkofMs. Jone SernasMary Jean ShandorAdam SiegelMr. Joshua SkowronekTherese SteinhardtMrs. Gladys SutcampRobert SydorStanley TchorzRalph and Christine TrksakYanira UrratoCecelia VertucciMelissa VernonJane and Al VogelWesley WebbEwa WilsonMrs. Maria YannettaKathleen and John Yacone

Mary GemeroyEach year Community Visiting Nurse Association recognizes an extraordinary individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the association by presenting that person or persons with the Marie G. Gemeroy Award.

Marie G. Gemeroy was appointed on September 1, 1949 as the first Director of Somerset Valley Visiting Nurse Association (as it was known then). She graduated from Cornell University New York Hospital School of Nursing and received her B.S. in Public Health Nursing from Teacher’s College, Columbia University.

PAST AWARD WINNERS

1990 Mary S. Ruckstuhl

1991 Frank Bongiorno

1992 Russell G. Muter

1993 J. Lenny Laich

1994 Phyllis Bugal David C. Faulkner

1995 Carol Prickett

1996 Lois Grudinsky

1997 Ronald S. Kulisek, Sr.

1998 Claudia Houston

1999 VNA Staff

2000 Joanne Martone

2001 Alyce Brophy

2002 Joanne Elik JoAnn Toro Echague Beth Flores

2003 Priscilla and Clyde Fisk

2004 Lenny Laich

2005 Arthur Kastner

2006 Cynthia Lemezis JoAnn Toro-Echague

2007 Eleanor Hunter Stuart Thau

2008 Reverend John Graf Reverend Frank Villerius

2009 Tina Gordan The Schulke Family

2010 Kathleen Bray

110 West End Ave, Somerville, NJ 08876 • phone 908.725.9355 • fax 908.253.9672 • www.communityvna.org

She introduced the following principles of health care:

• Promote individual, family and community health• Prevent disease by teaching health, hygiene and sanitation• Apply principles of public health nursing in the prevention of disease and promotion of health.

Marie served as Director of SVVNA until 1955 and later served on the Board of Directors from 1982 to 1989. In 1990, Community Visiting Nurse Association created its highest award in honor of Marie.G. Gemeroy’s dedication to community health care.

2011 Sherry Kuhne

2012 Ned Cohn, ESQ

2013 Carol Patterson Janice Klein

2014 CVNA Warren County Office

2015 Joseph Hardgrove

2016 Judith Staats

2017 Catherine McLaughlin Patricia Mathews