Ana siyar da Al'ummar Pinecrest zuwa Sabis na Kiwon Lafiya na Allure

Daga Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford

Pinecrest Community, al'ummar masu ritaya da wurin kula da jinya a Dutsen Morris, Ill., An siyar da su ga Sabis na Kiwon Lafiyar Allure na riba. An kammala cinikin ne a ranar Juma’a, 2 ga Disamba.

Da fatan za a yi addu'a… Don al'ummar Pinecrest - ma'aikata, mazauna da danginsu, da sabon mallaka.

Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa ta kafa a 1893, Pinecrest wata al'umma ce ta wasu mazauna 150 a cikin matakan kulawa uku: rayuwa mai zaman kanta, kulawar jinya, da kula da ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya. Kusan 80 suna cikin kulawar jinya da kulawar ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya, tare da sauran a cikin rayuwa mai zaman kanta. Pinecrest yana da alaƙa da Ikklisiya ta Illinois da gundumar Wisconsin kuma ya kasance memba na Fellowship of Brethren Homes.

Wannan dangantakar coci ta ƙare.

“Hukumar Daraktoci da shugabannin Pinecrest sun yi baƙin ciki da asarar fiye da ɗari ɗari da suka yi da Cocin ’yan’uwa,” in ji wani sakin Pinecrest. “Tarihinmu mai kyau tare da Cocin ’yan’uwa an saka shi cikin kowace rana na hidimarmu ga mazauna Pinecrest da kuma babbar al’ummarmu. Wannan haɗin gwiwa zai zama babban tushe ga ma'aikata masu himma yayin da suke ci gaba da bauta wa mazauna tare da sabbin masu su. Muna godiya har abada ga Cocin ’Yan’uwa da membobinta na shekaru 129 na goyon bayan hidimar Pinecrest ga tsofaffi.”

Halin kuɗi mara dorewa

"Pinecrest tana asarar dala 150,000 ko fiye da haka a kowane wata a cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata, wanda ya sa mu kona ta hanyar tsabar kudi a wani matakin da ya sanar da hukumar da gudanarwa game da bukatar daukar mataki," in ji Ferol Labash, Shugaba na Pinecrest.

Ƙananan kuɗin biyan kuɗin Medicaid a cikin Illinois yana kan abubuwan da ke haifar da yanayin kuɗi mara ɗorewa na Pinecrest. Sun "kasa iya biyan kuɗin kulawa ga mazauna Pinecrest shekaru da yawa," a cewar sanarwar.

"Mayar da kuɗin Medicaid shine tushen farko na biyan kuɗi ga yawancin mutane, kashi 57 a cikin Illinois, waɗanda ke zaune a gidajen kulawa na dogon lokaci," in ji Labash. Koyaya, biyan kuɗin Medicaid na jihar don kula da gida ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin mafi ƙasƙanci a cikin al'umma da Illinois “a tarihi ya ɗauki watanni don amincewa da masu nema, wani lokacin idan dai shekara ɗaya ko sama da haka, kuma yawanci ana biyan watanni a bashi. A lokuta da yawa jihar na bin bashin watanni uku zuwa shida na biya kuma a wasu lokuta takan fadi zuwa watanni takwas a biya.

A Pinecrest, “Mayar da kuɗin Medicaid bai kai rabin kuɗin ba da kulawa ga mazauna. Bambance-bambancen da aka samu na maidowa da farashin kulawa ya kasance ta hanyar biyan kuɗi na sirri, sauran wuraren aiki, da kuma gudummawar,” in ji Labash.

Lokacin da COVID-19 ya buge, yanayin kuɗi da ya riga ya yi wahala ya tabarbare. An ƙara kashe kuɗi don kayan aikin PPE, gwajin COVID, kayan tsaftacewa, kawar da sharar likita, da biyan haɗari.

"Asara da aka samu sakamakon tsarin Medicaid bai bar tabo ba don taimakawa Pinecrest ta kalubalen kudi na annobar," in ji Labash. "Kudaden shiga ya ragu sosai a cikin shekarar farko ta barkewar cutar yayin da aka dakatar da shigar da kara a cikin gidan kulawa da kula da ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya kuma mutane sun yi shakkar ƙaura zuwa rayuwa mai zaman kanta."

