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Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia records

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Call Number:
MC 38
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing
Extent:
5.0 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia records, Barbara Bates Center for The Study of The History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
Date:
1976-1994 (inclusive)
Creator:
Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia.
Form:
Administrative records and Financial records
Abstract:
The Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia is the only non-profit home care health agency in Philadelphia that serves the entire geographic area. These records consist of cost studies for the delivery of home care, reports to the National League of Nursing and other organizations, internal office files, and annual reports.

In 1959, in response to the need for a modern, innovative, and community-oriented public health nursing agency, Community Nursing Services of Philadelphia (CNSP) was created by the merging of services of the City of Philadelphia's Division of Public Health Nursing and of the Visiting Nurse Society. This merger was intended to reduce duplication of nursing services in the home so that CNSP would serve both those sick at home and those requiring nursing services in public health clinics. From 1959 to 1979, Community Nursing Services provided all nursing services in City Health Department clinics. It also delivered multidisciplinary preventative, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services to individuals and families in the home.

By 1977, it became evident that this arrangement between the Community Nursing Services and the City of Philadelphia was becoming less efficient as trends in the health care system were making such a combined agency impossible. In the 1970s, city-financed health services demonstrated changing priorities. The city's categorical clinics were consolidated into family medical care clinics, clinic nurses ceased making home visits, and traditional functions of public health nurses were delegated to city personnel such as health program representatives and social workers.

To address this problem of conflicting goals, a planning committee of the Community Nursing Service Board was appointed to study CNSP's mission, and outside consultants were engaged to assist in the study. The report of the Board's Committee recommended formation of an independent, non-profit, broad-based community organization to provide needed home health services to Philadelphia residents.

The Community Nursing Services, Visiting Nurse Society of Philadelphia, and the City of Philadelphia agreed with the Committee's recommendation. They terminated the 1959 agreement on June 30, 1979. As of July 1, 1979, an independent, voluntary, not-for-profit, incorporated agency was established known as Community Home Health Services of Philadelphia (CHHSP). The agency's newly formed Board of Trustees consisted of representatives from the City of Philadelphia, the Visiting Nurse Society, hospitals, non-profit nursing homes, and from various community organizations.

This agency continued in the tradition of Community Nursing Services, providing care to Philadelphia residents regardless of ability to pay. Funding was obtained from fees paid by individuals, Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross, and other types of insurance. Additional sources of funding included the United Way, private foundations, grant programs, and contracts for services. The Visiting Nurse Society contributed its endowment fund income. The City of Philadelphia entered into a contractual agreement with CHHSP for home health care services for patients who were enrolled in the Department's Family Medical Care program or in other community health service programs. The city was also in agreement with CHHSP for Philadelphia Nursing Home when home health services were effective alternatives to institutionalization.

CHHSP became the Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia in 1990. Shortly afterward, a parent company, Philadelphia Home Care, was formed. While some health care services were realigned, the VNA of Greater Philadelphia continues to provide services to all Philadelphia residents. It is the only agency in Philadelphia that serves the whole geographic area and all economic groups of the population.

The Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia is the successor agency to the Visiting Nurse Society of Philadelphia (whose role in recent years has shifted to funding the VNAGP). Separately incorporated, the VNAGP records consist of cost studies for the delivery of home care, reports to the National League of Nursing and other organizations, internal office files, and annual reports.

See also: MC 5B, Visiting Nurse Society of Philadelphia records.

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University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Center staff, updated by Bethany Myers
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This collection was processed with funds provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission as part of the Nursing History Processing and Cataloging Project.
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This collection is unrestricted.

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Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents note

This series includes the annual report booklets from 1980-1993 and the agency's Mission Statement, Philosophy, and Objectives, 1978. There are minutes from Central office meetings (1975-1976), employee council meetings (1980), operational meetings (1980-81), and staff meetings (1978-81). The correspondence files include incoming and outgoing correspondence for funding reimbursement for services and vendor selection. The agency's personnel policies and procedure manual of 1980 is here, as is the contract "Medicare Tool-up Program" with the Pennsylvania Department of Health, in preparation for Medicare certification. The study and final report for a Regional Visiting Nurse Association Project for one agency for the five county areas (1988-1989) are found in this series as well.

