VNA and Immanuel Collaboration

OMAHA, Neb. (July 19, 2018)—Immanuel Communities, an independent living, assisted living and long-term care retirement community, established a long-term strategic home health and hospice collaboration with the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA).

The Immanuel and VNA collaboration aims to provide better integration of additional health care services as residents’ needs change, according to a press statement.

The collaboration between Immanuel Communities and the VNA is described as a strategic alignment, with the VNA providing its full scope of home health services to Immanuel residents, including wellness programming, telehealth, non-clinical homecare, home health, hospice and infusion services.

Immanuel serves more than 1,000 residents and participants across the Omaha metro area, as well as others in Lincoln and Des Moines, Iowa, according to the organization.

“The collaboration of two strong, community-focused organizations will result in an enhanced and integrated resident experience,” said Eric Gurley, Immanuel’s president and CEO. “Our shared mission and commitment to the highest possible quality of service makes this collaboration ideal.”

The Omaha, Nebraska, senior population grew 37 percent in just 10 years, from 62,000 in 2006 to nearly 85,000 in 2016, according to U.S. Census figures.

Immanuel is a not-for-profit arm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, and its services include Immanuel Communities, Immanuel Pathways, Immanuel Community Foundation and The Immanuel Vision Foundation.

Immanuel Communities owns and operates 11 independent living, assisted living and long-term care retirement communities and seven campuses. Immanuel Pathways operates three PACE Centers in Iowa and Nebraska; the Immanuel Community Foundation, a Resident Assistance Fund provides financial assistance to independent living residents; and the Immanuel Vision Foundation extends financial support to non-profit, charitable 501(c)(3) organizations that share purposes in alignment with Immanuel’s service centered mission. 

For more information, visit immanuel.com and vnatoday.org.