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Giving the Best Life in This Issue: Hospice Expansion Plans Annual Listing of 2019 Donors and Much More! Staff Regina Bodnar, R.N., M.S., M.S.N., C.H.P.C.A Spring 2020 Giving the Best Life In this issue: Hospice Expansion Plans Annual Listing of 2019 Donors And much more! Staff Regina Bodnar, R.N., M.S., M.S.N., C.H.P.C.A. Executive Director Jill Englar, L.C.S.W.-C. A Letter from the Director, Support Services Gail Forsyth Executive Director Quality, Accreditation and Education Specialist Paula Gabriel, R.N. Clinical Manager, Facility-Based Care Laura Hooper, Director of Quality and Compliance Board of Trustees Del. Susan Krebs, Chair Ann Bollinger, Vice Chair Laura Gillen, Secretary Janet Buchanan, D.Min. Carolyn Burns James Covey Shirlyn Evans-Ford Barbara Harden Every few years my husband and I vacation on a Smooth Jazz Todd Herring Cruise, a week of incredible music shared with about 2,000 Chrissy Kanther C. Dave Kile fellow jazz enthusiasts in the Caribbean. John W. Middleton, M.D. This year, in addition to enjoying the many spectacular performances, I was deliberate James A. Miller, P.D. in attending some interviews and educational seminars with the performers. Todd Mitchell Ann Patterson One interview with a very young and impressively talented saxophonist struck a chord Robert Weinreich with me and reminded me of the Carroll Hospice team. Regina Bodnar, Executive Director Ellen Finnerty Myers, Executive Leader, • The musician described his passion for his music and referred to his work as a Vice President of Corporate Development, calling. Those very words are used by our hospice team to describe their work Carroll Hospital, a LifeBridge Health Center and why they have chosen to specialize in hospice and palliative care. • He spoke about his love of performing solo yet acknowledged that working in concert with other musicians brought out the best in him—much like the rhythm of Carroll Hospice’s interdisciplinary care teams. • He openly stated that he was only as good as his backup band of talented profes- sionals. Just as our clinicians are bolstered by the support of our secretaries, How to Reach Us: program assistants, referral coordinators, volunteers and many other staff. 410-871-8000 | 888-224-2580 • Finally, he spoke about being the new guy on the cruise and being welcomed by 410-871-7186 TTY performers with decades of skills, talents and expertise. I witness this every day 410-871-7528 Inpatient as our long-established team members welcome newer employees to Carroll 410-871-7242 Fax Hospice and eagerly share their personal pearls of wisdom to position them CarrollHospice.org for success. Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Overall, his talk reminded me that providing exceptional end-of-life hospice care is Carroll Hospice offers on-call service both an art and a science, and it takes a team to do it well. 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you experience an urgent concern It’s so very important to do what you love and love what you do, and I am fortunate outside of regular business hours, to be surrounded by those who share this same philosophy. please call 410-871-8000. DASH is published by the Marketing Department at Carroll Hospital Regina Shannon Bodnar, R.N. Production Executive Director, Carroll Hospice Tracey Brown, Photography Howard Korn, Photography Mike Oehlers, Photography Devaney & Associates, Inc., Design Follow us on Facebook at Facebook.com/CarrollHospice and production Carroll Hospice Responds to COVID-19 Concerns During this unprecedented time, Carroll Hospice is taking the safety of its patients, families and staff seriously while continuing to provide the quality end-of-life care for which it is known. As of mid-March, here are the latest developments in the ways we are providing care to limit the possible transmission and spread of COVID-19: • First and foremost, we are continuing to use strict infection control practice—as we always do—to keep our patients, families and staff safe. This includes employing strict handwashing practices, using personal protective equipment if necessary, and cleaning our supplies and equipment stringently after each visit. • Staff members who are not feeling well are directed to stay home. • We are working closely with our nursing facilities to ensure that we are balancing their visitor guidelines with our commitment to providing good care. We are fully complying with their policies, such as making only essential visits and having our temperature taken before entering the building. We are restructuring our visits to minimize the number of facilities we are visiting in one day to lessen the risk of possible transmission from one facility to another. • Much of the support social workers, chaplains, bereavement counselors and volunteers are providing is being done via telephone instead of in person. • Volunteers are supporting patients and caregivers with weekly