Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) is the largest and oldest not-for-profit home health care

Home care

Home Care, , is health care or supportive care provided in the patient's home by healthcare professionals Home Care, (also referred to as domiciliary care or social care), is health care or supportive care provided in the patient's home by healthcare professionals Home Care, (also referred to as...

 provider in the United States.

Lillian Wald

Lillian Wald

Lillian D. Wald was a nurse; social worker; public health official; teacher; author; editor; publisher; activist for peace, women's, children's and civil rights; and the founder of American community nursing...

, the founder of VNSNY, began making home nursing visits in 1893.

Visiting Nurse Service of New York provides service to patients in the five boroughs of New York City

New York City

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 plus Nassau

Nassau County, New York

Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...

 and Westchester

Westchester County, New York

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counties.

VNSNY has over 12,000 employees and the average patient census is 30,000. Over 2,000,000 visits are provided by clinical professionals each year.