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SPRING 2016 6150 E BROADCOMPASSION ST, COLUMBUS, OH HOPE 43213 | P: 614-546-4500HEALING | F: 614-546-4501 | MOUNTCARMELFOUNDATION.ORG RESPONSIBILITY LOVE POSSIBILITY RESPECT COMMUNITY INTEGRITY EXCELLENCE SERVE COMPASSION HOPE RESPONSIBILITY HEALING COMMUNITY INTEGRITY POSSIBILITY COMPASSION RESPECT EXCELLENCE COMPASSION HOPE RESPONSIBILITY HEALING COMMUNITY INTEGRITY A NEWSLETTER FOR FRIENDS OF THE MOUNT CARMEL FOUNDATION INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Celebrating “These arefamilies we would not have 30 Years of Compassionate Care been able to serve in any other capacity. PAGE 03 This program is truly unique Roxane and for the Laboratories important health Partnership PAGE 04 of these moms and babies.” — Mary Jo Dickinson | Page 08 1 A NEWSLETTER FOR FRIENDS OF THE MOUNT CARMEL FOUNDATION | SPRING 2016 Message from the UPCOMING EVENTS Foundation Board Chair March 19, 2016 Dear Foundation Friends, DANCING FOR LIFE RECITAL Presented by Judy Dollenmayer School There are many reasons why people get of Dance, this annual dance event involved with non-profit work. The reasons benefits Mount Carmel’s Women’s I chose to get involved with Mount Carmel Health Fund. To learn more, contact a number of years ago are the programs Renea Dowdy-Williams at 614-546-3406 that care for the underserved, help future or [email protected]. nurses receive degrees and care for people [Gahanna Lincoln High School Auditorium] with cancer. I could go on and on, and you will hear more about why Foundation Board members got involved with our work July 1, 2016 later in this issue. MOUNT CARMEL FOUNDATION DONOR APPRECIATION NIGHT But, as the new Foundation Board Chair, I would love to hear why you This Fourth of July celebration decided to become a part of the Foundation. Was it a program or a recognizes donor generosity and honors person? A success story? A personal experience? Whatever it might our veterans. It’s held in conjunction have been, I’d very much like to hear about it. You can email me at with Columbus’ Red, White & Boom [email protected] to share your story, and I’d like nothing better fireworks spectacular. To learn more, than to have my inbox flooded with your stories about this great contact Matt Lofy at 614-546-4346 or organization. [email protected]. I’d also like to hear how you think we’re doing at the Foundation. Are [Mount Carmel West Rooftop Parking Garage] we keeping you abreast of all the programs? Is there more you’d like to learn and know? I’m very open to your feedback, so please share August 29, 2016 your thoughts on how we can serve you better. Without you we simply MOUNT CARMEL FOUNDATION can’t continue to fund the great programs we have created and provide GOLF INVITATIONAL support to this incredible community. The Foundation Invitational raises funds Thanks so much for your willingness to share. Here’s to a great year, for the Mount Carmel College of Nursing and thank you for being a part of the Foundation. We are truly blessed Scholarship Fund. For more information, to have you on our side. contact Alyssa Fry at 614-234-3837 or [email protected]. All my best, [Pinnacle Golf Club, Grove City] Want to learn more Linda Kaufmann about the Foundation Mount Carmel Foundation Board Chair and upcoming Events? Look online... mountcarmelfoundation.org 2 6150 E BROAD ST, COLUMBUS, OH 43213 | P: 614-546-4500 | F: 614-546-4501 | MOUNTCARMELFOUNDATION.ORG UPCOMING EVENTS Celebrating 30 Years of Compassionate Care Mount Carmel Hospice and Palliative Care Celebrates 30 Years. Thirty years of support, intervention and personalized medical care. Thirty years of counseling and care for patients and their families. Thirty years of compassionate Yosick, who led the Mount Carmel Hospice and Palliative care for the end-of-life and critical needs of those served. Care program for 14 years, believes “hospice continues to Thirty years of Mount Carmel Hospice. be that something else we can provide when others say ‘there is nothing more that can be done.’ We give hope; we In 1985, Sister Gladys Marie, an administrator at Mount give quality of life; we celebrate with patients and families.” Carmel, decided to start a hospice program. The first Mount Carmel Hospice patient was admitted, and a Many of these “something else” items, as well as small-but-mighty staff of four began caring for patients programs provided by Hospice, are made possible through at Mount Carmel West. Together they served 115 patients continued private philanthropic donations and the support that year. of the Mount Carmel Foundation. The “something else” means veteran-centric care for all veteran patients and From those humble beginnings an innovative program their families. It means a linen project that provides emerged that is now a leader in central Ohio for providing in-home hospice patients with a set of right-sized linens end-of-life care and support. Today Mount Carmel Hospice for the hospital bed they will use in their home. It means occupies two floors on Dublin Road, with rooms for specialized programs and support groups for patients and counseling, group sessions, activities and training. Last family members before, during and after end-of-life care. year alone, the program served nearly 2,000 patients — a It means celebrating life’s milestones, like birthdays and growing portion of the 22,000 it has served over the last anniversaries. 