calls. In addition to these protocols, our Dove House visitor policy has changed: • All visitors must check in at an information desk. • No children under age 18 are allowed, unless they are a child of a patient at Dove House. This includes all public areas. • Only one adult visitor is allowed per patient in all areas. • Visitors may be screened for flu-like symptoms (runny nose, fever and cough) and will not be allowed to visit if symptoms persist. • Visitors with international travel may not visit for 14 days after arrival in the United States. Lastly, per state and federal recommendations for social distancing, we have canceled all events and support groups through the end of April, including Taste of Carroll (see page 10). Cancellations for support groups may be extended as necessary. We will continue to monitor and transform our policies as the situation develops. Thank you for your understanding. Please call 410-871-8000 or visit CarrollHospice.org for the latest updates. DASH — Spring 2020 3 As more families seek out hospice care, Carroll Hospice’s average number of patients has more than tripled in the past five years. While the bulk of hospice care is done in the home setting, Dove House is available for patients whose symptoms cannot be managed at home. “We’ve seen major growth,” says Ellen Finnerty Myers, vice president of corporate development at Carroll Hospital. “We used to have an average daily census of 4.5 patients at Dove House just five years ago, and now we’re at 8 patients.” This tremendous growth has put into motion plans to expand and renovate Dove House to increase the number of beds from eight to 14 to ensure more patients can get the highest level of hospice care when needed. At the time of Dove House’s original construction in 2006, the Carroll Hospice Board of Trustees had the foresight to plan for an eventual expansion of the facility. A shelled-out wing was built at that time in order to accommodate future growth, and it is this space that will be used to add new patient rooms. An entire refresh of the patient floor will take place, including new furniture in patient rooms and common areas. Enhanced technological features, such as televisions with telecommunication capabilities, will be included in patient rooms to connect patients with family members not able to visit in person. A reception desk near the front entrance will be built to assist families and to optimize workflow for staff. A new family lounge is also planned, with funds donated by the Kim Kelly Burden Foundation, to increase the space where loved ones can gather. After the refresh of the patient area is complete, a renovation of the administrative floor on the first level will occur, with updates to the offices, board room and staff training space. Mark Blacksten, Carroll Hospital Foundation board member and past chair of the Carroll Hospice Board of Trustees, is the fundraising chair for the $3.5 million project. “It’s going to allow the hospice team the opportunity to grow and greatly enhance the already amazing level of caring service that they provide to patients and families,” he says. The expansion is being funded through philanthropic giving, including support from the Kahlert Foundation, the Harold Glen and Audrey G. Benson Trumpower Foundation, the Kim Kelly Burden Foundation and other generous donors. In addition, Delegate Susan Krebs, chair of the Carroll Hospice board, and her District 5 colleagues— Senator Justin Ready, Delegate April Rose and Delegate Haven Shoemaker—petitioned Governor Larry Hogan and Budget Secretary David Brinkley for funds and secured $650,000 in 2019 toward the project from Capital Budget Chair Adrienne Jones. “Both Governor Hogan and Secretary Brinkley are huge supporters of hospice,” says Delegate Krebs. “We’re very thankful that they included Carroll Hospice in the state budget this way.” The construction project is slated to begin in 2020 and is expected to last about a year. 4 DASH — Spring 2020 DASH — Spring 2020 5 Managing Pain in Hospice Care Pain management is an essential aspect of a hospice patient’s While medication is our first line of treatment, controlling pain care. To effectively manage our patients’ pain, I involve the isn’t as easy as throwing medication at the problem. Most of the entire hospice care team—including the patient and his or her time, hospice patients have multiple conditions that must be taken family. into consideration before selecting the proper medication to ease their pain. Pain can come in many forms, such as nerve pain, metastatic bone pain, deep visceral pain or even emotional pain, complicated all the In addition to medication management, our care team offers other more when it’s a mixture of several types of pain. ways of managing pain. Pet therapy, meditation, hot and cold therapy, massage and acupuncture can often provide relief without Our first step in creating a care any side effects.
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