Rough Draft including Correspondence, 1980.
Box 1 Folder 1
1980.
Box 1 Folder 2
1981.
Box 1 Folder 3
1982.
Box 1 Folder 4
1984.
Box 1 Folder 5
1985.
Box 1 Folder 6
1986.
Box 1 Folder 7
1988.
Box 1 Folder 8
1992.
Box 1 Folder 9
1993.
Box 1 Folder 10
Announcement of name change form Community Home Health Services to the Visiting Nurse Association of Philadelphia, 1990.
Box 1 Folder 11
Affirmative Action Plan, 1977.
Box 1 Folder 12
Mission Statement, Philosophy and Objectives, CNS, 1978.
Box 1 Folder 13
Agenda, 1970-1980.
Box 1 Folder 14
Minutes, 1975-1976.
Box 1 Folder 15
Employee Council Meeting Minutes, March, April 1980.
Box 1 Folder 16
Operational, Meeting Minutes, 1980-1981.
Box 1 Folder 17
Staff Meeting Minutes, 1978-1981.
Box 1 Folder 18
Quality Assurance Program Report to Board of Trustees, 1981.
Box 2 Folder 20
Executive Committee, Program Evaluation Meeting, August 18, 1990.
Box 2 Folder 19
Union Contract Proposal, City of Philadelphia, 1978.
Box 2 Folder 21
Space Study and Proposals for New Agency, 1978-1980.
Box 2 Folder 22
Contributions, fiscal year, 1981.
Box 2 Folder 23
Executive Secretary, Caroline Griffith, General Administration, 1959-1981.
Box 2 Folder 24
Fund Raising Issues, 1980.
Box 2 Folder 25
General Administration, 1976-1980.
Box 2 Folder 26
GLS Associates, Inc., Consultants to Health Care Organizations, 1978-1981.
Box 2 Folder 27
Hospital Home Care Program, Discounting, 1979-1980.
Box 2 Folder 28
Home Health Care Cost Caps, 1979-1980.
Box 2 Folder 29
Strategy for Hospital Home Care Program, 1980.
Box 2 Folder 30
H.R. 4626, Reimbursement for Physical and Speech Therapy, 1979.
Box 2 Folder 31
Hospital Financial Management Association, 1981.
Box 2 Folder 32
Kresge Foundation, Proposal for Renovation, Furniture and Capital Equipment, 1981.
Box 2 Folder 33
Legal Council, 1979-1980.
Box 2 Folder 34
Requesting Reference Materials, 1979-1981.
Box 2 Folder 35
Reimbursement for Business Expenses, 1979.
Box 2 Folder 36
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania Budget Request, 1979-1980.
Box 3 Folder 37
Vendor Selection for Data Processing, 1980.
Box 3 Folder 38
Table of Contents, by section including history and personnel philosophy.
Box 3 Folder 39
Section I, Employment; Section II, Financial.
Box 3 Folder 40
Section III, Benefits.
Box 3 Folder 41
Section IV, Work Related; Section V, Job Descriptions; and Section VI, Chart Section.
Box 3 Folder 42
Performance Criteria and Appraisal for Area Field Administrator, 1980.
Box 3 Folder 43
Productivity Standards for Staff, 1979-1980.
Box 3 Folder 44
Study and Correspondence of Fringe Benefits, 1978-1980.
Box 3 Folder 45
Table of organization, VNA of Greater Philadelphia, 1992.
Box 3 Folder 46
1965.
Box 3 Folder 47
January-April 1966.
Box 4 Folder 48
May-December 1966.
Box 4 Folder 49
1967.
Box 4 Folder 50
Position Paper, Medicaid, 1980.
Box 4 Folder 51
Account Correction Team (ACT), 1981-1982.
Box 4 Folder 53
Agency Philosophy and Objective Task Force Report, includes Minutes and Correspondence, 1978-1979.
Box 4 Folder 54
Fee for Service Reports, July 1979 to March 1981.
Box 4 Folder 55
Feasibility Study Report to the Board of Trustees, July 1980.
Box 4 Folder 56
Pennsylvania Department of Welfare, Report for a Comprehensive Home Care Delivery System, includes Correspondence, 1977.
Box 4 Folder 57
Nursing Hours Report, 1980.
Box 5 Folder 58
Patient Referral Sources, Total, July 1979 to June 1980.
Box 5 Folder 59
Patient Referral and Services, Weekly and Monthly, 1979-1980.
Box 5 Folder 60
Patient Referral Sources, By Month, 1979-1981.
Box 5 Folder 61
Final Narrative Report.
Box 5 Folder 62
Appendix A--Steering Committee Meeting Minutes.
Box 5 Folder 63
Appendix B--Board Progress Report.
Box 5 Folder 64
Appendix C--Operations Consultants, Final Report.
Box 5 Folder 65
Appendix D--Marketing RFP and Marketing Consultant Proposal.
Box 5 Folder 66
Appendix E--Marketing Consultant, Final Report.
Box 5 Folder 67
Appendix F--Marketing Research Documentation.
Box 5 Folder 68
Appendix G--Financial Analysts, Final Report.
Box 5 Folder 69
Appendix H--Financial Consultant, Final Report.
Box 5 Folder 70

