Visiting Nurses Association

    200 Maine St STE C, Lawrence, KS 66044

    Compassionate professional care restored independence

    I'm very satisfied with this Lawrence agency. Their compassionate, professional caregivers and multidisciplinary team helped my mom regain strength after hospitalization, ensured her safety, supported her independence, and provided ongoing help while we waited for surgery. They arranged state funding for equipment, provided respectful therapists and nurses, and guided us with hospice when needed. The staff were attentive, kind, and ready to help - I'm deeply grateful.

    Loved one of client
    May 2026

    Services

    • Home Health Care

    Reviews

    4.20·(10)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Caregivers

      4.5
    • Communication

      1.0
    • Reliability

      1.0
    • Scheduling

      1.0
    • Value

    Pros

    • Compassionate, respectful caregivers
    • Skilled therapists and nursing staff
    • Multidisciplinary care team
    • Broad service offerings (home health, hospice, equipment coordination)
    • Assistance coordinating state funding and equipment
    • Support for post-hospital safety and independence
    • Strong community partnerships
    • Demonstrated effectiveness in client recovery
    • Professionalism and respectful demeanor

    Cons

    • Unreliable shift coverage and no-shows
    • Last-minute scheduling changes
    • Office communication and update gaps
    • Inconsistent caregiver continuity
    • Wound-care and pressure-injury management concerns
    • Cultural-sensitivity and equitable-treatment concerns
    • Variable care-quality consistency

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews describe a program with notable clinical strengths alongside recurring operational weaknesses. Caregivers, therapists, and nurses are frequently described as compassionate, respectful, and clinically capable; families cite multidisciplinary teamwork, effective support for recovery after hospitalization, hospice assistance, and help coordinating state funding and equipment. Several accounts emphasize the staff’s professionalism and the agency’s broad service offerings, as well as local community partnerships that enhance continuity of services.

    Caregiver quality is a clear strength: reviewers highlight skilled therapists and nurses, attentive and kind aides, and instances of prompt clinical improvement. The multidisciplinary approach and coordination around hospital discharge and end-of-life services are repeatedly noted as contributing to safer transitions and improved client independence. Assistance with equipment and navigating state funding was also valued and seen as a meaningful part of the agency’s value proposition.

    Operationally, the agency shows areas for improvement. Multiple reviews point to unreliable shift coverage, last-minute schedule changes, and unclear office communication, which translate into family frustration and logistical difficulty. There are also repeated comments about inconsistent caregiver continuity—clients sometimes experience different aides over time—contributing to weaker handoffs and variable day-to-day experience. These patterns suggest that scheduling and back-office processes would benefit from stronger systems for continuity and timely updates.

    A smaller but important subset of comments raises clinical-management concerns, specifically around wound-care or pressure-injury management and overall consistency of care quality. There is also at least one strong complaint alleging discriminatory conduct; taken together with the operational variability, this flag suggests the agency should review training and oversight related to cultural sensitivity and equitable treatment. When considered alongside the positive clinical accounts, these issues appear intermittent rather than universal, but they merit attention given their potential impact on vulnerable clients.

    For families evaluating this provider: the agency appears to deliver high-quality, compassionate clinical care in many cases and offers useful administrative support such as equipment coordination and funding assistance. However, prospective clients should proactively address scheduling expectations, continuity of assigned caregivers, communication protocols, and specific clinical concerns (for example, wound-care plans) with the office before enrollment. Asking about backup staffing, how schedule changes are communicated, and the agency’s training and complaint-resolution processes can help manage risk and set clearer expectations.

    Location

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    Visiting Nurses Association is located at 200 Maine St STE C, Lawrence, KS 66044.

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