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I n ToTEXAS HEALTH u RESOURCES c FOUNDATION h WINTER 2019 Texas Health Dallas’ New Collaboration Tackles Long-Term Health Outcomes for the Homeless Texas Health Celebrates Justin Tower Groundbreaking ⊲ Your Gift at Work: ⊲ Health Shots: Black & White Gala, Levis and Lace, Texas Health Salutes Veterans Golf Tournament, Black Tie Ball Dear Friends It’s been a very busy and productive year for us at Texas Health Resources Foundation, and we can’t begin to thank our donors enough for their generosity to the many achievements made in 2019 for our health system and the communities we serve. Most notably, in October, we officially broke ground on the $300 million Jane & John Justin Patient Surgical Tower at Texas Health Fort Worth, which is the largest construction project in our system’s history and the largest fundraising campaign we have ever undertaken for a single initiative. Generous donors, community supporters and system leadership who are making this tower a reality joined us for the ceremonial event, featured on page 6. As we build up, we are also investing in the health of our communities by expanding our focus from solely sick care to working toward the health of our patients beyond our facility walls. Medical respite is a great example of this and is our feature story in this issue of In Touch. Donor assistance is helping us introduce this pilot program in Dallas to target homeless individuals with acute medical and behavioral health needs. Texas Health Dallas is collaborating with community partners to provide medical care that will stabilize these individuals and provide additional social supports to end the cycle of homelessness for some of our community’s most vulnerable. From a loving grandmother who set up an endowment to financially assist struggling families of newborns at Texas Health Plano (page 16), to a Birthday Buddy paying it forward many years later for his care at Texas Health Dallas’ NICU (page 7), and support of our veteran patients through our Veterans Recognition programs (page 8), it does not go unnoticed by us that you are helping make great things possible. This is highlighted by our most successful participation in North Texas Giving Day yet with more than $617,000 raised to support the greatest needs of our health system and our community impact initiatives. We are blown away by our communities’ kindness and caring hearts and thankful for the generous support you all provide. Have a wonderful holiday season! James K. (Jay) McAuley Bill M. Lamkin President Chair, Board of Trustees Texas Health Resources Foundation Texas Health Resources Foundation Inside 4 A Safe Place to Get Well Texas Health Dallas’ new collaboration tackles long-term health outcomes in the homeless population with an integrated medical respite program Regular Features 3 Heard Around the System 7 Healing Hands A Miracle Baby 8 Your Gift at Work Texas Health Salutes Veterans 9 Donor Spotlight Second Annual Donor Appreciation Dinner 10 Health Shots 14 News Around the System 15 Texas Health Fort Worth to Expand the Wall of Life 16 Charitable Gift Planning Texas Health Plano’s The Gryphund Endowment 6 Texas Health Celebrates Justin Tower Groundbreaking 17 Mission Moment The $300 million project, the largest in the system’s history, will open in 2022 Texas Health Employee Delivers Baby in Hospital Restroom IN TOUCH WINTER 2019 1 NICU Wish List During this holiday season, give the gift of thanks to our caregivers by supporting the Possible items your donation could needs of our tiniest patients and their families. Your donation helps pay it forward to support include: others in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit throughout the year. $500 3 mamaRoo® Infant Seats If you’ve been touched by the care your loved one has received in our NICU, your gift $1,000 Waterless Milk Warmer can be made in honor of that special caregiver – extending your thank you even further. $3,000 Alaris Syringe Pump Make your gift today at TexasHealth365Fund.com $4,000 Standard Crib $8,000 5 GE Jaundice Meters $10,000 2 Infant Scales on Cart Heard Around the System In Touch is published by Texas Health Resources Foundation. “My sister was admitted to Arlington “I accompanied my Memorial Hospital for the whole month of Editor/Writer: husband to the ED recently, Jessica A. Kaszynski August, and she passed away there. I just and he was seen by Dr. wanted to say how wonderful the whole Nguyen. This is the second Writer: staff was to her as they treated her with the time we have encountered Jessica Llanes most respect a person can get. Each floor Dr. Nguyen, and both times we were treated with during her time there had treated her so Design: compassion and respect. well, we felt they were part of the family Steve Horn Dr. Nguyen’s bedside and all of the employees gave my sister manner should be Photographers: their full attention and met her needs. When