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Rainbow Hospice's radio commercial with a message from Pat Ahern, President/Executive Director.
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Facts about Rainbow
- A nonprofit, community-based organization founded in 1981
- Over 1,600 patients and their families served annually
- Referrals accepted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Affiliated with Advocate Health Care and Resurrection Health Care
- Contracted with 19 area hospital
- Contracted with over 90 Long-Term Care facilities
- Licensed to serve in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties
- Medicare and Medicaid certified
- CHAP (Community Health Accreditation Program) certified
- Provides chaplains, music therapists, massage therapy, and pet therapy
- Offers expert palliative care consultations for hospice and non-hospice patients
- Medical Directors certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Educates professionals and the community through the Rainbow LIFE Institute for Learning
- Offers Rainbow Hospice Ark, an award winning inpatient unit
- Extensive Bereavement Program including: Good Mourning Program for Children, Teens and their Families, a Grief in School Program and Widowed Persons Support Service
2009 RAINBOW HOSPICE BY THE NUMBERS
| 7,825 |
Patients and family members served in hospice and bereavement |
| 1,751 |
Hospice admissions |
| 86,630 |
Patient days |
| 237 |
Average daily census |
| 46.3 |
Average days of stay |
| 8.8 |
Median length of stay |
| 80,224 |
Number of patient and family care visits by staff |
| 415 |
Number of volunteers |
| 12,260 |
Number of patient care hours by volunteers in patient care, bereavement and office support |
| 206 |
Number of staff members |
| 81 |
Number of children, teens and adult family members attending the 2009 Good Mourning Camp |
| 580 |
Number of Rainbow Hospice supporters attending the Angel's Ball |
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