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Volume 8 Issue 1 Spring, 2012

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page 2 New Patient Pavilion Ribbon Cutting

page 3 Cover Story - Meet Bonnie and Dick Landis

page 4 Board of Directors Greetingsand Goodbyes

page 5A Day in the Life

120 North Oak Street • Hinsdale, Illinois 60521

A DAY IN THE LIFE

How do you prepare to move house, especially when your house is always filled with people in need of your immediate attention? And once you get to the new place, how do you find all that you need to keep things moving smoothly?

As we approached the date to shift many patient rooms and service areas to the new pavilion, those very questions needed to be answered. To be sure we were ready, affected staff members participated in a special training opportunity. A Day in the Life exercises let nurses and others experience life in the new patient pavilion, making sure they were well prepared for the transition to the new space.

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It seems only fair to extend that experience to all of our foundation friends. While you’ll have to have a virtual day in the life instead of being on-site, here’s what patients and their families can expect now that we’ve moved into the new space.

Coming to the hospital, you’ll enter the hospital campus via the new driveway on Oak Street. This covered drive provides visitors a convenient drop off at the patient pavilion entrance – our new front door – and then continues on to the parking garage. In the pavilion lobby, you’ll find easy access to Registration, the Calandra Chapel, and visitor elevators. An information desk, pre-admission testing, the surgical waiting room, and a gift shop with café round out the services on the ground floor.

If you are a visitor entering the new lobby from the parking garage, there’s no more need for those subterranean travels through the basement! You’ll walk up the original windowed hallway from the garage and can pause to enjoy a new history wall created by the Hinsdale Hospital Foundation.

Patient rooms fill floors 2 through 5 with four nursing stations on each level to ensure close proximity to our patients. And in the spacious patient rooms you’ll find comfortable arrangements that include sofabeds for overnight family guests. The CARE channel on your widescreen TV provides a soothing experience whenever you feel the need for a change of scene. Or you can enjoy the expansive views out your window because we’ve learned a connection to nature and natural light can have a positive effect on your well-being.

When it’s time to return home, you’ll enjoy a private patient exit to that same covered drive so you are shielded from the bustle of the main lobby and from the elements.

YOUR OWN DAY IN THE LIFE

Staff members play the roles of patients, caregivers, visitors, and even new parents – with the help of “newborn twins” – in Day in the Life training exercises held in March.

Charles Schultz had it right according to Kathy Serakaku of Adventist Hinsdale Hospital’s Paulson Pediatric Rehabilitation Services. The occupational therapist has seen firsthand the benefits for her young patients when specially screened dogs join their therapy regiment. Working in partnership with the Hinsdale Humane Society, the grant-funded Canine Assistant Rehabilitation program – CARe – uses trained, privately-owned dogs to help young rehab patients meet their therapy goals.

An autistic child, for example, having trouble making eye contact can improve when he or she learns that catching the dog’s eye is the key to getting the dog to obey the child’s command. Young clients reluctant to do taxing walking exercises will willingly make their way across a room to pet “their” dog.

Learning a pattern of three commands, “Come, sit, stay,” is a great accomplishment for other children struggling to master sequences and patterns. And for others still, the benefit is as simple as the human connection made in the tactile act of petting a dog.

In each instance, these canine therapy assistants motivate children to work toward their therapy goals. Kathy affirms that the dogs’ warm, unconditional love is evident in their joyful interaction with the patients. Always happy to see them, not judging their abilities or problems, helping with difficult skills – the CARe dogs brighten the day and help their small human pals make progress in the physical and emotional challenges that shape their lives.

Gifts to Adventist Paulson Pediatric Rehabilitation support programs, equipment, and staff development to the benefit of a growing population of children in need of physical, occupational, and speech therapy.

HAPPINESS IS A WARM PUPPYCARe canines at work at Paulson Pediatric Rehab

Hinsdale South High School’s Psychology Club brought collected toys and books to the hospital for the fifth year in a row. The club members toured the hospital as the culmination of their Kids Helping Kids toy drive. They dropped off box upon box of toys and books – over 2,700 gifts in all. The students then toured with ER nurse Tracy Daly and met a number of hospital staff who spoke about their work and psychology’s role in healthcare.

Caps for Cancer is a new church ministry which grew from a congregation member’s desire to help others. Fifty knit and crochet hats, all handmade by members of the St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lemont, are being shared with cancer patients served at Hinsdale and La Grange oncology-related programs.

Also, members of Hinsdale Central High School’s National Honor Society volunteered to make colorful fleece blankets for our pediatric patients and pink jewelry for our cancer patients. And the Emergency Room and the Pediatrics Department are well-stocked with over 1,000 brand new beanie babies for their young patients thanks to the generosity of two donors who donated their entire collection.