Scope and Contents note

Found within this series are files of Sheila M. Loughlin, Executive Director from 1978 to 1981. These include administrative correspondence, files regarding Loughlin's activities with the National League for Nursing (such as "Ten Agency Group" meetings whose purpose was to demonstrate leadership in the home health field), the Council of Home Health Agencies, and with Community Health Services. The files of her remarks to the general staff concerning the establishment of the CHHS of Philadelphia (1979) are also included in this series.

Agreement, Moore College Work Study Program, 1981.
Box 6 Folder 1
Contract, Philadelphia Health Management Corporation, Center for Comprehensive Home Care, 1979.
Box 6 Folder 2
January to June 1979.
Box 6 Folder 3
July to December 1979.
Box 6 Folder 4
January to April 1980.
Box 6 Folder 5
May to September 1980.
Box 6 Folder 6
October 1980 to February 1981.
Box 6 Folder 7
March to May 1981.
Box 7 Folder 8
June to July 1981.
Box 7 Folder 9
Automobile Fleet, 1980.
Box 7 Folder 10
Fraud and Abuse, Medicare H.H.S, 1981.
Box 7 Folder 11
Forms Management Program, undated.
Box 7 Folder 12
Human Resources Program, 1979.
Box 7 Folder 13
New York, New York, December 8-9, 1975.
Box 7 Folder 14
New York, New York, May 3-4, 1976 and September 27-28, 1976.
Box 7 Folder 15
New York, New York, 1977-1979.
Box 7 Folder 16
New York, New York, October 8-9, 1979.
Box 7 Folder 17
New York, New York, 1980.
Box 7 Folder 18
Correspondence to Alice Chun, N.L.N.
Box 7 Folder 19
Logistics; Accommodations and Activities.
Box 7 Folder 20
Meeting Plans and Correspondence.
Box 7 Folder 21
Meeting Minutes.
Box 7 Folder 22
Participant's Packet of Meeting Activities.
Box 8 Folder 23
Dallas, Texas, May 12-13, 1980.
Box 8 Folder 24
Portland, Maine, November 17 and 18, 1980.
Box 8 Folder 25
Planning Session for a National Invitational Conference, for Home Health Agencies, 1981.
Box 8 Folder 26
Annual Meeting, Council of Home Health Agencies and Community Health Services, Washington, D.C., March 5-8, 1980.
Box 8 Folder 27
Council of Home Health Agencies and Community Health Services, National Invitational Conference for Home Health Agencies, Chicago 1980-1981, March 30-31, 1980.
Box 8 Folder 28
Council of Home Health Agencies and Community Health Services, Newsletter and Memorandum, 1981.
Box 8 Folder 29
NLN Reference Material, Brochure and Booklets for Planning Services, 1975-1981.
Box 8 Folder 30
Activities to Accomplish Agency's goals and objectives, 1980.
Box 9 Folder 31
Environmental Assessment and General Assumption for the Agency, 1977.
Box 9 Folder 32
Administrative Services, 1978-1979.
Box 9 Folder 33
Memorandum to Community Nursing Service Board, 1978-1979.
Box 9 Folder 34
Memorandum to Executive Staff, 1980.
Box 9 Folder 35
Memorandum, Planning, 1981.
Box 9 Folder 36
Operating Plan and Budget, 1978-1979.
Box 9 Folder 37
Status Report, 1978-1979.
Box 9 Folder 38
Paper Present at Frost and Sullivan Conference, Arlington, Virginia: "Home Health Care as Seen by a Voluntary Agency", undated.
Box 9 Folder 39
Seminar Folder, "Advanced Financial Management and Marketing," Washington, DC, 1979.
Box 9 Folder 40
Remarks to General Staff Meeting Concerning the Establishment of the Community Home Health Services of Philadelphia, February 2, 1979.
Box 9 Folder 41
Report, Combining Public Health Nursing Agencies (a case study in Philadelphia), 1967.
Box 9 Folder 42
Personnel File, 1980-1981.
Box 10 Folder 43
Time Study Project, 1981.
Box 10 Folder 44
Joan Borochaner, Director of Human Resources, 1980-1981.
Box 10 Folder 45
Carole Klawansky, Area Field Administrator, 1980.
Box 10 Folder 46

Scope and Contents note

This is a small series which includes a short history of CNS of Philadelphia published in a medical journal (1961) and a news release for the formation of the CHHS of Philadelphia (1979). Brochures, posters, publications of CHHS Visitor (1984-1990) and VNA Visitor (1991-1994), recruitment posters for staff, as well as the artwork for brochures and posters can be found in this series.

