Northwest Hospital Foundation Approves Funding Projects to Benefit Patients, Families

| July 8, 2015

Northwest Hospital Foundation executive director, Theresa Edder (right) presents a check for construction of a Healing Garden at the TCU/Rehab building to Nancy Pastorius, UPMC Northwest VP, extended care/rehab services (left).

Northwest Hospital Foundation executive director, Theresa Edder (right) presents a check for construction of a Healing Garden at the TCU/Rehab building to Nancy Pastorius, UPMC Northwest VP, extended care/rehab services (left).


SENECA, Pa. (EYT) – Northwest Hospital Foundation recently approved funding for two projects that directly impact patients and families in the Family Birthing Center and TCU/Rehab units of UPMC Northwest.

The projects, totaling nearly $15,000, will provide a new Healing Garden for TCU/Rehab patients; as well as safe sleep instructional books for families of infants born in UPMC Northwest’s Family Birthing Center.

The Healing Garden project was developed in collaboration with the TCU/Rehab staff to facilitate an environment that would provide patients with a private outdoor garden to enjoy during their extended hospitalization in the Transitional Care or Rehabilitation Unit. The garden will provide raised vegetable and flower beds enabling patients to directly participate in the planting, watering and ongoing care of the garden, including harvesting vegetables that can then be used in meals prepared for the patients. Tables and seating areas will be part of the garden, allowing patients and families to enjoy visits, including meals, in an outdoor setting with views of the wooded area surrounding the hospital grounds.

Other activities for patients, Northwest Hospital Foundation recently approved funding for two projects that directly impact patients and families in the Family Birthing Center and TCU/Rehab units of UPMC Northwest. The projects, totaling nearly $15,000, will provide a new Healing Garden for TCU/Rehab patients; as well as safe sleep instructional books for families of infants born in UPMC Northwest’s Family Birthing Center.

Theresa Edder, Northwest Hospital Foundation executive director states, “The foundation funds programs and activities that go above and beyond what is normally supported throughout the entire UPMC system, and we’re proud to be able to enhance the efforts of the staff and physicians to provide excellent care to patients and families at UPMC Northwest.

Cheryl Siverling, unit director of UPMC Northwest’s Family Birthing Center (right), and Theresa Edder, Northwest Hospital Foundation executive director (left), review a book about safe sleep and SIDS prevention, funded by the Northwest Hospital Foundation, that will be presented to all families of infants born at the local hospital this year.

Cheryl Siverling, unit director of UPMC Northwest’s Family Birthing Center (right), and Theresa Edder, Northwest Hospital Foundation executive director (left), review a book about safe sleep and SIDS prevention, funded by the Northwest Hospital Foundation, that will be presented to all families of infants born at the local hospital this year.


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