Mount Carmel Foundation Annual Report 2016 Annual Report | Page 8

Building A Better Community
As the only Catholic healthcare provider in central Ohio, Mount Carmel is a beacon of faith,
hope and service in our community. By supporting Mount Carmel’s mission-driven programs
and services, the Foundation helps turn students into nurses, couples into families, cancer
patients into survivors, and emergencies into happy endings. And thanks to exciting
construction projects underway at Mount Carmel East and Grove City, and the redevelopment
we’ll soon see at Mount Carmel West, we’ll be able to continue to fulfill our mission, advance
our ministries and provide exceptional healthcare to everyone we serve. Together we’re
building a better community.

The Mount Carmel Crime and Trauma
Assistance Program is helping adults
and children heal from the wounds of
violent crime through trauma-focused
therapy. It is available at no cost and
is the only program of its kind in
Franklin County.

The von Zychlin Healthy Living Center
at Mount Carmel West is transforming
lives through numerous health and
wellness services, including cooking
classes, breastfeeding support,
childbirth education, diabetes
education and more.

Seven outstanding residency
programs and hundreds of
continuing education opportunities
for our physicians and medical
professionals ensure our care
teams are on the cutting edge.

The Mobile Medical Coach and Street
Medicine Program are vital parts
of central Ohio’s healthcare safety
net, providing free quality care to
uninsured and underinsured patients
and our homeless neighbors.

Countless programs and services are helping turn more cancer patients
into survivors, and providing hope to families.

The Welcome Home Program is working
to reduce Franklin County’s high infant
mortality rate by making home visits to
monitor physical, psychological, and social
issues that can interfere with the health and
welfare of mothers and babies.

With 40% of the current nursing work
force expected to retire in the next 10
years, there has never been a greater
need for nurses or nursing education,
which makes Foundation support of the
Mount Carmel College of Nursing more
critical than ever.

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The only faith-based hospice
program in central Ohio,
Mount Carmel provides
expert end-of-life care and
emotional and spiritual
support for grieving patients
and families, as well as
medication and supplies for
low-income families.

Our Women’s Health programs
provide mammograms for
uninsured and underinsured
women, wigs and prostheses for
underserved cancer patients,
and camisoles for mastectomy
patients free of charge.