Article, Community Nursing Services of Philadelphia, 1961.
Box 10 Folder 1
Article, The Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia (VNAGP), a Brief History of the Years 1990 through 2006 by Stephen W. Holt, 2008.
Box 17
1984 invitation, program, and photographs.
Box 10 Folder 2
1985 program.
Box 10 Folder 3
1986 program.
Box 10 Folder 4
1987 invitation and program.
Box 10 Folder 5
1988 invitation.
Box 10 Folder 6
1990 program.
Box 10 Folder 7
1992 invitation and program.
Box 10 Folder 8
1993 invitation.
Box 10 Folder 9
1994 invitation.
Box 10 Folder 10
CHHSP embroidered patches, 1981.
Box 10 Folder 11
CHHSP logo, 1979.
Box 10 Folder 12
Designs for posters and brochures.
Oversize 16
Board of Trustees, introduction of board members, 1990s.
Box 10 Folder 13
CHHSP, 1980s.
Box 10 Folder 14
Holiday Greeting, undated.
Box 10 Folder 15
Hospice, 1990s.
Box 10 Folder 16
A Therapeutic Alternative, 1990s.
Box 10 Folder 17
VNA East, undated.
Box 10 Folder 18
We Can Serve your Patients in the Home, 1980s.
Box 10 Folder 19
Bulletin Check-up, 1989-1990.
Box 10 Folder 20
Community Home Health Visitor, 1984-1990.
Box 10 Folder 21
Poster to promote home care, 1990.
Box 10 Folder 22
Edith H. Page, former Board Secretary to VNS, 1994.
Box 10 Folder 23
Contribution request forms, 1991 and 1992.
Box 10 Folder 24
Folder "Community Home Health Services", undated.
Box 10 Folder 25
Health Care Employment News, CHHS, 1990.
Box 10 Folder 26
Social Fund Raising Program Christmas, 1983.
Box 10 Folder 27
Social Fund Raising Programs, 1991 and 1992.
Box 10 Folder 28
Newspaper clippings of staff members Holt and Aiken, 1990 and 1992.
Box 10 Folder 29
News Releases, Formation of Community Home Health Services of Philadelphia, 1979.
Box 10 Folder 30
Nurse Extra, "Special Caring of the Hospice Nurse", 1994.
Box 10 Folder 31
Permission forms for use of patients' photographs, 1979.
Box 11 Folder 32
Recruitment posters for nursing positions, 1990s.
Oversize 16
VNA Visitor, 1991 and 1994.
Box 11 Folder 33
Workshop, "PR Basics for VNA's", May 1992.
Box 11 Folder 34
Report to Community, CHHS, 1989.
Box 11 Folder 35

Scope and Contents note

Included in this series are the original hand-written worksheets of audit reports and cost studies of CHHS administration expenditures and health service programs.

