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Caring for Our Community

This summer, Kadlec hosted its first Experience Health Care sessions — an

intense, dynamic, fun, week-long event immersing students in the health

care industry. Students from 10-plus local high schools built their leadership,

teamwork, creativity and communication skills, as well as developed

solutions to real world health concerns. The students job shadowed,

participated in health care Olympics and mock code drills, heard from guest

speakers, and much more.

“My experience at Experience Health Care was something unexpected,”

said Melissa Jaeger, RN, Kadlec intensive care unit nurse and Experience

Health Care advisor. “I went in hoping to inspire and educate a few kids

about health care. What I left with was the surprise that they in turn inspired

me. Seeing their inquisitive nature and passion for all things medical has

rejuvenated my soul. My practice and patient care will only improve due to

this experience.”

Experience Health Care

One of the critical barriers to

improving health is proper nutrition

and access to food.

Kadlec recently partnered with

Meals on Wheels for a pilot program,

funded by a grant through the Three

Rivers Community Foundation,

aimed at reducing the incidence

of readmissions for malnourished

patients once discharged. Called

Project Homecoming, Meals on Wheels

provides nutritious meals for up to

one month. Kadlec also provides diet

education and additional nutritional

supplements.

“Project Homecoming melds the

HEALTH CARE

PROFESSIONALS

across the

country are emphasizing the

importance of creating healthier

communities, whether that is

preventive care in the doctor’s

office or out in the community

itself.

This emphasis is not new

to Kadlec, which has a long

tradition of understanding its

role in helping create a healthier

region.

“We understand our mission

is not limited to caring for the

people who enter our facilities,”

saidWayne Martin, Ph.D., chair

of the Kadlec Community Board.

“It is bigger than that. It is

our goal to have a healthier

community. We work and

collaborate with other partners

to address the larger health care

needs within our community.

We look for ways where we can

have a role and value those

community relationships.”

Here are just a few of the

ways Kadlec is working in

partnership to care for our

community.

best of what we do with the transition

and extension of care for patients

leaving Kadlec in order to produce

the best recovery outcome possible,”

said Grant Baynes, executive director

of Meals on Wheels. “I believe that

this is only the tip of the iceberg as

we explore a more holistic approach

that will utilize a matrix of services for

vulnerable people leaving the hospital.

“Project Homecoming demonstrates

the value of partnerships that can

improve the outcome of patients. It

should encourage us all to find more

opportunities to improve the quality of

life in our community,” he said.

Meals on Wheels