30 years. “My husband was only in Hospice care for approximately The staff has grown as well, with 145 members now 3½ days,” says a family member. “During that time, he supporting and carrying out the program’s mission. “It’s celebrated his 92nd birthday. Two of the Hospice nurses a team that’s accepted a special calling,” says Trinity went to the gift shop and bought him a gift.” “Something Health System Director for Community Palliative Care, Lori else” is what Mount Carmel Hospice was about when it Yosick. “Many have said their work with Hospice was the was founded three decades ago, and it’s still what drives most rewarding work they ever did as a professional.” the program today. 3 A NEWSLETTER FOR FRIENDS OF THE MOUNT CARMEL FOUNDATION | SPRING 2016 Roxane Laboratories Builds Unique Foundation Partnership Mary Jo Dickinson of Mount Carmel Outreach passing out shirts to people in need. Roxane Laboratories, Inc. began making its mark on the that directly benefit people’s lives in the places where we live central Ohio community when it launched operations in 1885. and work. These programs spoke to Roxane’s mission and The research and development, sales and marketing arm of our employees’ passion.” Boehringer Ingelheim’s multisource pharmaceutical business, Mount Carmel Palliative Care has been providing pain and Roxane is now making its mark on Mount Carmel patients symptom management for patients with advanced illness and community members through a unique partnership with since 1997, when we became one of the first in the U.S. to the Mount Carmel Foundation. offer hospital-based palliative care. Mount Carmel’s expert, In August 2015, Roxane contributed a generous gift to the interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, social workers, Mount Carmel Foundation to support three areas: Palliative pharmacists, dietitians, chaplains and other specially trained Care, Outreach and MASH (Meals And Showers for the staff works with patients and their families to provide Homeless) Resource Days. assistance and counsel on the physical, emotional, spiritual and social aspects of serious illness. According to Keri Butler, Public Affairs & Communications, Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane Inc. and Roxane Laboratories Roxane’s donation will support Palliative Care by providing Inc., the decision to support these programs was based on a a wide range of resources for healthcare professionals, desire to build a relationship “with a partner we respected. patients and their families. Specifically, two educational Mount Carmel has an excellent reputation in the community sessions will be offered this year for physicians and advance and Roxane seeks out community programs and services nurse practitioners with topics including specific guidelines 4 6150 E BROAD ST, COLUMBUS, OH 43213 | P: 614-546-4500 | F: 614-546-4501 | MOUNTCARMELFOUNDATION.ORG OVER THE 5 177 WORKED 943 AND 1,307 COURSE OF MASH DAYS VOLUNTEERS OVER HOURS SERVED PEOPLE on pain management and new Ohio drug rules, and best- Roxane’s partnership contributed showers, personal care items practice training on how to deliver prognosis information to and snacks for participants. Over the course of the five MASH patients and their family members. Funding will also provide Resource Days, 177 volunteers contributed over 943 hours. comfortable, home-like furnishings for patient areas. Of the 177 volunteers, five were Roxane employees. These employees dedicated their day to this endeavor by greeting Mount Carmel Outreach has been providing for the needs participants and providing them with clothing and personal of the underserved in central Ohio from the very beginning, hygiene items. when the Sisters of the Holy Cross founded Mount Carmel. By extending Mount Carmel’s reach into the community “We believe that as corporate citizens in the greater and providing free health services to those in need, over Columbus area, we have a responsibility to give back to the 40,000 central Ohioans receive care and hope every year. community and support good works with both our financial Among the services provided are physical exams, diagnoses and time resources,” said Butler. “Our employees’ desire to and treatments, health assessments and screenings, health volunteer their time is a reflection of our commitment to the education, referrals and social service assistance. community we all call home.” To reach some of the more vulnerable populations in our Due to the great success of the MASH Resource Days, community, the Mobile Medical Coach and Street Medicine discussions are underway to thoughtfully consider how to programs travel to homeless camps, shelters, community continue these events in the future.