MEDIA ADVISORY - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jennifer Scott
(916) 851-2776 | Jennifer.Scott@chw.edu
Mercy Foundation Receives Funding to Install Flat Screen Televisions in Patient Rooms
WHAT:
Flat Screen Television Installation and Residents Celebration New Tobisha 32-inch flat screen televisions will be installed in patient rooms at Bruceville Terrace, a Mercy skilled nursing facility, greatly improving the quality of life for chronically ill and elderly residents. This is made possible by the generosity of employees and community members who donated to Mercy Foundation’s Windows to the World initiative to raise $125,000 to replace all 171 large, bulky televisions with flat panels that can be mounted to the wall. Who: Bruceville Terrace patients and their families, staff and Kimmel Construction workers
WHEN:
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
8-9 a.m.
WHERE:
Bruceville Terrace
8151 Bruceville Road
Sacramento, CA 95823
WHY:
The Toshiba 32-inch flat screen televisions provide much-needed benefits to patients at Bruceville Terrace. Most patients at the facility share rooms that are small compared to the homes they came from, forcing them to adjust to smaller living spaces that barely accommodate a bed, night stand and a bulky television. Patients, especially ones who use wheelchairs or walkers, face daily challenges maneuvering around the furniture. Flat screen televisions, mounted on the walls add more floor space for residents.
In addition, television becomes an important part of daily life for long-term care patients and those who are bedridden and confined to their rooms. The recent transition to digital technology has made many of the older televisions in patient rooms obsolete. Flat screen televisions are digital ready with clearer picture that keep patients connected to the outside world.
VISUALS:
Flat screen television installation, formal flipping of the switch, patients and their families celebrating Patients, family members, Kimmel Constructions president, Mercy Foundation philanthropy officer and Bruceville Terrace nurse director will be available for comments
