The Mary Lanning Healthcare Home Health Department marks its 50th anniversary of service to Hastings and surrounding communities on April 24.
Carrie Edwards, Home Care Services Director, said consistency and experience are the keys to providing exceptional care to patients.
“We have several employees who have logged 20, even 40, years of service,” Edwards said. “That consistency is the key to the caring, healing touch that our staff members bring to the table.”
Edwards said that when MLH began offering Home Health, there were fewer than 12 staff members. Now, with all of the Home Care Services, which include Home Health, Hospice, Healthy Beginnings, Palliative Care and Lifeline, Edwards has 45 staff members.
In 2021, Home Health made more than 9,000 visits to about 950 patients in the region.
MLH Home Care Services serves patients in the counties of Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Merrick, Nuckolls, Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Kearney, Thayer and Webster.
For more information, see www.marylanning.org/our-services/home-care or call 402-461-5161.