In the current healthcare environment, organizations like Good Shepherd face the challenge of providing far more sophisticated and specialized care in response to more intense physical and social needs of older adults. This trend will escalate as society continues to shift individuals from hospitals to less acute settings. In fact, many of today's nursing home residents would have been hospital patients five years ago.
An added challenge is the fact that the Medicaid (Medical Assistance) program do not cover the full cost of providing care to residents who are eligible for this program. Approximately, 70% of Good Shepherd Home residents are funded through Medicaid. Good Shepherd subsidizes approximately $500,000 of care costs annually to maintain Medicaid residents in our nursing home.
Our strong commitment to serving our community elders can be noted by this significant financial contribution to their care.
As operationally the funding of Medicaid residents continues to challenge the nursing home and the entire organization, we developed the Shepherd's Fund.
This fund is not used for operations but is used to enhance resident lives. In the past two years, the Shepherd's Fund has purchased over 30 specialty wheelchairs, new mattresses throughout the facility, a 16 passenger bus for outings, and several updates to common resident spaces to make them more comfortable and home like.
We continue to be grateful to all our Shepherd's Fund donors for all that they provide for those we serve. We could not do it without you!
We welcome contributions of any amount to support the Shepherd's Fund.
"Dearly Beloved"
Granite plaques adorn the entrance to the nursing home acknowledging donors who have chosen Good Shepherd Home as beneficiaries to a portion of their estate.
Please call us at (920) 833-6856 to learn more about these opportunities or email us.