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Benedictine president: Pandemic challenges linger in nursing homes
By LISA EISENHAUER
MINNEAPOLIS — Jerry Carley, president and chief executive of Minnesotabased Benedictine, says the challenges brought on by COVID-19 are far from over for skilled nursing care facilities and nursing homes, even as the national emergencies around the pandemic end.
Carley says regulatory demands and workforce pressures are putting the squeeze on a segment of health care that already was shrinking despite strong demand for its services. In an interview in mid-April with Catholic Health World and a brief followup conversation in early May, Carley talked
Trafficking victims get trauma-informed care at CommonSpirit clinics
By LISA EISENHAUER
One of the patients seen at the Human Trafficking Medical Safe Haven Program’s clinic at Dignity Health Medical Group — Northridge in suburban Los Angeles was a woman in her 60s who had been a captive domestic servant for 10 years and spoke no English. The woman had untreated diabetes that had created vision problems. She had a heart attack as those problems were being addressed.
She received outpatient care through the clinic and inpatient care at Dignity Health — Northridge Hospital Medical Center as she transitioned from victim to survivor and on to a new life through the collaboration of her care team, law enforcement and community-based organizations.
Dr. Pamela Davis, the physician group’s medical director and the designated champion of its safe haven clinic, says caring for patients who have endured the trauma of being trafficked and held captive is eye-opening for care providers.
about how Benedictine, which has more than 30 senior living communities in Minnesota, North Dakota, Iowa, Missouri and Illinois, is responding to the challenges. His comments have been edited for length and clarity.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced revised COVIDrelated guidelines for nursing homes that take effect when the public health emergency ends May 11. What will change for nursing homes?
The main change is that for the most part operationally what we knew pre-COVID
