LAKEWOOD, Ohio — The Cleveland Clinic’s Lakewood Hospital has received a $1 million donation that it will use to improve its neurological and geriatric services focused on brain health.
The donations comes from Cleveland’s Harold C. Schott Foundation, a philanthropic organization that supports local health care and educational institutions, according to a statement from the Cleveland Clinic.
The donation will help the hospital better provide education and resources about brain health for geriatric patients. More specifically, the donation will allow the hospital to better care for patients with a range of neurological problems, particularly with diseases related to aging such as dementia and Parkinson’s disease.
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“Lakewood Hospital has been committed to caring for the aging population and this donation will further that mission,” said Fred DeGrandis, president of Cleveland Clinic regional hospitals.
Expanding the hospital’s geriatric services is part of its multi-year strategic plan called Vision for Tomorrow, which aims to make all the hospital’s rooms private and to create centers of excellence, such as geriatrics and orthopedics. The first step in the plan came in November when Lakewood Hospital opened its renovated orthopedic unit.
Vision for Tomorrow was developed by leaders from Lakewood, Fairview and Lutheran hospitals — all part of the Cleveland Clinic — as well as Clinic regional administrators, community physicians and foundation trustees to respond to the changing needs and demographics of the West Side community.