VNA/Hospice Helps Vet Get Home for the Holidays
David Kiese with VNA/Hospice Physical Therapist, Sandy Riegor, outside his home
Thanks in part to Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice of the Florida Keys (VNA/Hospice), retired veteran and local carpenter, David Kiese, made it home for the holidays.
Living a modest lifestyle in his motorhome parked at a friend’s house, Kiese looks forward to heading to Tennessee in his RV every Christmas holiday to visit with his daughter and beloved grandchildren. Unfortunately that was not to be this year.
Earlier this month, Kiese was evacuated to the VA Hospital in Miami after experiencing chest pains and underwent emergency open heart surgery. After the life-saving coronary artery double bypass surgery, Kiese’s only wish was to be released from the hospital in time to spend the holidays at his home with friends. VNA/Hospice enabled that wish to come true.
“If it weren’t for the wonderful home health care that VNA/Hospice provides,” expressed Kiese, “I wouldn’t have been able to come home. My nurse Jennifer and my therapist Sandy are just wonderful. It’s because of them that I’ve been given a second lease on life – thanks to my cardiac rehabilitation and having them teach me about heart disease and how best to manage a better lifestyle, like quitting smoking.”
VNA/Hospice is the only non-profit home health and hospice agency that serves all of the residents of the Florida Keys. From the uninsured patient with cancer needing hospice care to the uninsured car accident victim requiring home health care while recovering from severe injuries, VNA/Hospice is there for all who need them.
About Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice of the Florida Keys, Inc.
Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice of the Florida Keys is an integrated agency that has been providing skilled home health, private duty care and hospice services to the residents and visitors of Monroe County since 1984. VNA/Hospice offers a full range of compassionate, effective, life-enhancing health and supportive services that enable an individual to remain in his or her home. For more information regarding VNA/Hospice, please call 305-294-8812 or visit www.VNAHospiceKeys.org. Hospice License: HPC50310951. VNA License: HHA21245096. HCS License: 232500 and 232517. EIN: HHA21245095. Charitable organization registration number: CH87.