Delivering mental health services in the inner city.

Inner-city clients pose challenges for home care providers in terms of access. When they are at risk for mental health problems, that adds another layer to the difficulty of access. One program in the South Bronx uses unique structure and staff to gain family acceptance for intervention.

Learning from experience. A mental health response to the northeaster of 1992.

The lessons learned from one tragedy can be used to ease the trauma of another. VNA Home Care drew upon its experience with a 1990 fire to help the victims of the 1992 northeaster cope with their losses and fear.

Integrating mental health and home care services for AIDS patients.

Home-based psychological care for the HIV/AIDS population brings comprehensive treatment to patients and caregivers, plus telling research to the home care community.

Visiting Nurse Service of New York: bringing the mental health clinic to the home.

The Community Mental Health Services Division of VNS Home Care, New York has evolved from a single mobil crisis program a wide array of services for children, adults, and elderly persons, addressing both acute and chronic psychiatric problems.

Visiting Nurse Service of New York: providing in-home psychiatric assessment and treatment to HIV clients.

As HIV patients' lives are extended and more is learned about the disease, neurological and psychiatric disorders are seen with increasing frequency. The Visiting Nurse Service of New York recently expanded its AIDS project to include psychological services to HIV clients at home.