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“Before I got to Magee, I remember a doctor saying, ‘We can’t do anything else for her.’ I couldn’t walk. I couldn’t feed myself. I could barely talk. But once I came here, the staff taught me to do everything again.
Magee is where I found my strength. It’s where I first knew I would get better and make it back to life.”
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At Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, we think about life and its qualities every day. Together with our patients, who have experienced spinal cord and brain injuries, strokes, neurological damage, amputations and orthopedic injuries, we affirm life’s value. Ultimately, we help our patients put their lives back together and return to a life they may have thought was lost forever. Our success speaks to Magee’s leadership in physical and cognitive rehabilitation. It also explains our influence far beyond our region. We were among the first federally designated centers for spinal cord injury rehabilitation and remain one of just 14 such centers nationally. Magee stays on the leading edge of research. Our physicians, nurses, therapists and specialists embody excellence and compassion. Our therapies lead to the best outcomes.
In these stories of physical, emotional and psychological recovery, there is a hero often hidden from view. That is you, the donor. You give hope to patients whose insurance has run out too soon. You help us add the newest generation of technology. You allow us to serve each patient more fully through programs such as art therapy, horticulture therapy and recreation therapy. You underwrite the studies that give us real-time feedback about what we do best and what we can do better. You help train the next generation of caregivers. Magee stays with our patients until they make the fullest possible return to life—and for the rest of their lives. When you give to Magee, you bring their once-impossible goals within reach.
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“Magee is the first Your Support Enables Us to Do More Philanthropy will lead to more success stories like Adam Taliaferro’s. Your gift makes possible: • Our leadership through the Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley, launched by Magee and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in 1978. • The best technology and equipment for patients as it evolves—from the Lokomat system to the Ekso exoskeleton and a new generation of options. • Lifelong care and innovative programs, like our Lifetime Follow-up Clinic and Assistive Technology Center. • The most-used patient education resources, like our gold-standard Spinal Cord Injury Patient Education Manual and “Day in the Life” videos.
L to R: Physical therapist Amy Bratta with Adam Taliaferro, who now supports Magee through a golf outing co-sponsored by his foundation; Amy helping Adam learn to walk again in 2000; Adam sharing a laugh with patient Lisa Smith.
Leadership in rehabilitation medicine means we benefit thousands of patients worldwide, even though they never enter our doors. We train our staff to understand every facet of rehabilitation, and we extend our training expertise beyond our walls. Medical residents and nursing and therapy students come here from hospitals and universities across the region and United States. As the leading professional education site for the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation’s NeuroRecovery Network, we provide training in technology to hospitals nationally and globally.
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Leadership also means taking every opportunity to break new ground by offering the most diverse combination of therapies. Our donors enable us to pursue opportunities that advance the quality of rehabilitation care everywhere we reach. Consider, for instance, that private support for Magee has played an important role in adding, and growing, innovative programs in art therapy, horticulture therapy, recreation therapy and wheelchair sports. Donors have also supported unique therapy spaces on every floor, including the rooftop. Here, the unique greenhouse space is home to vibrant horticulture and art therapy programs. Patients also learn how to navigate everyday challenges on Segal Street, complete with a car, sidewalk and curb.
” place I felt HOPE. Adam’s Story As a Penn State freshman, Adam Taliaferro was still thrilled every time his number was called to get into the game. Like a thousand times before, he squared his shoulders and lowered his body, determined to take down the larger tailback. Moments later, he lay motionless. A fractured C5 had left the 18-year-old paralyzed. Watching on TV, with millions of other viewers, his family felt helpless. Less than a year later, Adam’s parents watched with pride as their son led the Nittany Lions out of the tunnel to start the 2001 season. Each step was still a marvel for Adam, relishing the feel of the stadium turf under his feet almost as much as the 109,313 jubilant fans. Adam’s epic journey back to mobility, a full life and, most recently, elective office in New Jersey began at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital. When he arrived on October 6, 2000, he faced a grim prognosis. After successful spinal fusion surgery, he still wasn’t moving any part of his body. That would soon change. Physical therapist Amy Bratta was an important reason why.
2000s Lokomat automates locomotor therapy
1990 s Traditional body-weight treadmill system
“I felt like the Six Million Dollar Man,” says Adam Taliaferro, recounting the traditional treadmill he used. Since then, another generation of technology arrived and now the newest generation, made possible through private gifts, is reinventing locomotor therapy for today’s Magee patients.
