Philadelphia (July 2003) – The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF) has awarded Magee Rehabilitation Hospital a $16,000 Quality of Life Grant. CRPF grants are awarded to organizations nationwide that improve opportunities, access, and day-to-day quality of life for families and individuals living with disabilities. The grants, awarded twice yearly, recognize programs that enable people with disabilities to live independent and active lives.

 “The Quality of Life program funds organizations that provide assistance to people living with disabilities that make an immediate and substantive difference in their lives,” said Dana Reeve, Chair, Quality of Life Committee. “These programs help to make life easier, more productive and more enjoyable for children and adults with spinal cord injuries and other diseases and conditions that result in paralysis.”

The award to Magee is for the Hospital’s Nutrition Clinic for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). This program is offered to current and former Magee patients. This clinic will provide: (1) nutritional assessment and diet teaching by a registered dietitian, (2) appropriate nutritional supplements as defined by a personal nutritional assessment, and (3) follow up nutrition education to promote health maintenance for newly injured SCI patients.