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ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTHCARE SERVICES IS A KEY QUALITY OF LIFE
INDICATOR FOR ANY COMMUNITY. THE MADISON AND JEFFERSON COUNTY
H COMMUNITY ENJOYS ACCESS TO A WIDE ARRAY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES.

With over 900 employees, King’s munities Initiative (HCI) of Jefferson and Jefferson County is no excep-
Daughters’ Health and Rehabili- County. HCI focuses on bringing tion. At least six facilities devoted
tation Services (KDH) anchors the community members together to to elder and rehabilitative care offer
area’s impressive array of health address the major health needs of a wide range of services including
services. KDH is a non-profit the community making the county a skilled nursing, independent living,
healthcare system that has provided healthier and safer place to live. long term care, short term rehabilita-
patient care to the Jefferson County tion, and secure memory care.
MORE HEALTH SERVICES
community for over 100 years. A
Four national pharmacies and REGIONAL RESOURCES
new hospital facility, which opened
one local, independent pharmacy
in 2013, shows KDH’s commitment Jefferson County is located less
serve the county. Several chiroprac-
to modern, quality care. than a two-hour drive from India-
tor offices provide services in the
King’s Daughters’ Health pro- napolis and only a short hour drive
area. Children’s therapy needs are
vides extensive therapy services from Cincinnati, Ohio, and Louis-
met by specialized learning centers.
through its outpatient Rehabilitation ville, Kentucky. The three metropol-
Other local wellness providers offer
Center as well as inpatient physi- itan areas offer access to nationally
mental health services, therapeutic
cal therapy on the fourth floor of recognized health care services such
massage, accupuncture, meditation,
the hospital. Additional resources as The Indiana University Health
and yoga.
include home health services and Network, Brown Cancer Center, and
Expert vision care and dental
hospice programs. KDH also staffs Kosair Children’s Hospital. This
services—from orthodontia to oral
one of two Urgent Care clinics in the offers Jefferson County residents
surgery—are readily available in
county, the other being PMC Urgent multiple choices of high quality and
Jefferson County.
Care. Along with many health care specialty health care services includ-
resources, King’s Daughters’ Hospi- CARE FACILITIES ing Veterans’ Affair Hospitals—all
tal Foundation funds a community Health care for all phases of life within the local community or just a
based program called Healthy Com- are important in any community short drive away. 

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