Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care 2012 Annual Report
Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care 2012 Annual Report
Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care 2012 Annual Report
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Special services that go beyond the Medicare requirements for hospice help to provide an amazing<br />
array of care <strong>and</strong> joy for our patients. Even without a cure there can be healing. Spiritual <strong>Care</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
Healing Arts at <strong>Rainbow</strong> <strong>Hospice</strong> brings life, art, <strong>and</strong> music to those who need it most.<br />
Healing<br />
<strong>Rainbow</strong> <strong>Hospice</strong> is in its tenth year<br />
of providing music therapy for our<br />
patients. We know that music provides<br />
spiritual <strong>and</strong> physical benefits, <strong>and</strong> is<br />
an important part of our Spiritual <strong>Care</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> Healing Arts services.<br />
Who: Imelda Mizones,<br />
Joan Maxwell, Lori Horbas<br />
Where: Chicago, IL<br />
The <strong>Rainbow</strong> Threshold Singers<br />
is a group of women who sing<br />
at the bedside in groups of 2’s<br />
& 3’s. They sang for Imelda<br />
Mizones, one of the patients<br />
featured in the WBEZ radio<br />
story. Imelda passed away in<br />
August of <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
<strong>Rainbow</strong> <strong>Hospice</strong> provides an<br />
extensive staff of Healing Arts<br />
support including 13 chaplains,<br />
3 music therapists, 2 massage<br />
therapists, 27 Threshold Choir<br />
members <strong>and</strong> numerous interns.<br />
In addition to the day-to-day<br />
work with patients, Spiritual<br />
<strong>Care</strong> & Healing Arts at <strong>Rainbow</strong><br />
<strong>Hospice</strong> also holds four quarterly<br />
interfaith memorial services<br />
at different sites throughout<br />
Chicagol<strong>and</strong>.<br />
This summer, our <strong>Rainbow</strong><br />
<strong>Hospice</strong> Threshold Singers<br />
were interview by WBEZ 91.5’s<br />
Richard Steele to be featured on<br />
Chicago Public Radio for the<br />
work they do singing to <strong>and</strong> with<br />
terminally ill patients.<br />
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