For more than 70 years, the name Visiting Nurse Health System has been synonymous with quality home care. Visiting Nurse | Hospice Atlanta offers a full continuum of home healthcare, aging services and hospice care to adult and pediatric patients. Our team of nurses, therapists, social workers, home health aides, chaplains and volunteers provides the best care possible to every patient.
Visiting Nurse, accredited by the Joint Commission and is Medicare and Medicaid certified, is the largest nonprofit home healthcare and hospice provider in Georgia, serving more than 6,000 patients and their families each day. Being able to have mother come here is a godsend for us.
Visiting Nurse, accredited by the Joint Commission and is Medicare and Medicaid certified, is the largest nonprofit home healthcare and hospice provider in Georgia, serving more than 6,000 patients and their families each day. Being able to have mother come here is a godsend for us.
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If you're one of those people who won't settle for ordinary, and want to be extraordinary by touching the lives of others, Visiting Nurse | Hospice Atlanta may be the ideal career choice for you. As the leading provider of home health and hospice care in Atlanta, we offer a great variety of highly rewarding job opportunities for unique individuals just like you.
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Luke D.
Aug 23, 2021
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Jessica Jordan
Mar 23, 2021
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Laurey Sherman
Feb 02, 2021
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Visiting Nurse/Hospice Atlanta is a well run not for profit company who values both employees and patients. I have worked for other hospices which were for-profit, and as a hospice nurse I can tell you there is a difference! This NFP company supports their nurses and aides so that these personnel can go out into the field and deliver high quality care to patients who are at the ends of their lives and need so much! I read some of the criticism posted on Google and it simply isn't consistent with what I have seen and experienced at VNHA. It is always sad when a family does not have a positive hospice
Kyle Fennell
Jan 17, 2021
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Roxanne V.
Dec 10, 2019
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Lynn Jones
Nov 09, 2019
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I've always thought highly of Visiting Nurse and now I get to experience their team first hand. From the clinicians and staff to the leadership team they foster a culture of excellence and compassion for the community they serve and each other. It's so refreshing to be apart of an organization that puts people over profit!
Carma B.
Oct 25, 2019
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Do Not!! I repeat Do Not use this company's for patient care!! They care about Medicare dollars not the patients! The patients are referred to as productivity!! These are numbers to bring in revenue! The more they can fit into their daily schedule the more money they can bring in to run this poorly ran company!! The nurses are good people, but do to pressure from the company, patients complain that all the nurses do is take blood pressures and are only in the home 10 minutes! They change CEO like they are changing socks! Each promising to make the company better to No Avail! The staff
ExoticATL
Oct 25, 2019
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I only gave one star because of 1 of there nurses is Awesome. She is honest and really cares about people and her patients. This is a money hungry company that should not be in business!!! If you decide to go with their services; and then due to their lack of services provided, want to cancel with them; they will call APS and lie about any and everything. If you do decide to do business with them, please BEWARE!!!! Make sure you document everything even every single conversation no matter how small you have with them. I strongly suggest not even doing business with them as they are just an added
Tanya Tobias
Sep 09, 2019
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When we made the painful decision to move my father-in-law into hospice after complications from surgery, we didn’t have much time to research the best hospice company. It all happened so fast. I wish we had, as our experience with Hospice Atlanta only made his death that much more painful.
He was released on a Friday afternoon and was home by 3pm. The pain meds did not arrive until 9pm that night – which didn’t help when he had pain around 6pm. We were told the pharmacy closed at 7pm and did their deliveries afterwards. Who sends a hospice patient home without pain meds? I will never understand
He was released on a Friday afternoon and was home by 3pm. The pain meds did not arrive until 9pm that night – which didn’t help when he had pain around 6pm. We were told the pharmacy closed at 7pm and did their deliveries afterwards. Who sends a hospice patient home without pain meds? I will never understand
C. H.
Mar 22, 2019
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It's coming up on the 3 year anniversary of my wife's death. Of course, that brings back memories...good and bad. One bad memory I can't shake is our experience at Hospice Atlanta. She had a nice corner room with plenty of light. I received word that they wanted to move her to a different section that would have to be paid for privately. I'm sure this is a common hustle. I had to meet with a doctor who's exact words delivered in the most unsympathetic way possible were "we don't know how long she'll last...it could be another week." She couldn
Elizabeth M.
Mar 02, 2019
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This is the most unorganized, unprofessional service I have EVER tried to utilize. The office staff is horrible as well as the people in charge. They never show up on time ( and I do understand other patients can take longer) but not this bad! On days when they were supposed to call at 8 they schedule a visit, I wouldn't receive a call until 4 to tell me there was a scheduling problem. It took 8 hours to realize a scheduling mix up for that day? They also ordered the wrong supplies for me and did nothing to correct it. Do not use this service!
