Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia Announces New Trustee

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) of Greater Philadelphia announced a new member elected to its Board of Trustees: Mary Ann Forciea, M.D.

"We are pleased to welcome Dr. Forciea to our board," said William L. Stulginsky, Chair, Board of Trustees of the VNA of Greater Philadelphia.  Dr. Forciea's impressive background in Geriatric Medicine will help VNA to shape it services to meet the home health care and community-based medical needs of those seniors living in the Philadelphia region."

"I look forward to a chance to support this wonderful organization in its care of frail residents of the Delaware Valley; care which will allow them to maintain function and independence," Dr. Forciea said.

Mary Ann Forciea, M.D. is a Clinical Associate Professor of Geriatric Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania Health System and the Director of the Delaware Valley GEC at the University of Pennsylvania.  Dr. Forciea was the recipient of one of the first group of Academic Awards of the National Institute of Aging (NIA) and is a past winner of the Clinician of the Year Award of the American Geriatric Society.  She is consistently nominated as a "Top Doc" in Geriatric Medicine by Philadelphia Magazine. Dr. Forciea received her M.D. from Duke University and BS from Marquette University.

The VNA's mission is to provide comprehensive, home-based, health care services and community-based health programs of the highest quality to all adults regardless of their ability to pay.  The VNA provides a wide-range of home health care services, including hospice, physical and occupational therapy and chronic care programs for adults throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia

The Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia is a leading not-for-profit provider of comprehensive 24-hour in-home healthcare to residents of Philadelphia, Delaware, Montgomery and Bucks counties.  Since 1886, the Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia has provided specialized services to Southeastern Pennsylvania residents regardless of their ability to pay.  For more information about the Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia or the services it provides, visit www.vnaphilly.org or call 1-800-VNA-1160.

Hospice of Philadelphia

Hospice of Philadelphia, a service of the Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia, provides home care, respite and inpatient services to patients with progressive illnesses.  Other services provided for patient comfort and family support include alternative therapies, bereavement care and pastoral counseling, which help promote the patients' and families' well-being.

SOURCE Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia