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VNS Sets Flu Clinic Schedule
BRIDGEPORT—VNS of Connecticut will host public flu shot clinics at more than half a
dozen area churches during October and November. Cost of the inoculations is $30, however the agency will bill the
following insurers Medicare, Connecticare, HealthNet Commercial, HealthNet Smart Choice and Anthem Blue Cross & Blue
Shield customers. The full schedule is as follows: October 10th, 10 a.m. til 11:30 a.m. at St. Jude's, 707 Monroe
Turnpike, Monroe, 203.261.6404; October 17th, 9 a.m. til 10:30 a.m. at St. Catherine of Siena, 200 Shelton Road,
Trumbull, 203.377.3133; October 17th, 11 a.m. til 12:30 p.m. at Nichols United Methodist, 35 Shelton Road, Trumbull,
203.375.5817; October 24th, 9:30 a.m. til 11:30 a.m. at St. Luke's, 84 Long Lots Road, Westport, 203.227.7245;
November 7th, 10 a.m. til noon at Our Lady of Assumption, 545 Stratfield Road, Fairfield, 203.333.9065;
November 14th, 10 a.m. til noon at St. Thomas Aquinas, 1719 Post Road, Fairfield, 203.255.1097, and November 21st,
10 a.m. til noon at St. Rose of Lima and Newtown Congregational, 46 Church Hill Road, Newtown, 203.426.1014.
For more information or directions, contact the churches directly.
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Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut is one of the state’s largest non-profit home
health care organizations, serving residents of 54 cities and towns in Fairfield, New Haven and Litchfield Counties.
VNS provides a comprehensive range of services including skilled nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy,
speech therapy, medical social work and home health aide assistance. VNS Specialty Services include Hi-Tech Home IV
Therapy, Wound Care, Psychiatric Nursing, Pain Management, Palliative Care, Nutritional Counseling, Elder Care Planning.
The VNS Hospice at Home Program™ provides comprehensive home care for terminally ill patients and their families.
VNS affiliate, Partners in Care, offers live-in and sleep-in home health aide services as well as the VoiceCare personal
emergency response system. For more information, visit our website at www.vnsct.org.
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