A cikin shekarar farko ta barkewar cutar, tallafin gwamnati ya taimaka wa Pinecrest ya tashi. Koyaya, ƙarin kashe kuɗi daga cutar ta ci gaba amma tallafin gwamnati bai yi ba.

Sannan kuma an samu karancin ma’aikata.

A cikin wurin kula da jinya, ƙarancin ma'aikata yana haifar da ƙarancin ƙidayar mazauna. Lokacin da babu isassun ma'aikata don ba da kulawa ga mazauna, gadaje da suka zama ba za a iya cika su ba, kuma ba za a iya karɓar aikace-aikacen sabbin mazauna ba. Al'umma sun yi asarar ƙarin kudaden shiga.

"A tarihi, Pinecrest yana daukar ma'aikata kusan 185," in ji Labash. “A halin yanzu muna daukar ma’aikata 155. Hayar abinci, ma’aikatan jinya, da CNA sun zama kusan ba zai yiwu ba a cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata. Pinecrest ba zai iya yin gasa da albashin da hukumomin ma'aikata ke bayarwa ba. Muna da ma'aikatan jinya 11 kasa da yadda muke da su yayin aikin yau da kullun, kuma gudanarwar ta cika canje-canje a cikin abinci na tsawon watanni."

Shawara mai wahala

Da zarar an tabbatar cewa yanayin kuɗi ba shi da dorewa, kwamitin Pinecrest ya fuskanci yanke shawara mai wahala: ko rufe wurin, tilasta wa mazauna wurin neman wasu wuraren zama, ko neman mai siye wanda zai kula da wurin kuma ya ci gaba da ba da kulawa ga mazauna wurin. .

Hukumar da gudanarwa sun fara aikin neman abokin tarayya kimanin shekara daya da rabi da ta wuce, in ji Labash. “Da farko, an gudanar da haɗin gwiwa tare da wata ƙungiya ta bangaskiya, wacce ba ta riba ba. Kungiyar ta yi bincike amma a karshe ta yanke shawarar cewa alaka tana da matukar hadari ga ayyukanta na yanzu."

Sun juya zuwa Ziegler, bankin saka hannun jari wanda ya ƙware a fannin kiwon lafiya da manyan al'ummomin rayuwa. "Ziegler ya yi ƙoƙarin nemo abokin tarayya mara riba ga Pinecrest," in ji Labash. “Abin takaici, saboda yanayin kasuwa, ƙungiyoyin da ba su da riba ba su cikin yanayin saye. Ziegler sannan ya juya zuwa ga zaɓin gungun masu mallakar riba/masu gudanarwa waɗanda ke da kyakkyawan suna don kulawa a ɓangaren riba na kasuwanci. Hudu daga cikin waɗannan kamfanoni sun zagaya da Pinecrest kuma an karɓi tayin daga biyu. ”

Dukansu kamfanonin da suka ba da tayin an tantance su ta hanyar kwamitin Pinecrest da gudanarwa ta hanyar gabatarwa da tambayoyi, bincike tare da Medicare, tuntuɓar mutanen da ke da gogewa tare da su, da ziyartar wuraren da suka mallaka.

A cikin zabar mai siye, hukumar ta tsara abubuwan da suka fi dacewa "na kiyaye al'ummar da suka yi ritaya a Mt. Morris, suna girmama alƙawarin samar da kulawa mai kyau da kuma cika alkawurran kuɗin kuɗi ga mazauna Pinecrest, samar da ci gaba da aiki ga ma'aikata da kuma biyan wajibai ga masu sayarwa," in ji shi. sakin.

An zaɓi Sabis na Kiwon Lafiya na Allure saboda "ƙaddamar da kyakkyawar kulawa ga mazaunanta da kuma samar da yanayin iyali tsakanin ma'aikatanta," in ji sanarwar. Kamfanin yana ƴan shekaru kaɗan, kuma ya riga ya mallaki wasu wurare tara a cikin Illinois ban da Pinecrest.

"Ba za mu sami riba daga siyar da gidan ba," in ji Labash. “Wannan siyar da kadara ce kuma Pinecrest za ta dauki nauyin biyan bashin banki, ko bashi, tare da abin da aka samu; biyan sabon mai shi don ɗimbin hutu, lokacin rashin lafiya, da sauransu, don ma'aikata don kada fa'idodin ba su rasa; ba da izini ga mai siye don kula da jinkiri; kuma a ƙarshe saduwa da wajibai masu sayarwa. Idan akwai sauran ci gaba, dokokin sun ce a ba da hakan ga Cocin ’yan’uwa.”

