SMMC Visiting Nurses offers a wide variety of compassionate, skilled nursing and clinical services for clients at home and through clinics in our Office and throughout York County.

SMMC Visiting Nurses was originally founded as the Kennebunk Public Health Association in 1909 by the Parsons Family in order to provide a public health nurse to the Town of Kennebunk. Since that humble beginning on the second floor of the Pythian Building on Main Street, the organization has evolved and changed, just like the delivery of health care has changed. The one constant, though, has been continuous service in the provision of home visits and health promotion activities to the community.

SMMC Visiting Nurses, which affiliated with Southern Maine Medical Center in 1996, is a non-profit home health agency governed by a local voluntary community board. The agency is state licensed, certified by Medicare and MaineCare, and accredited by the Joint Commission.

As a full-service home health agency, SMMC Visiting Nurses provides home visits which include Skilled Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech/Language Pathology, Medical Social Work Counseling and Home Health Aide contacts for assistance with personal hygiene and activities of daily living. Our nursing services are available to our patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Staff work closely with physicians to develop a plan of care to ensure that each home health patient achieves the highest level of independence and rehabilitation possible.

SMMC Visiting Nurses provides a wide array of clinical and health education activities to the community. We maintain a Walk-in Nurse Clinic at our 72 Main Street location which provides residents with easy access to numerous preventative health screening tests and, of course, annual flu shots. We also offer an extensive Diabetes Program with monthly Diabetic Support Groups. In addition, we manage the Breast & Cervical Health Program for all of York County (no cost mammograms and pelvic exams for eligible women 50-64 years of age) and provide a “Loan Closet” of medical equipment (walkers, crutches, commodes, wheelchairs, etc.) at no charge. Recently, we initiated a Telehealth Program that allows patients with chronic needs to have their vital signs monitored daily for close observation and compliance with doctor’s orders.

Remember, our care is available to all, regardless of your physician or hospital affiliation! For a world of home health care services delivered with a lot of heart, call SMMC Visiting Nurses.

• Heartfelt Homecare - SMMC VN's 2009 Annual Report