The 29,000-square foot Hospice Care Center at Manhasset will be built at a projected cost of $10 million on the campus of North Shore University Hospital.
The Hospice Care Center, to be located next to the Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation on the southeast corner of the North Shore campus, will provide terminally ill patients with a caring, home-like environment, where they can spend their final days in a beautiful setting that's conveniently located and easily accessible to family and friends. Although its 24-patient suites will resemble a private residence, the center will meet the needs of patients who may still require hospitalization, as well as intensive pain and symptom management. Hospice care addresses medical and nursing needs, spiritual care, emotional and psychosocial support when a cure is no longer possible. All services and programs are geared to alleviate pain and symptoms, support caregivers and to care for patients of all ages.
"Construction of The Hospice Care Center at Manhasset has been the ultimate goal of Hospice Care Network since its founding in 1988," said Maureen Hinkelman, the agency's president and CEO. "For the small groups of volunteers who began the hospice movement on Long Island in the early 1980s in the basements of churches and schools, it is the realization of a lifetime of dreams. Our charge is to bring humanity and graciousness to the dying. Because of its location next to a major teaching hospital, this center will be a prototype for future hospices nationwide."
The Hospice Care Center's 24 private garden suites will be situated in four "neighborhoods," each with its own gallery, dining area and family room.
Construction is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2005.
Winthrop specialists named among best
Four Specialists from Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola were named to New York Magazine's 2004 list of "The Best Doctors in New York." The Winthrop doctors were among 1,235 chosen from Long Island, the five boroughs, West Chester County, northern New Jersey and Fairfield County in Connecticut.
The physicians from Winthrop who were chosen include: Steven Carsons, MD, chief, Division of Rheumatology; Burke A. Cunha, MD, chief, Division of Infectious Disease; Leonard Krilov, MD, chief, Pediatric Infectious Disease, and Michael Niederman, MD, chairperson, Department of Medicine and renowned Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine specialist.
The "Best Doctors" list is a collaboration of the magazine and Castle Connolly Medical, the research and publishing company. Thousands of top physicians in the New York area completed a survey that asked them to nominate top doctors in almost every specialty. Castle Connolly then refined the list based on hundreds of interviews with leading specialists, chiefs of service and other hospital personnel.
Franklin to hold
blood drive
Franklin Hospital Medical Center in Valley Stream will hold a blood drive on Wednesday, July 14 in conjunction with Long Island Blood Services, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the hospital's Shankman Auditorium.
"No one ever questions why we need blood," said Franklin's Blood Drive Campaign Director Peter Giacopelli. "For many it's a personal reason; for others, they just want to do their part in helping a fellow human being. Regardless, we are deeply indebted to those who step up to the plate and make a difference."
According to the hospital, people 17 to 76 weighing at least 110 pounds and who are in general good health are eligible to donate. A photo ID is required at the time of donation, at which time donors will also receive a free mini-medical exam that includes checking temperature, pulse, blood pressure and iron count. To make an appointment to donate, call (516) 256-6397. The hospital has arranged reserved parking for the convenience of those coming to the hospital to donate blood.
