A. IHHC is still a thriving business today. In December 2003, Independent Home Health Care was awarded the
Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval.

"In becoming accredited, Independent Home Health Care was evaluated against a set of national standards by a Joint Commission surveyor experienced in the delivery of home care services," says Maryanne Popovich, R.N., M.P.H, executive director, Home Care Accreditation Program, Joint Commission. "Achieving accreditation demonstrates Independent Home Health Care's commitment to providing high quality and safe care to its patients."

B. Independent Home Health Care now has 4 convenient office locations, with the latest opening of our Abingdon Office in January 2004. With this addition, Independent Home Health Care can with ease better meet the demands and requests within their service area.

That service area consists of the following 9 counties:

Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise and the City of Norton

C. Independent Home Health Care has recently completed a Course of training in Chemo Therapy and is now ready and very competent to administer certain chemo therapy drugs at home. Because of a need, IHHC decided to bridge a gap between chemo patients who weren't able to leave their home to go for their prescribed chemo treatments and the chemo doctors and the centers they use. IHHC found that there were patients who were not ready for hospice care, either, but their trips to and from chemo treatments were a big ordeal for them and very taxing for their bodies as well.