Hospice

2001 Statistics

              Medicare      77.9%                 Private Insurance       16.0%
              Medicaid        4.1%                 No Source                  2.0%

Average Length of Stay 44.9 Days
Median Length of Stay 18 Days

Age
19-35                   0.3%
36-50                   6.8%
51-64                  15.0%
65-74                  23.1%
75-84                   32.0%
85+                      22.8%

Location of Care
              Fairfield County       73.8%
              Hocking County       13.9%
              Perry County             7.5%
              Other of County         4.8%

Diagnosis
               Cancer                      65.0%          Heart Disease        12.9%
               Respiratory Disease    5.4%           Dementia                 6.1%
               CVA                          3.8%           Renal Disease          2.0%
               Other                          4.8%

Total Days of Service     12,785

Number of Grief Services Contacts     3,545

Hospice Accomplishments of 2001

• Maintained its membership with the Hospice Alliance of Ohio providing benchmarking data and preferred provider status for most managed care providers in Ohio.
• Active United Way Member Agency in Fairfield and Hocking County.  Funding supports the Grief Services Program and provided funding for the development of the Children & Adolescent Grief Program..
• 9th Annual Grief Teleconference held at OU-L in April.
• Paul Longenecker presented numerous workshops on new Do-Not-Resuscitate law for health care providers and community groups.
• Volunteers hosted "Tree of Remembrance" and 3rd  Annual "Cookie Walk" events.
• Continued monthly men's grief support group and started monthly Survivors of Suicide support  group.
• The Center for Hope was created to consolidate all grief support services.
• Hosted community forum with Fairfield County District Library, "Wednesdays with Jerome," on end-of-life care.  Dr. Jerome Roche served as series moderator.