2010s Ekso becomes first exoskelton therapy option
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Amy embodies Magee’s spirit and the outlook patients need: driven, forward-focused, goaloriented, always positive. “It mirrors an athlete’s mentality,” says Amy. “You have to be willing to do more. Clinical knowledge is our strength, but hope is also a big piece of reaching the highest level of independence.” Adam couldn’t agree more. “Magee is the first place I felt hope. I give so much credit to Amy and all the therapists. They treat you like family and become truly invested in your recovery. It’s more than a job for them. But they work you hard, too— probably harder than any football coach I ever had.” 3
Josh’s Story An Iraq veteran, Josh Crompton was thankful he was never wounded in action. Then on April 18, 2012, he woke up in his Philadelphia apartment, took a shower and suddenly knew what it felt like to be felled without warning. An arteriovenous malformation had caused a stroke at age 31. On his job for CBS 3, Josh is one assignment editor who understands the value of the smallest tragic story. He almost was that story. Although he doesn’t linger on the past, he does have one clip of video he likes to play. Set to the Rocky theme, it shows him climbing the 72 steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. His Magee therapist, Mark DeWane, DPT, is by his side, a mere two months after his stroke.
PHILANTHROPY’S IMPACT IS EVERYWHERE The Magee Rehabilitation Foundation targets gifts, grants and other philanthropic resources so they can have the greatest impact and lead to more success stories.
In therapy, Josh discovered an extension of his family―at Magee. “The interaction with the therapists, nurses and whole rehabilitation team is exceptional,” says Josh. “These are people who will always be in my life. I talk to Mark all the time.” After the stroke, Josh lost some speech function and all movement on his right side. Today, he continues to progress and hopes one day to walk without a cane. “My recovery would not have been as complete anywhere else. I credit Magee with giving me back my life.”
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Segal Street and the Greenhouse, made possible through the Jerry Segal Classic and donor gifts
5th FLOOR Spinal cord injury gym equipment, purchased through donor gifts
4th FLOOR Wendkos Stroke and Brain Injury Center and Lokomat, supported with donor gifts
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Cafe renovations, supported through a campaign
Dialysis Unit, supported through the Humanitarian Award Dinner
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Your Support Enables Us to Do More Philanthropy will rebuild more lives, like Josh Crompton’s. Your gift makes possible: • Technology and equipment geared to stroke needs, such as the Reo system for gaining arm strength and mobility, which is now robotic assisted. • Peer mentoring, which enables Magee patients who have rebuilt their lives to support current patients one-on-one and in group settings. • Our recreation therapy program, which inspires patients to exercise, regain control of their muscles and reflexes, and stay active and have some fun. • The most promising research opportunities, from studies we initiate with our patients to groundbreaking clinical trials.
L to R: Josh Crompton with his speech therapist, Allison Lazin, and occupational therapist, Natalie Zachwieja; Josh enjoying the Greenhouse and sharing his progress with Lane Brown, MD, director of Magee’s Stroke and Brain Injury Programs.
Strokes can happen to anyone at any age. Young fathers, healthy mothers in labor, friends, co-workers and our parents. You probably know someone who survived a stroke. With luck, quality rehabilitation was part of the journey back. Magee makes a commitment to treating strokes, understanding their cause and effect, and responding to what patients need most. We care for many Delaware Valley stroke survivors, and our research benefits hundreds of thousands of Americans who come back from this daunting challenge each year. Our approach is to understand and organize care around each patient’s priorities. Mobility training focuses on reaching as many goals as possible.
Learning to walk again is complex, focusing on foot position and sequence and requiring the patient not to compensate for weak muscles. Magee’s openness to a newer school of thought about brain recovery—that neural function regrowth can continue for up to two years—help shape many patients’ rehabilitation plans. However far a patient comes with Magee, the most difficult process is returning to life. Josh Crompton, for example, needed to navigate to a second-floor walkup and rearrange spaces at work and home to regain efficiency even as he continued to build strength. Your support enables more Magee staff involvement, helping patients transition back to the fullest lives.
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Ragna’s Story “Benign” is a word you want to hear your doctor say. But when it comes to the most complex organ in our bodies, the brain, even a non-cancerous tumor can wreak havoc and put someone on a frustratingly slow road to recovery. Ragna Brown knows this firsthand. Magee has been there every step of the way as she travels that road. Ragna first arrived after a series of setbacks: the loss of mobility on her right side, the subsequent discovery of a brain tumor and a delicate operation. At Magee, she found the best care,
“You always feel you can and she discovered new passions and abilities. Our skilled technicians connected Ragna to our art therapy program, which operates on the belief that rehabilitation is about more than putting the puzzle pieces back together. It can also be about transformation and growth.
