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THERE'S PEOPLE MAKING SURE
AT-HOME PATIENTS GET THE CARE
THEY NEED?
>> THEY HAVE BEEN THERE THROUGH
THIS ENTIRE STORM AND ITS
AFTERMATH.
HOW A SPECIAL GROUP OF NURSES IS
MAKING A DIFFERENCE WHEN WE COME
BACK.
THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES..
SINCE THE STORM.. WE SEEN ACTS
OF KINDNESS.. NEIGHBORS
HELPING NEIGHBORS.
IGHTS AFTER THE STORM, WE HAVE
SEEN SO MANY ACTS OF KINDNESS.
WE'RE TALKING NEIGHBORS HELPING
NEIGHBORS.
>> ONE GROUP OF NURSES IS GOING
ABOVE AND BEYOND AS THEY ALWAYS
DO TO HELP THOSE IN MIND.
>> AS REPORTS, SOME MEMBERS OF
THE VISITING NURSES ASSOCIATION
HAVE EVEN WALKED TO SEE THEIR
PATIENTS.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME NURSE ANN
MARIE HAS SEEN BUNNY SINCE THE
WEEKEND SNOWSTORM.
BUNNY HAS DIABETES AND NEEDS HER
OXYGEN TO BREATHE.
BUT IT'S BEEN HARD TO TAKE CARE
OF HERSELF SINCE SHE LOST POWER.
>> I'VE BEEN FREEZING.
I WAS SO COLD, I WAS SHAKING.
AND I HAD A BLANKET AROUND MY
SHOULDERS, THEN I HAD TWO OTHER
BLANKETS ON TOP OF ME.
>> BUNNY HAS BEEN USING A
GENERATOR FOR HER BREATHING
MACHINE BUT STRUGGLED TAKING HER
MEDICATIONS.
ANN MARIE THOUGHT SHE WOULD
CHECK ON HER.
>> THEY ARE A VULNERABLE
POPULATION.
THEY NEED SOMEONE TO GO THE
EXTRA MILE.
IN SOME CASES NO ONE ELSE TO DO
IT.
>> Reporter: NURSES, CASE
MANAGERS AND PHYSICAL THERAPISTS
AT THE VISITING NURSES
ASSOCIATION HAVE BEEN WORKING
AROUND THE CLOCK.
THEY HAVE OPENED A CALL CENTER
TO TRY TO TRACK DOWN ALL 2500
PATIENTS AND EVEN DOING DRIVE
BYES.
>> THEY ARE PUTTING PATIENTS
ABOVE THEMSELVES.
THE FACT THEY DON'T HAVE POWER
OR SCHOOL FOR THEIR CHILDREN,
THEY ARE FIGURING OUT A WAY TO
GET IN TO WORK AND GO SEE THESE
VULNERABLE POPULATION THEY ARE
SO COMMITTED TO.
>> IT'S THAT KIND OF ATTENTION
THAT HELPS THEIR PATIENTS HEAL.
BUNNY'S NURSE ANN MARIE THOUGHT
TO BRING EXTRA CLOTHES TO KEEP
WARM.
>> SHE SAID THE HAT WOULD KEEP
THE HEAT.
I WOULDN'T BE AS COLD WITH THE
HAT ON.
>> MAKES ME FEEL LIKE THE REASON
I'M A NURSE.
I WORK IN A FANTASTIC TEAM WITH
A SUPPORT SYSTEM.
YOU SEE ME, 20 PEOPLE BEHIND ME
SUPPORTING ME TO DO MY JOB.
>> NBC CONNECTICUT NEWS.
>> UNDER ANY AND ALL
CIRCUMSTANCES THEY DO GREAT,