Bakin ciki asara

Labash ya ce: "Muna baƙin cikin rashin haɗin gwiwa na Cocinmu na 'yan'uwa." "Ko da yake ba za a iya haɗa mu da coci a hukumance ba, yawancin mu mabiyan Kristi ne kuma za mu ci gaba da hidimarsa yayin da muke kula da mazaunanmu."

Pinecrest ya ci gaba da kasancewa tare da Illinois da gundumar Wisconsin ta hanyar membobin kwamitin. Kafin siyar, dokokin Pinecrest sun buƙaci yawancin kwamitinta su zama membobin coci, kuma taron gunduma ya amince da nadin nasu.

Sai dai gundumar ba ta mallaki gidan ba. Mallakar al'ummomin da suka yi ritaya sau da yawa ana raba su da cocin "domin kare darikar daga alhaki na kudi da ya shafi ayyukan al'ummar da suka yi ritaya," in ji Labash.

Akwai tabbacin baki daga Allure cewa limamin cocin Rodney Caldwell, wanda kuma limamin cocin Mount Morris Church of the Brothers, zai ci gaba da zama limamin coci, a cikin tabbacin cewa yawancin ma'aikata za a ci gaba da aiki. Tuni, an kawo karshen wasu mukamai, kuma ana sa ran za a mayar da wasu zuwa wasu ayyuka a cikin kungiyar," in ji ta. "A wannan lokacin, Allure da alama ya himmatu don rage asarar aiki gwargwadon yiwuwa.

"Wani abin da ke da kyau a gare ni shi ne ci gaba da ainihin manufar Pinecrest na kula da matalauta," in ji Labash. Akwai tabbacin cewa mai riba zai iya ci gaba da kula da mazauna kan Medicaid.

Yana da rashin fahimta cewa Medicaid ya fi fa'ida ga riba fiye da wanda ba riba ba, amma Labash ya bayyana cewa riba yana da albarkatun da za su cika gadaje tare da mazauna Medicaid. A cikin sabunta shirinta na kwanan nan na jihar, Illinois ta ƙirƙiri masu canji waɗanda ke nufin kowace rana, biyan kuɗin Medicaid na kowane mazaunin ya bambanta yadu don wurare daban-daban. Ƙungiyoyin da ba su da riba suna cikin babban hasara saboda ba su da albarkatun da za su yi hayar ma'aikata da kuma tsara tsarin da ake bukata don yin jadawalin da ake bukata. "Pinecrest ba ta da ma'aikatan da za su tsara duk abin da ke ɗaukar duk takardun Medicaid da aka biya ku," in ji Labash. Allure, a matsayin kamfani mai riba tare da ƙarin albarkatu, za su sami damar samun ƙarin ƙarin kuɗin Medicaid.

"Tsarin karya ne da gaske," in ji Labash, kuma tana fargabar hakan zai tilasta wa wasu wuraren da ba su riba ba don sayarwa ko rufewa. "Karimcin masu ba da gudummawa ya sa mu ci gaba," in ji ta. "Shekaru da yawa, Pinecrest ya tsira akan masu ba da gudummawa."

Menene zai faru da Pinecrest's Good Samaritan Fund, da sauran gudummawar? Labash ya ruwaito cewa yanayin kudi ya kasance kamar yadda aka yi amfani da duk gudummawar gaggawa don kulawa da mazauna. The Good Samaritan Fund ba a gudanar da daban-daban daga cikin kasafin kudin aiki.

Pinecrest ya kasance ma'aikatar.

“Lokaci ne na motsin rai. Wannan hidima ce a gare ni,” in ji Labash. “Yana da ban tausayi rasa hakan. Zabi ne mai wahala. Ba mu so mu ga babu kowa gini tare da mazaunanmu ba tare da wurin zuwa ba. Amma matakin kulawa zai ci gaba saboda kungiya daya ce za ta yi aiki a nan."

- Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford darekta ce na Sabis na Labarai na Cocin ’yan’uwa.

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