For media inquiries, please contact our
Development Department by calling 920.338.1111 or 800.990.9249.
Unity's Green Bay-area campus is located on 34 acres in the town of Ledgeview
at 2366 Oak Ridge Circle; De Pere, WI 54115. Satellite offices are
located in Marinette, Shawano and Sturgeon Bay.
Locally-owned by Bellin Health, St. Mary's and St.
Vincent Hospitals and operates as a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
First hospice in the state and the largest hospice program in Northeast
Wisconsin, since beginning in 1977.
Serve twelve counties in Northeast Wisconsin: Brown, Calumet, Door, Forest,
Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano and
Waupaca.
Services provided:
Hospice. Comfort
care for people with a six-month or less prognosis who are
no longer receiving curative treatment.
Residential Hospice. The Jack and
Engrid Meng Residence offers residential hospice care to people who are in the
final days of life and no longer able to remain in their home.
Palliative.
Comfort care for people with a greater than six-month
prognosis who may be receiving curative treatment.
Bereavement. Grief
support services provided to children and adults through
individual and group counseling, special programs,
newsletters and other mailings.
Care for an average 675 patients
per day on hospice and palliative programs and 4,600 family
members through bereavement services.
In 2009, Unity cared for a total of 1,977 hospice and palliative patients.
An additional 6,888 people participated in Unity’s bereavement program for the
same period. 66% of Unity’s patient days took place in a private home with
33% in a facility (nursing home or assisted living facility).
Unity's Jack and Engrid Meng Residence, the first hospice residence in
Northeast Wisconsin, opened July 2007. The Residence offers end-of-life
care to patients who are within the last few weeks of life. In 2009, the
Residence served 115 patients. Two rooms are designated for patients in
need of community support.
Residence features include:
12 private, fully-furnished rooms each
with bathroom and shower, TV/DVD, telephone, linens and towels, and individual
temperature controls for heating and cooling
Full kitchen, living room and two family
rooms, including a special children's area, available to patients and guests
Large patio, ponds, gardens and walking
path
Handicap-accessible building and campus
Gardens are being developed at Unity's campus. Funds raised will help
support the care of underinsured and uninsured patients.
For more information, please call Unity at 920.338.1111 or
toll-free at
800.990.9249, or visit our website:
www.unityhospice.org.
