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Latest News: Community Hospice & Flagler Hospital Break Ground On Bailey Family Hospice Center for St. Johns County St. Augustine, Fla. - Community Hospice of Northeast Florida and Flagler Hospital broke ground today on a new state-of-the-art hospice inpatient care center to be built on the Flagler Hospital campus in St. Augustine. "This center has been dedicated through a gift from the Gay and Mark Bailey family of St. Augustine and will be known as the Bailey Family Center for Caring,” noted Community Hospice President and CEO Susan Ponder-Stansel, during the ceremonial groundbreaking on the site, which is currently the physician’s parking lot on Flagler Hospital’s campus.
“Community Hospice is partnering with Flagler Hospital to construct this 11,000 square-foot addition to our current facility just west of the main entrance,” said Flagler Hospital President Joseph Gordy. “Community Hospice will have a long-term lease for this space to house its inpatient center.” The new hospice inpatient unit will serve the short-term, acute end-of-life care needs for residents of St. Augustine and St. Johns County. It will include 12 private patient rooms, staff offices, as well as family gathering areas, chapel, kitchen and lounge areas for use by family members and employees. Community Hospice medical staff, nurses, certified nursing assistants, social service specialists and spiritual counselors will provide 24-hour care, seven days a week in a unique homelike setting, complete with gardens and walkways. Construction will cost approximately $5 million and is being funded by a Community Hospice capital campaign currently under way.
"The fact that we are more than 70% of the way to our capital campaign goal illustrates the strong support for this center” noted Mark Bailey, who is chairing the capital campaign committee. “We are confident that this level of financial support will continue as we invite everyone in our community to support the capital campaign.” "With support from the community and through our partnership with Flagler Hospital, Community Hospice is able to strengthen the continuum of care we provide for St. Johns County residents,” said Ponder-Stansel. "This inpatient center has been a dream of ours for many years—driven by the desires expressed by community members and a demonstrated need for this unique type of care." Flagler Hospital and Community Hospice anticipate construction of the new inpatient center to be completed by late 2010 or early 2011. Listen to Inside Jacksonville radio interview with Susan Ponder-Stansel. Established in 1979 as the first community-based, nonprofit hospice program in Northeast Florida, Community Hospice of Northeast Florida helps nearly 1,000 patients live better with advanced illness each day in Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties, through the support of more than 700 employees and nearly 900 volunteers. The nonprofit organization has served nearly 59,000 children and adults — at home, in long term care facilities, hospitals and through its four inpatient centers throughout Jacksonville. Community Hospice Foundation™ generates philanthropic and community support for patient care services, family needs and community programs such as Community PedsCare®, a pediatric palliative and hospice program. No one is ever denied care due to an inability to pay. To learn more about the support and services of Community Hospice, visit www.communityhospice.com. Flagler Hospital is a 316-bed acute care hospital that is consistently recognized nationally for overall clinical excellence. Flagler was Northeast Florida’s only hospital to earn a 5 star rating for Maternity Care from HealthGrades in 2009 and was the region's first hospital to receive the ANCC Magnet hospital award. Thomson Reuters also named Flagler Hospital among the nation’s Top 100 Performance Improvement Leaders for the past three consecutive years. Most recently, the hospital earned the Gold Seal of Approval™ from The Joint Commission for Primary Stroke Care Centers and Center of Excellence Designation for its Bariatric Surgery Center. For more information about Flagler Hospital, please visit us at www.flaglerhospital.org
The Bailey Family of St. Augustine helped break ground for Community Hospice’s newest inpatient care center on the campus of Flagler Hospital.
From left to right: Cassidy Bailey, Community Hospice Foundation Board Chairman Fernando Acosta-Rua, Flagler Hospital Board Chairman Brad Runk, Flagler Hospital President Joe Gordy, Gay Bailey, Mark Bailey, John Bailey, Community Hospice President and CEO Susan Ponder-Stansel, Peyton Bailey, Peggy Bailey and Brooks Bailey. Community Hospice of Northeast Florida and Community PedsCare are registered trademarks and Community Hospice Foundation is a trademark of Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, Inc.
Contact: Colleen Hart Communications Manager - Foundation Community Hospice of Northeast Florida 904.407.6132
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