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++++++++++++++++++++++++ + + ++++++++++++++++++++++++ GRAND OPENINGS +++ +++ First Inpatient Hospice Facility ment with many homelike amenities. Each patient room is large enough to accommodate several visitors and features an eating area and a sleeper sofa. Some patients will come to the Aultman Opens Stark County's Compassionate Care Center. The first and only inpatient hospice facility in Stark County, the Compassionate Care Center will offer inpatient hospice care and grief services. The approximately 23,000-square-foot A C facility has 12 private hospice rooms where patients will receive end-of-life care in a comfortable, peaceful environ- ULTMAN WOODLAWN CAM- PUS in Jackson Township is the site of Aultman Hospital's brand new $5.91 million Compassionate Care Center when their symptoms have become out of control or just too intense to manage at home. Others may choose the Center as a place where patients and families can come when the final hours of the patient's life are too emotionally draining to remain at home. Cleveland Clinic Opens LEVELAND CLINIC HAS opened its new $25 million Stephanie Tubbs Jones Health Center on Euclid Avenue in East Cleveland. A congresswoman, judge and prosecutor, who devoted her career to public service, Tubbs Jones was passionate about expanding healthcare coverage for low- and middle-income people and co-sponsored many legislative initiatives to achieve this goal before her death in 2008. The new three-story, 50,000-square- foot, health center is linked with community resources offering easier women and their future children. The center will focus on the prevention of obesity and related metabolic disorders in women of reproductive age. Specialty care in obstetrics, pediatrics, primary care, nutrition and exercise physiology will also be coordinated to create a lifecycle of care for women. MetroHealth OBGYN Patrick Catalano, MD, has been tapped as the new director M Aultman has provided in-home hospice services since 1986. With the opening of the Compassionate Care Center, Aultman now provides hospice care in a specialized facility, as well as in the hospital, at home, and in the nursing home. Aultman Grief Services will also expand its presence in the new Center with a resource library, individual counseling rooms, support group meeting rooms and an outdoor activity area for children's programming. n New Health Center in East Cleveland access to healthcare, social and financial services patients and their families need. Outpatient services include primary and specialty care, specialized care for women and children, mental health services, and health education programs. The centerpiece of Stephanie Tubbs Jones Health Center is a Navigation Center where patients receive assistance maneuvering their way through the complexities of the healthcare system. Specially trained patient navigators ensure timely healthcare treatment, pro- vide information about treatment options and preventive behaviors, coordinate ETROHEALTH HAS CREATED the Center for Reproductive Health to improve the short- and long-term health of of the Center for Reproductive Health, as well as the new director of the center's Clinical Research Unit at MetroHealth and Case Western Reserve University. "We hope that the CRH will have an impact not only on the women we care for, but the long term health of their offspring," Dr. Catalano said. "Optimal prenatal care begins prior to conception and is preven- tive rather than treatment oriented." Dr. Catalano is highly respected throughout the reproductive health com- munity and recently was lauded for his significant contributions to the field. He financial and social services, and link people to appropriate resources. The center also includes an Iron Chef teaching kitchen to help patients learn how to cook healthy, inexpensive recipes; meeting rooms for community programming; a full-service pharmacy; and a 21-bed dialysis unit. Cleveland Clinic is providing free round-trip shuttle transportation from the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Health Center to Cleveland Clinic's main campus and to Euclid, Hillcrest and South Pointe Hospitals for services not available at the health center. n MetroHealth Launches Center for Reproductive Health was awarded the Jorgen Pederson Lecture at the international meeting of the Diabetic Pregnancy Study Group in Cambridge, England in September. Dr. Catalano also chaired a keynote lecture at the meeting. In addition, Dr. Catalano received the 2011 March of Dimes Agnes Higgins Award at the American Public Health Association's annual meeting in Washington, DC, in October. The honor is bestowed upon those who demonstrate distinguished achievement in research, education or clinical services in the field of maternal-fetal nutrition. n

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