$200,000 in funding ...Kemper Foundation grant to support two Cox programs

Cox Health Systems and the Cox Healthcare Foundation have announced a $200,000 multi-year grant from Commerce Bank and the William T. Kemper Foundation.

The grant will support Cox Health Systems' new Cardiac Support Center and new Senior Health Center at Cox South.

A release from Cox said the Cox Senior Health Center is staffed by health care providers specially trained to work with senior patients.

"An increased need for the type of services a senior health clinic provides, especially in southern Springfield, told us this was the right thing to do," said Larry D. Wallis, president and CEO of Cox Health Systems.

The center includes such features as diffused lighting, longer office visits, larger-print forms and furniture designed for disabilities. The new center complements an existing Senior Health Center at Cox North.

The Cardiac Support Center is a program to provide an integrated system of education, exercise and infusion therapy to patients diagnosed with congestive heart failure.

"The Cardiac Support Center at Cox will allow patients with (congestive heart failure) and their physicians to work together to improve the patient's overall quality of life," Wallis said.

"Our mission is to create a healthier community, said Chris Tulumello, president of the Cox Healthcare Foundation. "Partners like Commerce Bank ... make it easier for us to do that.

The William T. Kemper Foundation was created in 1989 and supports visual and performing arts, education, health care and human services in Missouri, Kansas and western Illinois. Commerce Bank serves as trustee for the foundation.

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