VITALCARING GROUP

hammond, LAMedicare Certified
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Medicare Certified agency provider

PROPRIETARY ownership

Certified since 1999

Key Information

Years in Operation

27

Location & Directions

Address

41601 VETERANS AVE., SUITE 200A

HAMMOND, LA

Service Area

This agency serves patients in HAMMOND and surrounding areas in LA.

Patient Satisfaction

5/5
Would Recommend:80%
Rate 9-10:94%

Based on patient surveys

Quality Highlights

Based on CMS quality data

1.18% falls with injury

Low rate of falls with injury

Better than average

92% improved in mobility

Based on patient outcomes

Better than average

92% improved in mobility

Based on patient outcomes

Better than average

93% improved in bathing

Based on patient outcomes

Better than average

91% improved managing meds

Based on patient outcomes

Better than average

91% improved in breathing

Based on patient outcomes

Better than average

Quality data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Performance compared to national averages.

Patient Survey Results

Based on the HHCAHPS (Home Health Consumer Assessment) survey - patients share their experience with this agency.

Would Definitely Recommend
80%
Rated 9 or 10 (Excellent)
94%
Team Gave Professional Care
92%
Team Communicated Well
90%
Discussed Medicines & Safety
88%
Completed Surveys
115
23% response rate
About this survey: The HHCAHPS survey asks home health patients about their experience. Data comes from CMS and reflects patient experiences over the past year.

Services Offered

This home-health-agency offers a comprehensive range of care and support services to meet patients and families' needs.

Skilled Nursing Care

Home Health Aide Services

Physical Therapy

Speech-Language Pathology

Occupational Therapy

Medical Social Services

Note: For specific details about service availability, hours of operation, and how services are tailored to individual patient needs, please contact the home-health-agency directly.

Quality of Patient Care

Official quality performance data from CMS. Higher percentages indicate better performance unless noted otherwise.

Timely Initiation of Care99.9%
Flu Vaccination Rate48.8%
Improvement in Walking/Mobility92.3%
Improvement in Bathing92.7%
Improvement in Managing Medications91.2%
Improvement in Getting In/Out of Bed91.0%
Improvement in Breathing91.3%
Pressure Ulcer Rate0.4%

Lower is better

Falls with Major Injury1.2%

Lower is better

Discharge Function Score63.5%
Health Info Transfer to Provider74.6%
Health Info Transfer to Patient87.7%
Note: Quality measures are based on actual patient care data reported to CMS and reflect the agency's performance over the past reporting period.

Google Reviews

3.7
3 reviews
Garionne Harrison

Garionne Harrison

No written review provided

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Steve Jacobs

Steve Jacobs

I would strongly advise anybody that truly cares about their loved ones to use another hospice company. We contracted with Vital Care Hospice and for 3 weeks they were non-responsive and uncaring, especially on the weekends or over the holidays. Their typical response when we called the Hotline was either we don't do that or a nurse will call you and schedule a visit (which never happened). After 3 weeks we fired Vital and brought on another hospice company and they were wonderful. Caring, sympathetic and were there to help my Dad go home(Heaven). The second hospice company even advised us to report Vital Care Hospice for neglect. I am sadden that my father had to go through this in his last days. The only reason I am giving them 1 star is because the gentleman that signed us up was wonderful. He answered every call and I believe truly tried to help.

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Mason Berryhill

Mason Berryhill

This company was horrible. Their wonderful worker took her time getting me on service after meeting with my doctor several times. My doctors decided from my diagnosis & decline that hospice was a better fit for me. I got on with this company. Their liason did a wonderful job explaining services to me & letting me know what to expect. She also provided me with a lot of paper education. Once I started service things took a turn. The nurse Kenyatta was very unconcerned about my condition and what I needed. She barely came to my visits. She refused to order my medicines & supplies. She didn’t do my wound care in 3 weeks. She also wore really longgggg nails, so many bracelets & a hell of a lot of perfume. She put in more work dressing for the job. I complained several times. Absolutely nothing was done about my concerns. She also solicited for another company while working for this company. She was trying to get me on service with a home health company she was also employed with because she didn’t think I was hospice appropriate. I disagreed with her letting her know otherwise my doctor wouldn’t have gave the order for me to start service. She went as far as telling me I was committing Medicaid fraud & that I would be going to jail. She also stated I would have to pay Medicaid back from the visits I was receiving from hospice. She was very ugly & rude. She went on a rant during our visit about the liason who got me on service stating the liason had a reputation of getting none hospice appropriate patients on service. However I couldn’t believe that being that it’s ultimately the doctors decision to give the order for service. The liason was one of the nicest I met working for the company along with my cna.Later this company sent out some supervisors who didn’t help the situation at all. Later found out the nice little liason was fired. Hospice should be about being comfortable during your last days. You won’t be comfortable here. I couldn’t even get the help I needed from the social worker. I had no phone or food in my home. The social worker gave me a # to call for resources. Again how was I supposed to call for resources with no phone? Anyways after discharging from this horrible place I stumbled across the nice liason card & gave her a call. She put me in touch with some nice people who now takes great care of me.

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Reviews from Google Places for VITALCARING GROUP. These are real experiences shared by families and patients.