Pittsburgh Mercy
1200 Reedsdale Street
Pittsburgh,
PA
15233-2109
USA
Welcome to Stories of Hope, a virtual place where you’ll find stories of hope and recovery written by Pittsburgh Mercy colleagues, persons and families we serve, and invited guests. It’s also a place where you can learn more about how Pittsburgh Mercy is innovating, creating best practices, and redefining person-centered care. It’s our hope that these stories will help to educate, inform, and inspire you to live well in the community.
By Nathan Omasta, Child Partial Hospitalization Program On an August afternoon, Tom Shank, a milieu therapist within the Child Partial Hospital Program (C-PHP) at Reedsdale Center, was outside of the …
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By Terri Winaught Do you remember where you were and what you were doing on September 11, 2001? I do. I was working as an AmeriCorps HealthCorps volunteer at the …
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By Zandy Dudiak For many years, Pittsburgh Mercy operated a Child Diversion & Acute Stabilization (C-DAS) Program, a temporary residential stabilization and treatment program for children and adolescents experiencing an …
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Pittsburgh Mercy participated in the #ONEDAY Critical Needs Alert Campaign through the Pittsburgh Foundation on August 3. Pittsburgh Mercy Development sent postcards and e-blasts to donors and mentioned the drive …
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By Zandy Dudiak, Communications coordinator The justice system can end up being a “paper prison” for some individuals who carry the unpacked baggage of minor criminal records that can cause …
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By Zandy Dudiak, Communications coordinator Employers—from health care providers to trucking companies—are getting desperate for employees, according to a July 22 story on Axios.com. The website reports that, “The share …
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By Tina Harper, Administrative Assistant, Pittsburgh Mercy & McAuley Ministries McAuley Ministries, Pittsburgh Mercy’s grant-making foundation, presented the 2021 Sister Susan Welsh Good Neighbor Award to Ann Adams Simms of …
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By Zandy Dudiak, Communications coordinator Each fall, Pittsburgh Mercy Parish Nurse & Health Ministry Program offers the “Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course” to provide valuable education and resources to …
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When she developed diabetic comorbidities, Elizabeth Fisch’s mother began to write out a list of her medications, making it easier for the hospital to process her when she arrived for …
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By Zandy Dudiak, Communications coordinator The COVID-19 mitigation efforts hit most people hard. But it was particularly hard on individuals like Christine T., a Thornwood Community Living Arrangement (CLA) resident …
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