{"id":34,"date":"2013-09-12T03:57:15","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T03:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rdmaction.com\/test\/?p=34"},"modified":"2013-12-17T19:43:46","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T19:43:46","slug":"the-denver-hospice-capital-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rdmaction.com\/the-denver-hospice-capital-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"The Denver Hospice &#8211; Capital Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rdmaction.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Great-Room-10-2-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-35\" alt=\"Great Room 10-2-09\" src=\"http:\/\/rdmaction.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Great-Room-10-2-09.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a>Problem<\/strong><br \/>\nIn the next five years, it is estimated that the age group of 65 years and older will increase 30<br \/>\npercent. Of those admitted annually to The Denver Hospice inpatient care center, 80 percent<br \/>\nare age 65 and above. Meanwhile the scope of services offered by The Denver Hospice &#8211; from<br \/>\ncomplementary therapy to palliative care &#8211; has led to an increased referral base in all age<br \/>\ngroups, including pediatrics. The vision of a new center needed to become a reality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Denver Hospice took advantage of very favorable financing and lower cost construction<br \/>\ndue to the economy, and purchased land for the construction of a $12 million care center. The<br \/>\nCaring for the Future campaign grew out of a planning study and three, unprecedented 7-figure<br \/>\ngifts from two family foundation and one community foundation. to open a new facility in<br \/>\nLowry that would have the capacity to admit over 250,000 patients each year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results<\/strong><br \/>\nThe new facility opened in January 2011, with 35,000 square feet to care for patients, 24 private<br \/>\npatient rooms with patios, four family suites, a family dining room, a great room, and a chapel,<br \/>\nlibrary, education center and hydro-therapy spa. The number of gifts to The Denver Hospice at or above the $5,000 level increased exponentially during the campaign and a new level of awareness about The Denver Hospice was accomplished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Problem In the next five years, it is estimated that the age group of 65 years and older will increase 30 percent. Of those admitted annually to The Denver Hospice inpatient care center, 80 percent are age 65 and above. Meanwhile the scope of services offered by The Denver Hospice &#8211; from complementary therapy to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rdmaction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rdmaction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rdmaction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rdmaction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rdmaction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rdmaction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rdmaction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rdmaction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rdmaction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}