Hospice of Michigan recently received a more than $2 million estate gift to support patients and families across Southeast Michigan.
The $2,023,079.90 from the Donald George Palardy and Shirley A. Palardy Estate is the largest gift Hospice of Michigan has ever received and will help fund three of the nonprofit’s programs.
The first is the NorthStar Institute Simulation Lab, one of the few dedicated end-of-life hospice simulation labs in the U.S. and the first in Michigan. It offers hands-on tools and resources to provide hospice clinicians advanced, real-world training and education focused on the mastery of technical skills and facilitating effective conversations around death and dying.
The second is NorthStar Live Integrated Care, a custom-designed hospice telehealth tool that connects hospice patients to their medical care team and to their loved ones through a virtual care platform. Hospice patients can order medicine and supplies, report symptoms, access educational tools, and communicate with caregivers and family members using these tablets – offering them 24/7 access to their care team via chat or video.
The third is Hospice of Michigan’s Integrative Therapies program, which is focused on music therapy with in-person and virtual visits to provide comfort and ease pain.
“We are blown away by the generosity of the Palardy family. All three of these programs are fully funded by philanthropy dollars, so this gift will make a tremendous impact at the bedside,” Stephanie Le, director of major and planned gifts at Hospice of Michigan, said in a statement. “While not all gifts are this big, each is special in its own way. Estate gifts are a wonderful way to honor a donor’s legacy. I’m always fascinated to learn about what’s important to our donors so we can help them be remembered in a meaningful way.”
Irving Yellin, a certified public accountant and the trustee for the Donald George Palardy and Shirley A. Palardy Estate, said, “This donation is the perfect example of how a family’s financial planning can have a major community impact.”
Hospice of Michigan is the original, and largest, hospice in the state. A founding member of the NorthStar Care Community, the nonprofit raises more than $5 million each year to cover costs for the uninsured and underinsured. It also offers services to enhance quality of life, provide grief support and counseling, and provide caregiver education and support. And it offers palliative care through NorthStar Palliative Care, pediatric hospice care and compassionate support services through Jo Elyn Nyman Anchors Programs for Children and education programs for physicians and health care professionals through the NorthStar Institute.
In total, NorthStar Care Community members serve more than 6,100 patients annually across Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.
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