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MdWeSt COWL 4 IOSPiCe In my work with people who are <br /> dying, l realize that to look at death <br /> (612) 926-2243 is to discover the importance of life:' <br /> MARLENE GERBER- President —Marlene Gerber,R.N., <br /> Home Phone 544-8043 Midwest Community Hospice co-founder and director of <br /> 5525 Penn Ave. so. was started by two nurses who were faced Midwest Community Hospice <br /> Minneapolis, MN 55419 constantly with the limited options for <br /> terminally-ill, non-acute patients.They-saw <br /> - - — the stress on families who had to provide <br /> DONALD W. SKRIVSETH intensive home care and the difficulty <br /> Funeral Director families faced with placing their loved ones <br /> in nursing homes. Midwest was established <br /> � <br /> in 1985 as anon-profit corporation and has 4 % `(,rt,:. •._. <br /> �. an active board of directors which includes - p <br /> 7600 191h AVENUE N.E.,MINNEAPOLIS,MINNESOTA 55418 nurses, physicians, managers, educators, - <br /> clergy and laypeople. It is supported <br /> 612-781-3391 primarily through tax-exempt private <br /> CEMETERY FUNERAL CHAPEL • MAUSOLEUMS • CREMATORY contributions, foundations and memorials.Midwest's first HomePlace is located at <br /> 5527 Penn Ave. So., in Southwest <br /> Minneapolis. It is the first hospice residence <br /> in the Twin Cities. <br /> Fees for patients at HomePlace are <br /> reasonable and tend to be much less than HomePlace <br /> hospital care.The daily room and board <br /> compares favorably with nursing home fees <br /> Imagine that you have just been told you and is less than 24-hour care at home.Al Hospice <br /> have six months to live.You could be any hospice home care services will normally <br /> age and in any state of vitality. One of the be covered by Medicare and may also be Residence <br /> first things you would have to consider is covered by private insurance. Midwest <br /> where you would live out your last days. If hopes that in the future, fundraising efforts <br /> you were in need of acute care,you could will provide room and board for those who <br /> stay in a hospital. If you had someone who can't afford it. a loving alternative <br /> could tend you at home,you might qualify <br /> for home hospice care through a local Midwest Community Hospice for the terminally <br /> hospital. Or,you might be told the only 5527 Penn Ave. S. 111 <br /> option is a nursing home. None of these Minneapolis, MN 55419 <br /> options might really suit you. (612) 926-2243 <br /> 0 Midwest Community Hospice, 1989 <br />