YOUR SUPPORT TOUCHES EVERY PATIENT Philanthropy helps ensure that every Magee patient benefits from specialized, personalized care and a team approach. In Ragna Brown’s case, at least 13 clinicians contributed to her recovery.
Rehab Attendant Nurse
Physical Therapist Occupational Therapist
Physician
Speech Therapist
Peer Mentor
Psychologist
Dietician
Recreational Therapist
Case Manager Horticultural Therapist
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At first, Ragna found herself amazed when she saw her hand moving, creating lines, shapes and swirls of color. Could she actually be painting? Even though her mother and sister were artists, Ragna was thoroughly surprised. This was the art therapy program in action—and further proof that anything is possible at Magee. This year, horticultural therapy has Ragna planting, while group therapy games exercise her mind. “These things help me pay attention to every part of my body and how I use it,” says Ragna, who spent a career as a long-term care nurse. “‘Impossible’ isn’t in the Magee vocabulary. You always feel you can reach the next goal.”
Your Support Enables Us to Do More Philanthropy expands horizons for patients like Ragna Brown. Your gift makes possible: • Our art therapy program, which connects patients to the power of creativity. The work of our patient/artists has been displayed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. • Our horticulture therapy program, which enjoys a garden setting in our rooftop greenhouse, putting nature and new skills right in patients’ hands. • Our Charlie Manuel Healing Garden, located on our rooftop, is a compassionate new service supporting all Magee patients. • Our wheelchair sports, which produce talented Magee athletes who have participated in national and international competitions, including the Paralympics.
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There is no greater reward than seeing a patient return from a serious injury or illness to a life marked by self-sufficiency and dignity. But even patients with the best recoveries will face tremendous challenges, years of adjustment and an ongoing struggle for greater independence. That is exactly when Magee can bring about the greatest impact. Our clinical care and research, with all-important boosts from donors, lead to the best outcomes. All Magee patients need ongoing medical care and assistance for the rest of their lives. From day one, Magee is there. Our expertise centers around the Lifetime Follow-up Clinic, which is
key to supporting patients at home and in their communities, as well as at work and in school. Collaborating with patients, we create and implement plans for living. The Lifetime Follow-up Clinic is about more than transitions. It’s about life. Our physicians, nurses and therapists stay with patients over decades. We serve 2,500 patients and field thousands of their phone calls and e-mails asking for advice and support. We monitor overall health as well as specialized, ever-changing issues. We substantially diminish the need for hospital re-admission, a major threat to patients’ physical, emotional and mental well-being. Once a patient comes to Magee, we stay with that patient for life.
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Strength has many names. Adam Taliaferro. Josh Crompton. Ragna Brown. Strength also takes the names of up to 96 patients in our hospital right now. Hundreds more are receiving treatment at our outpatient locations. Our physicians, nurses, therapists and specialists inspire strength in these patients, while patients from years past share their own success stories through peer mentoring. A new kind of strength, more than physical, is what patients discover at Magee. Our exceptional staff helps them find it, deep inside. The day a patient finds that inner core is the first day on the road to recovery. Strength also resides in you, the donor. You are part of a generous community who gives to Magee because of our excellence, the hope we offer and our impact.
Opportunities to extend your strength to our patients come in all sizes. A new bed or special examining table, built lower for a patient in a wheelchair, can make a big difference. A leadership gift that helps establish an endowment for a program can change outcomes for generations. Unrestricted gifts of any size allow us to respond where help is needed most. Many more people now survive devastating accidents and conditions. Leading rehabilitation in a global world means being ready for core challenges: providing the best care and blazing new trails. You and your fellow donors support Magee because we are change-makers in people’s lives and pacesetters for our complex, evolving field. The power of every gift you make is the same— it moves mountains and changes lives.
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L to R: Magee President and CEO Jack Carroll, Foundation Board President William Conrad and Chief Medical Officer Guy Fried, MD
People are living longer. That means Magee must serve more patients, and we must do more than return people to life. We must give them dignity and a meaningful, purposeful life. Our patients might not be doing the same things they did before but they will be doing things that matter .â€? Â- Jack Carroll, President and CEO
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Life Strength Support Believe Goals Leadership Hope Expertise Care Recovery Hero “Life can change in an instant because of an accident or stroke. But it’s never about that instant at Magee. It’s about what you do after that instant. If you work hard with their professionals, you’re going to leave Magee far better than when you came there. I know that as a patient. As a donor, I know even more. What I do in giving back to
Magee supports the future of so many patients. Give to Magee. Give to the future.”
-Jerry Segal, Magee patient, donor and Board member; founder, the Jerry Segal Classic
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