Jessica Beaver
Jan 28, 2019
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This company has to be one of the most poorly ran companies. Im a caregiver ( private not with visiting nurse) and I have never seen a healthcare company care so little for a patient. Since services have started you cant get a manager to call you back, Camilla and her supervisor show NO concern for their patients. Wound care with this company is not a priority! They do not send the supplies needed for your care and have even asked if the patient could purchase the needed supplies, which per the insurance company they are being paid to supply. Of course she has had to buy many supplies just so the
Elizabeth Morris
Dec 20, 2018
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This is the WORST run business I have EVER dealt with!
They were supposed to call me the day I got out of the hospital; two days later, I had to call them and they were quite short with me on the phone, as if I was an inconvenience to them.
The nurses who were supposed to come out, I was told, were to call between the hours of 8-10 am. Once I didn’t get a call until 4 (after I had called and left a message for the clinical supervisor) to tell me there was a scheduling glitch and someone would be out the next day. Also, the nurses have called me in the afternoon to tell me they are coming, as
They were supposed to call me the day I got out of the hospital; two days later, I had to call them and they were quite short with me on the phone, as if I was an inconvenience to them.
The nurses who were supposed to come out, I was told, were to call between the hours of 8-10 am. Once I didn’t get a call until 4 (after I had called and left a message for the clinical supervisor) to tell me there was a scheduling glitch and someone would be out the next day. Also, the nurses have called me in the afternoon to tell me they are coming, as
Sharon F.
Nov 13, 2018
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I want to be clear that this review if for the Kennesaw office of Visiting Nurse. Run to any other company. Visiting Nurse Health, Kennesaw office does not have the staff, not the integrity to properly care for the people who need them. We had a previous experience with the Atlanta office that was pretty good, so I thought this would be the place to go for home health care. But it seems you only get good care if you are in the right zip code. My husband needed care after a serious fall and nearly 2 months in a rehab facility. He suffered a broken arm and a head injury, and we had to move from our
Jodie C.
Mar 06, 2018
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This company has a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personality. The clinical staff is excellent and well commended for the few visits my husband needed for his post surgical event.
Here is the Mr. Hyde : Their billing staff is woefully incompetent. I am truly amazed they are still in business. We completed our time with this company and received our first bill. Paid and done. We thought our account was closed and would part ways, satisfied with the clinical services. However, we received a collections statement concerning a bill we did not pay. We called VNHS and was bounced around so many times
Here is the Mr. Hyde : Their billing staff is woefully incompetent. I am truly amazed they are still in business. We completed our time with this company and received our first bill. Paid and done. We thought our account was closed and would part ways, satisfied with the clinical services. However, we received a collections statement concerning a bill we did not pay. We called VNHS and was bounced around so many times
Jane N.
Oct 11, 2017
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Everything about this place was top notch! They really care, not just a job. They treated our loved one with great respect. The nurses were very patient, informed, pleasant and helpful as they could be. The facility itself is beautiful, calming and provides a safe haven for family. The Chaplin, library, volunteer provided lunch, tea time, and many other features provide support for my family when we needed it most. Highly recommend!
Naj B.
Aug 29, 2017
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No child ever wishes to select a hospice center for their mother. Unfortunately, this was the situation I recently faced. My beautiful, incredible mother was visiting me from out of town and became ill. After a month in the hospital, we were informed that it was terminal, and we were referred to an in-patient hospice. It was the most heartbreaking and agonizing time in my life. After visiting several centers, I selected Hospice Atlanta Center. It was the best decision that I made. It was more like a home than a Hospice facility. Very serene and beautiful environment. More importantly, the
Georgia S.
Jul 05, 2017
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We used this company last year and I'm just now getting around to reviewing them. My husband had emergency surgery and ended up with an ileostomy. He also had an open abdominal wound and a negative pressure wound vac. We saw perhaps 10-12 different nurses during the time we used their services, which was probably less than a month. Not one nurse knew the correct way to place/seal the wound vac. Some actually placed the "foam" ON TOP of the wound instead of within the wound bed. Even though I'd tell the nurse over and over again that this was incorrect placement and would
Emih A.
Jun 29, 2017
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I wish I had looked at the reviews before agreeing to go with this company. They are horrendous. When our nurse arrived she admitted that she had not read our file and also had zero supplies. She used our left over supplies from the hospital and from my run to cvs. Our biggest issue is with getting my mothers ostomy bag to stay attached. I have zero nursing experience and was able to get it to stay for 12 hours. The nurse with 20+ years experience was only able to get it to stick for 2 hours. When we called management to get a new nurse who worked more closely with ostomy bags the manager said
Cori S.