Accounts payable f/y, 1976-1977.
Box 11 Folder 1
Accounts receivable private, f/y, 1976-1977.
Box 11 Folder 2
Accounts receivable private, f/y, 1976-1977.
Box 11 Folder 3
Accounts receivable private, f/y, 1976-1977.
Box 11 Folder 4
Accounts receivable medicare, f/y, 1976-1977.
Box 11 Folder 5
Correspondence, f/y, 1976-1977.
Box 11 Folder 6
Functional allocation worksheets, f/y, 1976-1977.
Box 11 Folder 7
Functional allocation worksheets, f/y, 1976-1977.
Box 11 Folder 8
Insurance worksheets, f/y, 1976-1977.
Box 11 Folder 9
Journal entries, adjusting f/y, 1976-1977.
Box 11 Folder 10
Salaries, f/y, 1975-1976.
Box 11 Folder 11
Salaries, f/y, 1976-1977.
Box 11 Folder 12
Worksheets (miscellaneous), outstanding invoices, equipment expenditures, 1976-1977.
Box 11 Folder 13
Analysis of Medicare Deductible Billing, 1976.
Box 11 Folder 14
Analysis of Rental Office Space, 1976.
Box 11 Folder 15
Clinician Time Study, 1976.
Box 11 Folder 16
Correspondence Blue Cross, Medicare, 1976-1978.
Box 12 Folder 17
Cost Data, City of Philadelphia, 1976-1978.
Box 12 Folder 18
Data Processing Service, 1976.
Box 12 Folder 19
Distribution, Nursing, Program Services and Medicare Visits, 1976.
Box 12 Folder 20
Distribution, Therapist Expense, 1976.
Box 12 Folder 21
Forms, 1976.
Box 12 Folder 22
Physical Therapy Services, 1976.
Box 12 Folder 23
Professional Staff Time Study Report, 1976.
Box 12 Folder 24
Work papers, 1975-1976.
Box 12 Folder 25
Work papers, 1975-1976.
Box 12 Folder 26
Memorandum, Telephone Cost of CNS, 1975-1976.
Box 12 Folder 27
Proposed Budget, 1976-1977.
Box 12 Folder 28
Time Study - Type of service and staff, 1977.
Box 12 Folder 29
Correspondence, Blue Cross, Staff member, and Medicare, 1977.
Box 12 Folder 30
Expenditures, 1977.
Box 13 Folder 31
Home Health Aide Time Study, 1977.
Box 13 Folder 32
Home Health Aide Time Study, 1977.
Box 13 Folder 33
Physical, Speech and Occupational Therapist Contracts, 1977.
Box 13 Folder 34
Staff time Study, May 23 to June 3, 1977.
Box 13 Folder 35
Worksheets, Expenditures, Services and Medicare Billing, 1977.
Box 13 Folder 36
Memorandum, United Way meeting, Re: Allocations Committee of United Way, January 26, 1977.
Box 13 Folder 37
Contract Therapy, 1978.
Box 13 Folder 38
Correspondence, F/Y, 1978.
Box 13 Folder 39
Deductible Bad Debts, 1978.
Box 13 Folder 40
Home Health Aide Time Study, 1978.
Box 13 Folder 41
Medicare Remittances, 1978.
Box 13 Folder 42
Memorandum, Nursing, Program, F/Y for City of Philadelphia, Health Dept., 1978.
Box 14 Folder 43
Work papers, 1978.
Box 14 Folder 44
Contract Therapy, 1979.
Box 14 Folder 45
Correspondence, Cost-Reports, 1979.
Box 14 Folder 46
Correspondence, Cost Reports, 1979.
Box 14 Folder 47
Correspondence, Medicare-(Blue Cross), 1979.
Box 14 Folder 48
Deductible Bad Debts, 1979.
Box 14 Folder 49
Description of Work papers, 1979.
Box 14 Folder 50
Description of Work papers, 1979.
Box 14 Folder 51
Home Health Aide Time Study, 1979.
Box 14 Folder 52
Work papers: Re: Staff Medicare Visit, 1979.
Box 14 Folder 53
Audit Report, Commercial Office Furniture, 1980.
Box 14 Folder 54
Financial report, 1980.
Box 14 Folder 55
Retention Schedule for Official Record and Disposition, 1979.
Box 14 Folder 56
VNS of Philadelphia, financial results (annual report), 1988-1990.
Box 14 Folder 57

Scope and Contents note

The photographs in this series record group photographs of staff and board members on two separate occasions for award recognition, one being a luncheon and the other a reception.

