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Building Dreams, Shaping Futures: Community Celebrates

Grand Opening Of New Charter School, Bodwell Academy

The community celebrated innovation and learning at room, a nurses’ station,
the official grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony of a high school club room,
Bodwell Academy in Riviera Beach on Monday, Aug. 12. sensory rooms, a large
Bodwell Academy is The Arc of Palm Beach County’s open patio deck, a turf-
new, tuition-free charter school that provides education and covered courtyard, a state-
life care services to students ages 3 to 22 who have varied of-the-art playground, and
levels of intellectual and orthopedic disabilities. The school six individual classrooms
is a $2.5 million renovation and remodeling of The Arc’s for preschool, middle
Courim Center. school, and high school
After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, guests toured the students.
school to view its new features, including a media and library The Arc of Palm Beach
County is excited to begin Eliza (Bodwell Academy
a new era in education! student)

Frankie (Bodwell Academy student) Bodwell Academy on page 29

Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center Is

Nationally Recognized For Its Commitment

To Providing High-Quality Stroke Care

Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center has received the Gardens Medical Center for its commitment to caring for
American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines ® patients with stroke,” said Steven Messe, M.D., volunteer
– Stroke GoldPlus quality achievement award for its chairperson of the American Heart Association Stroke
commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most System of Care Advisory Group and professor of neurology
Teressa Holbrook, Debra Ricci, Margaret Pearson, Aaron appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, and director of fellowships of neurology at the Hospital
Menitoff, Julie Larson research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives of the University of Pennsylvania. “Participation in Get
saved and reduced disability. With The Guidelines is associated with improved patient
Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and a leading cause of outcomes, fewer readmissions and lower mortality rates – a
disability in the U.S. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel win for health care systems, families and communities.”
that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center also received the
blocked by a clot or bursts. When that happens, part of the American Heart Association’s Target: Stroke Honor Roll
SM
brain cannot get the blood and oxygen it needs, so brain Elite Plus award. To qualify for this recognition, hospitals
cells die. Early stroke detection and treatment are key to must meet specific criteria that reduce the time between
improving survival, minimizing disability and accelerating an eligible patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment
recovery times. with thrombolytic therapy.
Get With The Guidelines puts the expertise of the The hospital also received the American Heart
Bodwell Academy on page 28 American Heart Association and American Stroke Association’s Target: Type 2 Diabetes™ Honor Roll award.
Association to work for hospitals nationwide, helping Target: Type 2 Diabetes aims to ensure patients with Type
ensure patient care is aligned with the latest research- and 2 diabetes, who might be at higher risk for complications,
evidence-based guidelines. Get With The Guidelines – receive the most up-to-date, evidence-based care when
Stroke is an in-hospital program for improving stroke care hospitalized due to stroke.
Richard Bodwell, Pamela Payne, Kurt Gehring, Bairbre Flood by promoting consistent adherence to these guidelines, The hospital also met specific scientific guidelines as a
which can minimize the long-term effects of a stroke and Primary Stroke Center, featuring a broad system for rapid
even prevent death. diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients admitted to the
“Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center is committed to emergency department.
improving patient care by adhering to the latest treatment About Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center
guidelines,” said the hospital’s CEO, Erik Cazares. “Get Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center (PBGMC), part
With The Guidelines makes it easier for our teams to put of the Palm Beach Health Network, the largest health
proven knowledge and guidelines to work on a daily basis, care network in Palm Beach County, is a 199-bed acute
which studies show can help patients recover better. The end care hospital. It has served the Palm Beach County and
goal is to ensure more people in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast communities for over 50 years. The hospital
Treasure Coast can experience longer, healthier lives.” was the first in Palm Beach County to perform open-heart
Each year, program participants qualify for the award surgery and has remained on the forefront as one of the
by demonstrating how their organization has committed area’s leaders in cardiac care. PBGMC also offers award
to providing quality care for stroke patients. In addition to winning stroke care, neurosurgery, urology, orthopedics,
following treatment guidelines, Get With The Guidelines robot assisted and minimally invasive surgical techniques,
participants also educate patients to help them manage their bloodless medicine and a 24-hour emergency room. For
health and recovery at home. more information, visit: www.pbgmc.com.
Karen Bodwell, Joyce Kruger, Richard Bodwell, William “We are incredibly pleased to recognize Palm Beach
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Debra Ricci, Margaret Pearson, Kurt Gehring