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Columbia Montour Home Health and Hospice is a
HIPAA compliant agency. If you want a copy of our privacy notice,
please click here or call 570-784-1723.
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Our History
During the autumn and early winter of 1966,
groups of interested citizens in Danville and Bloomsburg identified
a need in the community for requests which could be met through
the services of a public health nurse. Some of the groups involved
included the Danville Council of Churches, the Bloomsburg Business
Professional Women's Club and the Red Cross.
In January of 1967, representatives of Lutheran
Social Services and the Pennsylvania Department of Health met
with the local people. Shortly thereafter, a public meeting was
held at the Court House in Danville to discuss a cooperative effort
between Columbia and Montour Counties for the development of a
Visiting Nurses Association.
The name of the new organization chosen
was Columbia Montour County Visiting Nurse Association. By April,
1967, a Board of Directors had been named and immediately began
raising funds. Funds were secured from the local United Way Funds,
the County Commissioners, other agencies and private individuals.
Nursing, physical and occupational therapy
and social work counseling were the first services offered. In
1970, speech therapy was added. In 1971, the Homemaking Home Health
Aide program was added. The Hospice program was developed in 1981
to care for the terminally ill and their families.
During the 1980’s, the agency established
health maintenance clinics in the housing complexes for older
persons in Berwick, Bloomsburg, Danville, Millville and Catawissa.
The IV (intravenous) team provided advanced
technology in the home for peripheral access devices, central
venous access, IV therapies, certain chemotherapy drugs, epidural
catheters, enteral nutrition and ventilator care.
A comprehensive rehabilitation team was established
to provide the most up-to-date therapy in the home. The staff
is continually educated to care for patients problems involving
simple to complex needs. We communicate through electronic means
and have computerized record keeping.
To meet the continued challenges of growth, we
moved to 410 Glenn Ave., Suite 200, Bloomsburg, PA 17815. We have
achieved continuous accreditation from the Community Health Accreditation
Program (CHAP) since 1993. We are licensed as a home health agency
and as a hospice by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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