New Center Supports Visionary Service Expansion
Ohio’s Hospice is nearly doubling the size of its Paragon Road campus with a new training and care coordination center planned for 2020. The 31,000-square-foot facility will provide workspace for about 100 patient care staff on its second floor and a learning and education center on the first.
In addition to serving hospice patients, the center will provide remote care to chronically ill patients who wish to remain in their own homes. Doctors, nurses, social workers and other health care employees will respond to patients at any time of day for medical care and for needs such as medical equipment and transportation.
Patients can reach out to patient care staff by telephone or, at their discretion, add health monitoring technology to their home. “We’re taking what we currently provide with hospice and extending it to people with chronic illness so that they can live in confidence,” said Kent Anderson, president and CEO of Ohio’s Hospice, a partnership of 12 not-for-profit hospices that serve a little more than half of Ohio’s 88 counties. The care center will provide support for all.
The new glass and masonry building will be located next to the US Post Office at the northeast corner of the existing hospice property. While its appearance will be more modern than the hospice administrative offices next door, its masonry will carry forward the color of the original and an indoor connector will join the two buildings.
Providing remote care will help to support a growing population of older adults, Anderson said. The number of Medicare-eligible adults in the US is projected to double by 2035, with more than 60 percent living with comorbidities. “We believe this will make our community a better place to age.”