Founded 1880 | ||
Subsidiaries Carondelet St. Joseph Hospital, MedCath of Tucson, L.L.C., Carondelet Holy Cross Hospital | ||
Carondelet Health Network is a large Catholic health care provider in Arizona, and is part of the Ascension Health Network. It is a non-profit corporation with five facilities: Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital (the first hospital in Arizona), Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital, Carondelet Neurological Institute, Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute, and Carondelet Holy Cross Hospital.
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The Carondelet Model
Carondelet Health Network created a Community Nursing Organization (CNO) model, implemented in 1994, to determine if community-based health services could be efficiently managed by nurses. Key features of the Carondelet model included:
Carondelet’s CNO model included an analysis of the Southern Arizona health care market, in order to localize their nursing services.
Hospice and Palliative Care
Carondelet Hospice and Palliative Care seeks to attend to the "physical, spiritual, and psychological needs of people living with a life-limiting illness", ensure that the physical and psychological needs of family members are met, and educate the public on the end-of-life process. Each patient is serviced based on individual needs and desires and a unique plan is created in order to best care for them.
Hospice and Palliative Care Services listed on the Carondelet website are:
Support and Expansion
In 2011, Carondelet hospice received a $4.5 million donation from the estate of Winifred Q. Witt, a Tucson resident who, alongside her husband Samuel Witt, was known for her philanthropy in Southern Arizona. Executive director of Carondelet Hospice and Palliative Care Lupe Trieste said "With this gift, Carondelet will be able to ensure enduring, quality programs of support and comfort." In 2002, all proceeds from the Nogales Debutante Cotillion were given directly to Carondelet Hospice. Cotillion Committee President Dora Dexter said that the committee chose Carondelet Hospice because "It’s a charitable cause that a lot of people overlook."