At three years old Bianca Demetrio is already an annual visitor to the hospital’s pediatric and emergency departments, but happily so. Bianca’s parents, Joe and Kim, began a tradition of toy donations on Bianca’s first birthday. This year, thanks to gifts from friends and family and contributions from some of Joe’s colleagues here at the hospital, Bianca brought 50 stuffed animals to boost the spirits of young patients.

 

New Patient Pavilion

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

2012 hiNSdalehoSpital fouNdatioNBoard

Sally Porter, ChairLonnie ArimaKenneth H. BeardMary R. BuddigRichard M. Burridge, Sr.David L. CraneFrancis Facchini, M.D.Kathleen M. GilliganMatthew GoebelMichael J. GoebelLisa HutchersonMargaret Battaglia KaminskiDina KritsasPatty McKayDean MeffordGermaine MulhernSusan S. Murrey, M.D.Caroline PalmerThomas E. Reynolds, Jr.Emilio SalviVytas Saulis, M.D.Dino U. Vallera, M.D.Kathryn C. Vander Zanden

Susan S. KingExecutive Director

This is a very exciting time for Adventist Hinsdale Hospital and Hinsdale Hospital Foundation as we open the new patient pavilion. I hope you’ve stopped by to see it.

Let’s take a moment to savor all we’ve accomplished together. Over 1,000 donors contributed more than $9 million to our capital campaign. The result is the stunning and well-thought-out new patient pavilion. On behalf of the Foundation Board of Directors, our capital campaign steering committee, and our patients and their families, thank you for all you’ve done. You’ve made a difference for everyone who will receive treatment at the hospital or have a loved one admitted for care.

What’s next?

Now we’ll turn the power of our growing momentum toward the creation of a new cancer center. The generosity of determined friends and neighbors – eager to ensure the very best cancer care close to home – will help transform our hospital into a health care resource beyond compare.

With thanks and best wishes,

Just one week after surgery at a renown academic medical center, Bonnie Landis found herself in pain and wheelchair-bound when the affected bones split. Anxiously seeking a better outcome, she and husband Richard consulted their family cardiologist Dr. Alan Miller who is on staff at Adventist Hinsdale Hospital. It was on his advice that the Landis’ chose Dr. Michael Collins to take over Bonnie’s orthopedic care

and came to our hospital for surgery. Dr. Collins, of Hinsdale Orthopaedics Associates, proved the right choice for Mrs. Landis who underwent successful knee replacement surgery at Adventist Hinsdale Hospital last fall.

Just as both spouses say Dr. Collins was “wonderful and right on top of everything, ” they also feel that the staff of Adventist Hinsdale Hospital made Bonnie’s entire experience a smooth and comfortable one. They experienced something unexpectedly pleasant when they chose Hinsdale over their former downtown hospital. Instead of a vast, hard to navigate, and somewhat impersonal academic medical center, in Hinsdale they found exceptional care, ease of access, and a welcoming attitude that made Bonnie “feel like a celebrity.”

These longtime Burr Ridge residents will be quick to affirm that Dr. Collins played a major role in their satisfaction. That’s a reflection of Dr. Collins’ philosophy that as a surgeon he doesn’t treat conditions, he treats people. We are pleased to say our hospital echoed that approach in caring for Bonnie and her family.

The new Patient Pavilion’s soaring atrium

MEET FRIENDS OF THE HOSPITAL BONNIE AND DICK LANDIS

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Susan S. KingExecutive Director

In fact, Dick Landis noted that his former business, Landis Plastics, has been focused on customer service for over fifty years, and based on this professional experience, he was very impressed with the personalized care and level of communication he and Bonnie encountered every step of the way throughout her surgery and hospitalization. At Hinsdale Hospital, the Landis’ discovered a perfect blend of exceptional clinical care and welcoming touches such as the cafeteria’s complimentary Thanksgiving meal that allowed a semblance of a holiday for the entire family.

The familiarity and comfort of being close to home also pleased their grown children and their grandchildren who could visit easily and often. Furthermore, after the downtown surgery, daughter Yvonne had felt compelled to stay overnight in Bonnie’s room to ensure her medical needs were met. At Hinsdale Hospital, her confidence in her mother’s care and safety allowed Yvonne to head home each evening with peace of mind.

Even the occasional inconvenience of our construction work did not dampen the family’s appreciation. Instead, the Landis’ graciously agreed to let us share their story with our Foundation readership. In the process, we were pleased to become acquainted with not just Bonnie and Dick but their extended family, all of whom live locally.

