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Who We Touch
On any given day, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York has over 48,500 patients and health plan members in its care.
This care is delivered by a staff of over 13,000 employees, including registered nurses, rehabilitation therapists, social
workers, home health aides, and other clinical staff such as physicians and psychologists.
In 2017:
Total patients served: VNSNY provided care to Total professional
135,192 more than 650 clinical visits:
patients who were 1,363,488
over 100 years old.
Total home health aide hours: 32,826,971
Approximately 62% of our patients were female.
The average age of a patient was 70 years old.
Collectively, VNSNY staff members speak more than 50 languages.
VNSNY serves all five boroughs of New York City
as well as Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties.
Heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and wounds
were among the most frequent diagnoses of our patients.
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