VNA Health (formerly known as Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care of Santa Barbara)
Live Well
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our vision is that every person lives with health and dignity at any age or stage in life. Our core values of compassion, integrity, teamwork and excellence guide us through our mission of caring for our patients and their families in the communities we serve.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Comprehensive At-Home Healthcare
Founded in 1908, VNA Health is California’s third oldest Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) and continues to be a leading nonprofit provider of comprehensive in-home healthcare, helping patients and their families at any age or stage in life ... live well at home ... wherever they reside and call home. VNA Health provides Home Health Care, Palliative Care, Hospice Care, Bereavement Care, and Community Care programs such as the Loan Closet, Music Services, Pet Therapy, and We Honor Veterans. VNA Health also offers Serenity House as a home away from home for hospice patients who need 24/7 in-patient care. VNA Health has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval® in Home Health Care, Palliative Care, and Hospice Care; and a 4-Star Quality Rating and 4-Star Patient Satisfaction Rating from CMS. Licensed to serve the communities of Santa Barbara County, Ventura County and San Luis Obispo County, the vision of VNA Health is that every person lives with health and dignity.
Where we work
External reviews

Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Total number of volunteer hours contributed to the organization
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Comprehensive At-Home Healthcare
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The priorities of our Strategic Operating Plan is Leadership & Innovation; Growth & Community; People & Culture; Quality & Compliance; and Sustainability & Finance.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
> Leadership & Innovation: Identify and advance collaborative opportunities that positively impact the financial viability of the organization.
> Growth & Community: Establish VNA Health as Santa Barbara County's Home Care Provider of Choice.
> People & Culture: Promote a culture of teamwork, engagement, and continuous improvement.
> Quality & Compliance: Develop stronger compliance, expertise, and acumen to meet the organization's needs in a heightened regulatory industry.
> Sustainability & Finance: Ensure financial performance to support sustainability by achieving a Combined Net Operating Margin that is break-even or better.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
VNA Health provides Home Health Care, Palliative Care, Hospice Care, Bereavement Care, and Community Care programs such as the Loan Closet, Music Services, Pet Therapy, and We Honor Veterans. VNA Health also offers Serenity House as a home away from home for hospice patients who need 24/7 in-patient care. VNA Health has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval® in Home Health Care, Palliative Care, and Hospice Care; and a 4-Star Patient Satisfaction Rating from CMS.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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VNA Health (formerly known as Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care of Santa Barbara)
Board of directorsas of 09/07/2023
Ben Phillips
Ken Kraus
Karen Handy
Michael Bordofsky
Alex W. Craigie
Eusebio Cordova, Jr.
Christie Glanville
Pamela Dillman Haskell
Paul R. Jaconette
Frederic C. Kass
Neil Levinson
Mark Mattingly
Suzi Schomer
Christopher Thrash
Kieran Shah