We grew in appreciation of their many contributions to the community and their strong sense of family. Their support of our capital campaign is a moving reflection of the Landis’ patient experience and their own generosity of spirit. We are glad that Adventist Hinsdale Hospital and its family of caregivers were here to offer them the world-class medical care Bonnie needed, right in their own back yard.

Lonnie Arima hails from Washington state and is the General Manager and Vice President of NAVTEQ , a leading global provider for navigation solutions. He is a Hinsdale resident and father of three. Lonnie’s father-in-law , Ed Okonek , was a vol-unteer at AHH for many years and was eventually cared for by St. Thomas Hospice. The family is deeply grateful for

the compassion and care during Ed’s illness and Lonnie and Martha wanted to get involved as a way to say “thank you.”

Since the Foundation’s inception we’ve benefited from the leadership of a strong Board of Directors comprised of local business leaders, key physicians, Adventist and hospital leadership, and dedicated community volunteers. Each new year, unfortunately, brings the retirement of board members whose terms are complete. We take this space to thank four exceptional individuals whose terms ended recently.

Retiring from the board are: Laura Alter, Venanzio Arquilla, Michaela Creber, and Richard Green. These longstanding friends of the hospital and foundation brought vision and philanthropic leadership to supporting the hospital’s modernization efforts and other critical endeavors over the years. We know we speak for the entire organization in expressing our gratitude to them. We’re pleased to note each of these former board members continues to be active in the hospital community, including Michaela who will serve as co-chair of the 2013 Medallion Ball.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS GREETINGS AND GOODBYES

We are also grateful to the five newest members of the Hinsdale Hospital Foundation Board of Directors. We know these active members of our community will bring talent, creative thinking, and commitment to our endeavors. Please welcome:

Kenneth H. Beard is president and chief executive officer of KHB Group, Inc. and Midwest Mechanical Construction, mechanical engineering and construction companies. He is a past chairman of the foundation board and a founding member of the Wellness House in Hinsdale. Ken and his wife Susan raised their family in Oak Brook and are

avid gardeners whose gardens have been featured several times in national magazines.

Kathleen Gilligan grew up inHinsdale, where she attendedHinsdale Central High School.She went on to earn a BA atthe University of Notre Dameand a JD at Boston College.Married and a mother of two,in her professional careerKathleen is a partner atWildman Harrold, Attorneysand Counselors. Kathleen’slong relationship with thehospital began through her

father, Dr. William Gilligan, the founder of Hinsdale Orthopedic and head of surgery at AHH for many years.

Mary Buddig served as co-chair of the Capital Campaign Steering Committee and joins the foundation board as the chair of the Hinsdale AssemblyBoard. Mary earned her law degree at Loyola University, Chicago. She and her husband Bob live in Hinsdale where they have raised five children andremain active in organizationsacross the community.

Lisa Hutcherson has beeninvolved with the hospital forover 12 years. She is currentlyserving on the CommunityRelations and CommunityOutreach Committees of theHinsdale Hospital Foundation.She was also co-chair of the2009 Medallion Ball. A graduate of the University of Iowa, Lisalives in Hinsdale with her husband Van and their three children.

Over 200 donors and dignitaries joined us for the new Patient Pavilion Donor Dedication event in March. Adventist Midwest Health CEO Dave Crane and Hinsdale CEO Mike Goebel are joined by Adventist Health System Board Chairman, Don Livesay, donors Michael and Kay Birck, and Foundation Board Chair Sally Porter for the evening’s ceremonial ribbon cutting. The pavilion opened for care April 22nd.

More than $60,000 was raised at “Dancing with our Stars: MadMen Style,” the 2012 Hinsdale Hospital Medical Staff Auxiliary fundraiser, held Feb. 25 at the Willowbrook Ballroom. Our dancing stars included, in the back row, from left: Dr. Regina Walker, Dr. Lisa Franco, Dr. Marisa Saint Martin, CNO Shawn Tyrrell, Dr. Gayle Simmons, David and Heidi Crane, Craig Milkint, Dr. Michael Hickey and Dr. Dwight Kett. In the front row are the professional dancers.

Next, our committee chairs in period dress: Kimberly Arquilla, Kay Sharples, Dina Kritsas, Heidi Crane, and Lynn Kumis.

Honorary Event Chairs were Kimberly and Venanzio Arquilla shown at right with Auxiliary president Dina Kritsas (middle). Venanzio is a member of the Adventist Midwest Health operating board and former Hinsdale Hospital Foundation board member. Funds will support our future

Save the Date for the

2013 Medallion Ball on February 23rd

The Drake, Chicago