Kentuckiana Nursing Service

About Us

We offer Personal Care assistance through our EncouragerCare Kentuckiana division. Our Community Living Support, Family Home Provider and Respite Care services grew out of our personal care expertise and we now employ 75+ people in these divisions.

Our service mark, "Creating Bright Spots in Your Life," expresses our mission: We strive to improve the lives of those in our care by insightful, excellent, dedicated service.

Our goal is to assist those in need of special care to enjoy or to discover a safe, healthy home along with more human interaction and friendship.

We would like to express our deepest thanks to our employees and customers for assisting us to arrive at our 30th Anniversary this year!

Kentuckiana Nursing Service (KNS) is primarily a human services company, dedicated to improving the lives of the people we serve.

KNS has a three-decade long tradition of excellent service in the Greater Louisville area. Our skills and compassion for our individuals combine to provide excellent value in personal care.

We place the needs of our individuals first. Our commitment is to their well-being and satisfaction. We treat our individuals with respect and dignity. We strive to assist our individuals to achieve their highest goals and priorities.

Code of Ethics

• We strive to provide quality services to those we serve in accordance with the highest professional and ethical standards.
• We carefully match the skills and abilities of our providers to the needs of those we serve to assure the assignment of a qualified employee, and we will make the employee fully aware of the needs and conditions of those served.
• We respect the customer's right to privacy.
• We will not knowingly misrepresent our services or our employees.
• We take all precautions possible to insure the safety of the customer and our employees.
• We will gladly assist in planning services to meet total patient needs.
• For the protection of the person served and our employees, we carry professional liability and worker compensation insurance.
• We abide by all Federal, State and local laws, rules and regulations.
• Kentuckiana Nursing Service adheres to an equal opportunity policy for all persons served. We do not discriminate because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age.

Community Living Supports

Kentuckiana Nursing Service participates in the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Community Living Supports Program under the MICHELLE P. Waiver and the Supports for Community Living Waiver. We are in full compliance with the aims of serving individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities so that they can live their lives as fully as possible.

Our support is given in a manner that promotes dignity and respect for each person we serve. We help the person with special needs to become more independent and better integrated in the community.

Examples of goal-oriented activities that we assist them to learn are:

• How to do simple jobs
• Laundry
• Routine household maintenance
• Activities of daily living
• Personal hygiene
• Shopping
• Use of money
• Taking medicine
• Socializing
• Relationship building
• Participating in community activities
• Leisure choices

Kentuciana Nursing Service helps those with special needs to implement Individual Support Plans, and we complete agency forms on a daily basis. Our providers act as positive role models for clients, and perform other duties as needed.

Family Home Provider

Kentuckiana Nursing Service is a Medicaid-certified Family Home Provider organization. In the Family Home Provider (FHP) program, our company contracts with private citizens in the community to have them serve as FHP caregivers, providing residential services in their homes to persons with disabilities.

Each FHP goes through a screening process and specific training before being allowed to contract with our organization to provide this service. This Medicaid-based FHP model provides a family environment for support services, designed much like foster care.

Providing a home and assistance for an adult with special needs is both rewarding and challenging. Couples or individuals are eligible to apply. You will be carefully matched with the person you can most successfully assist.

We help family home providers with training, guidance and 'round the clock telephone and emergency support. You must demonstrate a stable, caring home where an individual with a developmental disability such as occurs in cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, or mental retardation could be included comfortably. You will be reimbursed for services, room and board.

Respite Care

Respite care is short-term care for persons who receive in-home care by a family member or caregiver. This type of care was created to allow caregivers time away from administering care, with the goal to help both the caregivers and the individuals receiving care.

Personal Care

Each day brings a new challenge, and for loved ones with special needs, even simple tasks can become challenging. Transforming such tasks into bright spots in the day is what Kentuckiana Nursing Service is all about.