VNA of Florida was conceived more than 45 years ago when our founder, Patricia Quinn Crow, had a dream of seeing all patients that were discharged from the hospital continue to receive the quality medical care they still needed in the comfort of their own homes.
In 1976, Mrs. Crow opened the Martin County office for Visiting Nurse Association of Florida. The Martin County office started with one office manager, one nurse, and one part-time physical therapist. In its first month of operation, the staff performed 30 home health visits.
In the 1980’s, Mrs. Crow retired, and her son, Donald Crow, worked his way from Financial Consultant to Chief Operating Office to CEO to his current position as an Executive Board Member. In 1983, while working as the CEO, Don expanded our service areas into both St. Lucie and Okeechobee Counties. In 1996, we opened an office in Pasco County, extending our influence across the state. In 2000, we opened an office in Hernando County, and again in Hillsborough County in 2001.
Currently, VNA of Florida operates seven offices across the state and serves more than 15 counties, with the original Martin County office now serving as our corporate headquarters.
In 1985, our private services sector, VNA Plus, was founded. VNA Plus addresses the needs of patients who require extended home care services that are not covered by Medicare. It allows us to accept additional forms of payment for our services, including private health insurances, Veteran’s Benefits, self-pay and more.
In 1987, we established our charitable arm, the Visiting Nurse Foundation (VNF) which is funded solely by donations. VNF’s charitable projects include building handicap accessible ramps in patients's homes, paying patients’ overdue utilities bills, donating Thanksgiving meals, awarding scholarships to future nursing students and much more. Our Foundation also funds our mobile medical clinic, the Florence Nightingale Express, which provides free medical care to the uninsured and indigent members of our communities.
We also own and operate three Grand Oaks assisted living communities, Grand Oaks of Okeechobee, which we opened in 2011, Grand Oaks of Jensen Beach, which we opened in 2014, and Grand Oaks of Palm City, which we opened in the fall of 2016.
Our current CEO, Jennifer Crow, is the granddaughter of our founder, Patricia Quinn Crow. She joined the VNA in 2003 as an Assistant Project Manager and has held several positions within the company, including Director of Marketing, Executive Vice President, COO, and her current position as CEO.
As we continue to grow and expand under Jennifer’s leadership, we look forward to providing our community with quality home health and senior care services for many more years to come.