Apr 13, 2016
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Although my nurse was fabulous this company is the worst! They lied about my co-pay and when the nurse confirmed that I was correct they sent me to a collection agency over a year later. I called to dispute it and they lied and said they investigated it and I was wrong. I've spent about 8 to 10 hours on the phone with different people and I am now forced to pay the $400 so that it does not affect my credit. They used to have a great reputation but no longer as you can see from the other reviews. I wish there were no stars as an option but since there is not they get one star. I just got lucky
Corey S.
Mar 21, 2016
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This company is awful. They were supposed to provide physical therapy and occupational therapy for my mother following a lengthy hospital stay. After 1 PT visits and being cleared by the occupational therapist (after 2 additional visits) the physical therapist never came back. And when she called finally she proceeded to bless us out for no reason. Saying she had tried to call us for 4 days... interesting since between us there are 3 phone numbers all with voice mail/answering machine. No messages no missed calls. She even threatened to have my mother "arrested for depression." Which
Tracey B.
Feb 10, 2016
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The only good input was they were quick to deliver medicine and supplies. Of course they get paid by Medicare for this service
My father was only given days to live when he was discharged from the hospital and we communicated this during the enrollment process. They should have understood how sick he was and planned accordingly. One planned visit per week is clearly not sufficient. Getting a nurse to come to the house to evaluate my dad when he was in a critical situation was nearly impossible. We had to demand they send someone out to assist our dad who was clearly declining rapidly. We are
My father was only given days to live when he was discharged from the hospital and we communicated this during the enrollment process. They should have understood how sick he was and planned accordingly. One planned visit per week is clearly not sufficient. Getting a nurse to come to the house to evaluate my dad when he was in a critical situation was nearly impossible. We had to demand they send someone out to assist our dad who was clearly declining rapidly. We are
Michelle G.
May 31, 2015
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I wish I could give a 0 star but 1 is the minimum. Evidently your nurse and her Mgr have a personal grudge because I expected the nurse to do her job according to the discharge instruction of the hospital. Your Mgr claims you are not going to return to administer the IV antibiotics today and/or do wound care but this morning the hospital called to inform us they were re-sent instructions to come by. You guys give home health care the worst name. Evidently your staff's personal issues dictate whether you give care or not. Home health care must be hiring the rejects of nurses unable to get gainful
Eric M.
Mar 26, 2014
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The only reason why I give more than one star is because the one visit we had was with a professional nurse. The company itself is far from professional as they were supposed to come over on a Sunday and when I called, I was told that someone called but since no one answered they didn't schedule us. Thankfully for caller ID I can see that they lied to me and someone probably didn't want to work on Sunday.
Megan H.
Feb 03, 2014
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I am really sorry that the previous reviewer had a bad experience at Hospice Atlanta. I had a family member there at roughly the same time her review was written (Fall 2013) and I can say our experience was 100% the opposite.
The nurses and staff were caring, accommodating, friendly, and sensitive to the obviously delicate situation. The center itself is warm and friendly, with little nooks and sitting areas, a kitchen, a vast library with books, DVDs, & games, a beautiful chapel, and each guest suite has its own patio - large enough for the patient's bed to be rolled out in nice weather
The nurses and staff were caring, accommodating, friendly, and sensitive to the obviously delicate situation. The center itself is warm and friendly, with little nooks and sitting areas, a kitchen, a vast library with books, DVDs, & games, a beautiful chapel, and each guest suite has its own patio - large enough for the patient's bed to be rolled out in nice weather
Norma L.
Oct 27, 2013
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At first this place was a Godsend. At the end I was ready to file a formal complaint. I never dreamed people in this line of work could treat a dying patient and family so shabbily. They did not give my Mother the baths that were promised and then lied about it. They let someone outside of the family call up and make changes to my Mother's care. Mother was told that she would have to leave her home and go die in a nunnery. They caused her to give up hope. At the bitter end we were forced to change hospice providers. Maybe it was just the nurse we had, but our experience with the next
Charles Smith
Sep 13, 2013
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Visiting Nurse and their staff simply rock the medical profession.
IN 2009 my heart, kidneys and lungs decided to go on vacation, and on top of that, I had a huge infected area they ultimately cut out. I was in the hospital for four months. When they finally sent me home, I had another home health care company who shall remain nameless, not to protect the innocent but because they have more lawyers than I do on retainer. To put it bluntly, they inhaled briskly. During their tenure I gave up any hope of ever seeing anything but the four walls of my room again.
Then, towards the end of 2012, I
IN 2009 my heart, kidneys and lungs decided to go on vacation, and on top of that, I had a huge infected area they ultimately cut out. I was in the hospital for four months. When they finally sent me home, I had another home health care company who shall remain nameless, not to protect the innocent but because they have more lawyers than I do on retainer. To put it bluntly, they inhaled briskly. During their tenure I gave up any hope of ever seeing anything but the four walls of my room again.
Then, towards the end of 2012, I
