MLH Home Health celebrates 50 years of service

HASTINGS, Neb. —  The Mary Lanning Healthcare Home Health Department marks its 50th anniversary of service to Hastings and surrounding communities on Sunday.

“We have several employees who have logged 20, even 40, years of service… That consistency is the key to the caring, healing touch that our staff members bring to the table,” Home Care Services Director Carrie Edwards said.

Edwards said that when MLH began offering Home Health, there were fewer than 12 staff members. Now, with all of the Home Care Services, which include Home Health, Hospice, Healthy Beginnings, Palliative Care and Lifeline, Edwards has 45 staff members.

In 2021, Home Health made more than 9,000 visits to about 950 patients in the region.

MLH Home Care Services serves patients in the counties of Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Merrick, Nuckolls, Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Kearney, Thayer and Webster.