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Facts about Rainbow
- Nonprofit, Community Based Organization
- Over 1,500 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 Northwest Community 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 accredited
- Full-time Music Therapist and Full-time Pharmacist
- Palliative Care Consultation
- Medical Directors certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Rainbow LIFE Institute for Learning
- Extensive Bereavement Program including: Good Mourning Program for Children, Teens and their Families, a Grief in School Program and Widowed Persons Support Service
2005 RAINBOW HOSPICE BY THE NUMBERS
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5,231 |
Patients and families served in hospice and bereavement |
| 1,594 |
Hospice admissions |
| 62,881 |
Patient days |
| 172.3 |
Average daily census |
| 43.7 |
Average days of stay |
| 9 |
Median length of stay |
| 50,699 |
Number of patient and family care hours by staff |
| 220 |
Number of volunteers |
| 10,106 |
Number of patient care hours by volunteers in patient care, bereavement and office support |
| 20 |
Percent of volunteer hours to staff hours (Medicare requirement: 5 percent) |
| $187,504 |
Dollar savings from volunteers |
| 39 |
Number of pagers in use by clinical staff |
| 64 |
Number of cell phones in use by clinical and professional staff |
| 25,000 |
Monthly number of cell phone minutes spent on behalf of patients |
| 315,733 |
Number of miles driven by staff for patient care visits…averaging 14,351 gallons of gasoline or $32,300 |
| 147 |
Number of staff |
| 78 |
Number of children, teens and adult family members attending the 2005 Good Mourning Camp |
| $120,000 |
Dollars raised at 2005 Angels Ball |
| 475 |
Number of Rainbow Hospice supporters attending the Angels Ball |
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