COLUMBUS, Ind. – Our Hospice of South Central Indiana announced Friday that it had received a $2,500 grant for its Pediatric Hospice Care services from the Million Dollar Round Table Foundation (MDRT), thanks to the Greater Horizon Financial Group’s partnership.
This year, the MDRT Foundation will award over $1.8 million in MDRT member-endorsed grants to over 350 charitable organizations worldwide. Greater Horizon Financial Group’s Matthew Carothers is an MDRT member and recommended Our Hospice for this grant.
“We are grateful to Greater Horizon Financial Group and Matt Carothers. The grant will be used for our youngest patients,” said Our Hospice President, Steph Cain.
Our Hospice receives a fixed reimbursement rate which often leaves a gap between the reimbursement and the actual cost of care. “The expenses for the level of care needed to provide the best quality of life for our pediatric patients often exceeds the reimbursement from Medicare/Medicaid and other insurances. We rely on philanthropy, including grants like this one, to cover these gaps to assure we are here for many generations,” explained Cain.
Our Hospice pediatric care program provides care for children with a wide range of diagnoses, many of whom are still receiving curative treatments.
Cain stated, “Our specially trained pediatric hospice nurses work with an interdisciplinary team of physicians, home health aides, chaplains, and social workers to provide the best care possible for our youngest patients. This team also provides support to the parents and families providing grief support from the time of diagnosis to after-death bereavement care.”