Program areas at Honorhealth Foundation
Honorhealth Foundation provides support for Honorhealth program and capital needs including the following areas: easing the way for neuroscience patients opened in 2021 on the campus of Honorhealth scottsdale osborn medical center, the bob bove neuroscience institute at Honorhealth serves patients and families dealing with parkinson's, alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als or lou gehrig's disease), stroke, brain tumors, brain injuries and other devastating conditions. The state-of-the-art facility offers complete, coordinated neurological, neurosurgical and support services in a single location. Advanced care for newborns Honorhealth offers the only level iii neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) in the northeast valley at scottsdale shea medical center. Their compassionate expert team treats the hospital's tiniest, sickest patients and their parents, providing advanced care and innovative technology. Emergency treatment and trauma care three of the valley's eight level 1 trauma centers are at Honorhealth: scottsdale osborn, john c. lincoln and deer valley medical centers. Highly trained teams provide life-saving care under often challenging circumstances. Patient assistance fund in Arizona, nearly 800,00 individuals had no insurance at some point during 2022. Honorhealth's patient assistance fund helps inpatients by paying for certain needs, including in-home services, medications or medical equipment. Safeguarding patients from infections with philanthropic support, Honorhealth expanded its fleet of germ-zapping robots to the largest in the nation. The robots represent state-of-the-art, automated uv ray disinfection technology and reduce the risk of infection by killing microscopic germs that may survive the manual cleaning process. Taking room decontamination to the next level, the robots effectively destroy bacteria, viruses and bacterial spores-including covid-19 and antibiotic-resistant "superbugs." Quality early childhood education the desert mission lincoln learning center offers early childhood education curriculum and provides young children with the strong start they need to succeed in school and life. Support for seniors desert mission's adult day healthcare program offers participants an active and enriching environment, while their caregivers are provided a respite. With 20 participants per day on average, ranging in age from 56 to 101, services are designed specifically for vulnerable seniors, where 85 percent have dementia. Food for hungry families Honorhealth desert mission food bank provides fresh, nutritious food items for vulnerable families. In 2022 desert mission provided emergency food for more than 28,000 households and demand increases each year. Many clients are working poor families and seniors living on a fixed income. Compassionate care for sexual assault victims Honorhealth's forensic nurse examiners serve patients who are victims of interpersonal violence, including sexual assault, sex trafficking, domestic violence, strangulation, physical assault or abuse. They provide head-to-toe medical-forensic examinations on victims. As part of this, the specially trained nurses provide quality, compassionate nursing care, collect medical samples and document injuries. Lifesaving training program Honorhealth's military partnership trains medical personnel in all branches of the military-from helping national guard and reserve personnel keep their medical skills sharp, to preparing newly commissioned air force nurses for active-duty medical service, to providing critical care nursing skills to air force nurses.