Group of eight guests seated at table.
Box 15 Photo 1
Group of seven guests seated at table in front of window.
Box 15 Photo 2
Group of five guests seated at table.
Box 15 Photo 3
Mrs. Kohn, Mrs. Knight and Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Kohn cutting the cake.
Box 15 Photo 4
Mrs. Richard Knight presenting the City of Philadelphia's Citation to Mrs. I. Kohn.
Box 15 Photo 5
Mrs. Kohn, Mrs. Knight, and Mrs. Kelly.
Box 15 Photo 6
Mrs. Kohn looking at Citation.
Box 15 Photo 7
Mrs. Knight with four recipients for reward.
Box 15 Photo 8
Mrs. Knight with two recipients for award.
Box 15 Photo 9
Mrs. Knight with two recipients for award.
Box 15 Photo 10
Mrs. Knight with one recipient for award.
Box 15 Photo 11
Mrs. Knight with two recipients for award.
Box 15 Photo 12
Mrs. Knight with a group of five receiving awards.
Box 15 Photo 13
Mrs. Knight with a recipient for award.
Box 15 Photo 14
Mrs. Knight with a group of six for awards.
Box 15 Photo 15
Mrs. Knight with two recipients for awards.
Box 15 Photo 16
Mrs. Knight with a recipient for award.
Box 15 Photo 17
Mrs. Knight with a recipient for award.
Box 15 Photo 18
Group picture of Mr. G. Lloyd Kirk, Mrs. Knight, Mrs. Kohn and Mrs. Kauffman.
Box 15 Photo 19
Mr. G. Lloyd Kirk and Mrs. Margaret Kauffman.
Box 15 Photo 20
Mrs. Richard Knight and Mrs. Margaret Kauffman.
Box 15 Photo 21
Mrs. Richard Knight and Carol Kinney.
Box 15 Photo 22
Mrs. Richard Knight and Mabel Giddins.
Box 15 Photo 23
Mrs. Richard Knight, Theresa Gladden Margaret Wright, Gretta Seth, Elizabeth Williams, Lillian Bailey.
Box 15 Photo 24
Mrs. Richard Knight and Mabel Sanders.
Box 15 Photo 25
Mrs. Richard Knight, Joan Howard and Janie Naylor.
Box 15 Photo 26
Mrs. Richard Knight, Eloise Freeman and Rose Pinkney.
Box 15 Photo 27
Mrs. Richard Knight and Helen Pollock.
Box 15 Photo 28
Group picture of four individuals who received recognition.
Box 15 Photo 29
Group picture of four individuals who received recognition.
Box 15 Photo 30
Group picture of four individuals who received recognition.
Box 15 Photo 31
Group of two individuals.
Box 15 Photo 32
Nurse and nurse aide assisting patient to sit in chair.
Box 15 Photo 33
Nurse and nurse aide assisting patient to sit in chair.
Box 15 Photo 33a
Nurse and nurse aide assisting patient to sit in chair.
Box 15 Photo 33b
Staff meeting, undated.
Box 15 Photo 34
Staff meeting, undated.
Box 15 Photo 35
Staff meeting, undated.
Box 15 Photo 36
Three persons associated with CHHS, outside St. Christopher's Hospital, undated.
Box 15 Photo 37
Three persons associated with CHHS, outside St. Christopher's Hospital, undated.
Box 15 Photo 37a
Three persons associated with CHHS, outside St. Christopher's Hospital, undated.
Box 15 Photo 38

Scope and Contents note

This series includes a "Community Home Health Services" flag, plaque, and pencils.

Flag "Community Home Health Services"; pencils "VNA of Greater Philadelphia"; Plaques, 1982 and 1985.
Oversize 16

Scope and Contents note

Here are audio and video cassettes prepared by the agency for television and radio spots.

Talk radio program host Ron Eisenberg of WDVI interviewing Adele Hebb, President of CHHSP, April 10, 1987. The interview highlights the type of services provided, qualifications of staff, reimbursement for services, financial assistance from private and non-private agencies, and what services are available to all age groups who need home health care services. 2 tapes.
Box 17 Cassette 1
Linda Aiken discussing with a group of health care workers the current and future changing role of hospitals and community home health agencies in providing patient and family services as to organizational structure, financing, and staffing. 120 minutes, no date. NOTE: this tape has poor sound quality due to noisy background while taping.
Box 17 Cassette 2
Group meeting discussing administration planning for providing health and social services in competition with other community health agencies. 70 minutes., undated.
Box 17 Cassette 3
Bob Koenig "CARIE Line" radio station WIP (610 am); side 1 is two staff members discussing with Peter Soloman services provided to the elderly in need of professional and non-professional home health care; payment for services; and procedures for referral., June 14, 1987.
Box 17 Cassette 4
Images, Community Home Health Services, 7:30 mins. A brief history of the agency and the services it provides. It focuses on caring for the young and old in the home setting which the patients indicate is more therapeutic than a hospital setting. 3 tapes., 1988.
Box 17 Video 1
Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia. Thirty and ten second public service announcements. Highlight services provided and availability to all community members., 1994.
Box 17 Video 2
Philadelphia Home Care, two 0:30 PSAs, "master" PHC/Phillies Campaign, Summer 1987.
Box 17 Video 3
Community Home Health Services. 0:30 PSA; 0:10 PSA. 2 tapes., December 14, 1988.
Box 17 Video 4

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