VISITING NURSES ASSOCIATION CELEBRATES 25 YEARS

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Sunday, October 11, 1998

In 1973, there were no home health services available in Southeast Missouri until the administrators of five public health departments took the initiative to begin what is today called "Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Missouri." They saw a need for home care that no one else recognized. They worked for and earned a grant from the Missouri Department of Health to establish the first home health agency in Southeast Missouri.

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