commended. He is a Lara Bierner my sister was transfered to different floors, true asset to the medical Kristina Bowman the staff came and visited as they all had community and I am Aggie Brooks a connection with her and made her feel grateful for him and how Rhonda Hole Bob Lukeman loved. God bless all of you. I hope you give he treats his patients.” Bruce Maxwell a huge shout out to all of these wonderful — Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton Leo Wesson people who took care of my sister and family members during our stay there.” Printer: Curry Printing — Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees: TEXAS HEALTH “We just had our precious little girl delivered at Presby Dallas, and we RESOURCES FOUNDATION wanted to give a huge shout out to our L&D nurse, Kristen. Kristen went above and beyond when she was with us—if we weren’t her only Bill M. Lamkin, Chair Chris Skaggs, Vice Chair patient that day, she certainly made us feel that way. From helping Barclay E. Berdan me change positions to prepare my body to birth (and constantly Keith D. Braley cleaning me up!!), to listening to my pain areas and solving any R. Brock Compton problem I had, she made the birth experience one that was incredible Nadine Dechausay Linda Dipert and, dare I say, enjoyable! Huge thank you to her for making birth Kenneth B. Jarvis seem like a breeze. I truly don’t think we could’ve done it without her. Lynne T. Moffatt If we could’ve brought her up with us to postpartum, we would have Michelle Morgan in a heartbeat. Thank you, Kristen—from the bottom of our hearts!” Mary Catherine Parsons Fred William Patterson, Jr. — Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Steve A. Steed, Ph.D. Ted S. Wen, M.D. Let’s Get Social! Follow Texas Health Resources Foundation Please call the Texas Health Resources Foundation at 682-236-5200 if you wish on Facebook and Instagram for a glimpse to have your name removed from the list to receive future fundraising requests into how your support of the Foundation supporting Texas Health Resources Foundation. makes an impact on our community. We work hard to keep our mailing list correct. We regret that occasional errors or duplications may occur. If that happens, please contact the Foundation at 682-236-5200. IN TOUCH WINTER 2019 3 A Safe Place to Get Well Texas Health Dallas’ new collaboration tackles long- management, or proper counseling for mental health or substance abuse issues. term health outcomes in the homeless population These patients also frequently deal with with an integrated medical respite program increased susceptibility to infection, stolen medications, and non-accessible shelter environments. Hospitals are often at the front line of For many of these individuals, the providing care for the poor and uninsured, emergency department (ED) may be “In our work with the chronically homeless, and regularly encounter patients who their only source of medical care, and we see how physically devastating are experiencing homelessness. Dallas many will likely visit the ED three or homelessness is and the toll it takes is simultaneously seeing unprecedented more times during a given year. After on health and wellness,” said Dr. John growth in its chronically homeless treatment, patients who aren’t sick Siburt, president and COO of CitySquare. population, with an 11 percent jump from enough to remain in the hospital may “Housing is a huge component of that— 2018 to 2019. Contributing factors for have serious medical needs that cannot when they don’t have access to it, they this increase include limited affordable be addressed while living on the streets, can’t get healthy. It’s an endless cycle housing and lack of available psychiatric including physical therapy following where the homeless are in and out of beds. an accident or surgery, wound care hospitals.” 4 TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCES FOUNDATION “This program will lead to better outcomes for these individuals, a reduction in emergency room visits and hospitalizations with a long-term goal of reducing homelessness.” Jim Parobek Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and receive continued supportive “Together, we can solve both – addressing is now partnering with Austin Street community services until they can get the social determinants of health and the Center and CitySquare to better integrate permanent, stable housing. vulnerability factors facing our homeless. medical and behavioral health care with The end result is a sick person made housing through medical respite. The “We are very pleased to be working on a well, and a person facing homelessness, 24-month pilot program, launching mid medical respite program,” explained Jim with what once seemed like an ongoing 2020, is designed to provide short-term Parobek, interim president at Texas Health transitory cycle of their condition, is now residential care that allows homeless Dallas.