Saint Francis Hospital’s Healthy Village creates national social-services healthcare model

Saint Francis Hospital’s Healthy Village creates national social-services healthcare model 
DelawareLive, Wilmington, DE; by Jarek Rutz; 10/23/24 
Saint Francis Hospital hopes a new, unique initiative will be a national model for healthcare. As it celebrates 100 years of service, the hospital is expanding its community outreach to the Wilmington community by launching the Healthy Village at Saint Francis Hospital, which aims to deliver essential social services to those in need. Located in economically challenged neighborhoods, Healthy Villages are designed to enhance the traditional safety net hospital model. “The goal is to create the ultimate one-stop care setting that promotes synergy, diversity, and equity,” said Lillian Schonewolf, executive director of the Healthy Village at Saint Francis, in a YouTube video. 
Editor's note: See the article we posted yesterday about the importance of community, "Who gets access to a good death?"