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Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester Recognizes Their Nurses During National Home Care Week

125-Year-Old Trusted Health Care Group Continues to Provide Solid Home Care for Westchester, Bronx, Dutchess, Putnam and Rockland Residents

National Home Care Week Celebrates Nurses Who Provide the Best Care Possible at Home.
National Home Care Week Celebrates Nurses Who Provide the Best Care Possible at Home. (Courtesy of Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester)

As part of National Home Care Month, by the National Alliance for Care at Home based in Alexandria, Virginia, has designated November 8-14, 2026, as National Home Care Week.

Courtesy of Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester

November is such an important awareness month for seniors, given that Veterans Day is always November 11, and that other senior awareness weeks take place, including the week of November 1st, which was Hospice & Palliative Care Week; Medicaid HCBS Week follows next week, the week of the 15th, and Home Health Week finishes November, beginning the week of the 22nd to the last day of the month.

Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester here in White Plains takes Home Care Week to heart, as they value their hard-working nurses tremendously.

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Snapshot of Nurses & Staff of Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester, November 2026 (Courtesy of Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester)

"Home Care Week is so important to us as we value all of our frontline staff, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech and language pathologists, social workers, and home health aides in the highest regard, " said Diane Law, Acting CEO of Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester. "What they all do, day in and day out, to care for the residents throughout Westchester and beyond, is purely immeasurable."

Courtesy of Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester

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