P-3218

The Human Impact of COVID 19

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Financing

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History Logs

Project Description

Country: USA

Location: Kalispell

Total Budget: $4,927

Areas of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment, Community economic development

Activity Type: Health: Disease

Summary: Provide iPads to Kalispell Regional Healthcare so hospitalized patients who can not have visitors due to COVID 19 restrictions can see the faces and hear the voices of their loved ones.


During the COVID 19 pandemic, patients at most hospitals in the USA are permitted no visitors for their own as well as community safety. Patients that are seriously ill and even dying are therefore alone. Kalispell Regional Healthcare (KRH) is currently using iPads for patients who want to Facetime with family members. However, they only have two for the entire Brendan House nursing facility (a 110 bed facility), and one for the COVID isolation ICU which is also used for nurse/doctor conversations. No devices are currently available for inpatient hospice.

More iPads are urgently needed for patients to visit with families, including last visits as videos if appropriate, instead of just by phone or not at all. These devices would be used for the patient populations indicated above at KRH, Kalispell MT.

Funds will purchase 13 devices dedicated to patient and family communication. All technical support will be provided by the KRH Information Technology Department who have alerted us to this need and requested these devices.

District grant will provide $2500, Rotary Club of Kalispell Daybreak will match with $2500.

Club member involvement will be minimal due to social distancing during COVID and by the nature of this request. The need is urgent and immediate and we hope to deliver the funds to purchase these devices immediately so they may be put into service.

These devices will be used for this purpose as long as the COVID visitor restrictions remain in effect. Afterwards, they will either continue to be used for hospitalized patients to visit with out of town loved ones, or for hospice patients to hear "goodbyes." Alternately some devices may be re-deployed to allow patients to participate in telehealth visits and virtual house calls from their home and alleviate some of the burden of traveling to the hospital or clinic for all medical visits.

We are submitting this grant under the exception: "Districts can use district grant funds to support local activities, like purchasing thermometers, protective medical gear, or other items to donate to medical professionals who need them. Districts can also use contingency funds from an open district grant or repurpose previously planned activities as a COVID-19 response. As districts prepare to submit new district grant applications for 2020-21, we encourage you to designate funds for COVID-19 responses. As a one-time exception, the Foundation will allow expenses related to COVID-19 that were incurred since 15 March 2020 to be reimbursed through 2020-21 district grants."

Project Contact Person

District: 5390

Rotary Club of: Kalispell Daybreak

Primary Contact: Melissa Hulvat

Email: mhulvat@gmail.com

Project Status

Dropped
This project has been "Dropped". Check the history log entries to see why it was dropped.

Project listed for the 2020-21 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Kalispell Daybreak (5390)

6-Apr-20

$2,500

$2,427

$4,927

Total

$2,500

$2,427

$4,927

Project Supporting Documents


[8-Apr-20]
budget


[8-Apr-20]
Invoice


[16-Nov-20]
proof of matching funds


[16-Nov-20]
proof of matching funds

Project Photos

History Log Entries

6-Apr-20

System Entry

System Entry: Creation of project page.

8-Apr-20

by Melissa Hulvat

Devices order 4/7/2020

8-Apr-20

by Melissa Hulvat

System Entry: Project reverted to "Published".

8-Apr-20

by Melissa Hulvat

System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".

8-Apr-20

by Melissa Hulvat

System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.

8-Apr-20

by Melissa Hulvat

System Entry: Project signed by Melissa Hulvat.

8-Apr-20

by Melissa Hulvat

System Entry: Project signed by Melissa Hulvat.

8-Apr-20

by Sue Carstens

System Entry: Project reverted to "Submitted" - Jane Karas added to the list of signatories.

8-Apr-20

System Entry

System Entry: Project signed by Jane Karas.

16-Jun-20

by Melissa Hulvat

Project complete

13-Jul-20

by Brian T Furey

System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.

16-Jan-21

by Sue Carstens

System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.

2-Aug-21

by Melissa Hulvat

project was completed the same day it started as it was a once day discrete event. thank you

2-Aug-21

by Melissa Hulvat

addendum to final report.

The day the ipads were delivered (which is therefore the only day of the project) was 4/23/2020.

cost breakdown exactly was

Personalized 10.2-inch iPad Wi-Fi 32GB - Space Gray

PW742LL/A 13 devices at $316.00

OtterBox Symmetry Series Case for iPad (7th generation)

HNKU2ZM/A 13 items at $63.00

2-Aug-21

by Melissa Hulvat

System Entry: Final Report signed by Melissa Hulvat.

2-Aug-21

by Melissa Hulvat

System Entry: Final Report signed by Melissa Hulvat.

7-Dec-21

by Michael Mayott

System Entry: Project dropped by Michael Mayott.

Reason for dropping: Moved to ClubRunner

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