How Health Care at Home Provides People With Greater Access to Care

Help Choose Home

In today’s episode of Help Choose Home, we welcome Johanna Beliveau, DNP, MBA, RN, President and Chief Executive Officer at Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire (VNH). Serving the Upper Connecticut River Valley region since 1907, VNH is a nonprofit organization that provides nursing, rehabilitation, hospice, and personal care services in more than 140 towns in Vermont and New Hampshire.

Dr. Beliveau is an experienced healthcare leader with 25 years’ experience in nursing practice. She holds a Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Yale University, a Master of Business Administration from Rosemont College, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Fitchburg State College and a Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt certificate from the Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College. Combining her educational background with her industry expertise, Dr. Beliveau is a passionate advocate for delivering health care at home, and she is especially focused on increasing care options for those in the rural communities that VNH serves.

In this episode we discuss:

• The importance of developing program-specific teams in order to deliver effective care at home
• How rural care is different from urban care
• The ways in which home care services provides greater access of services to those in rural communities
• What makes home-based care unique
• The importance of consumers advocating for care and ultimately driving change in the home care industry

Be sure to check out Help Choose Home Season 3, Episode 16 show notes and our full library of podcasts dedicated to helping families learn more about professional home care options.