From India to Iowa; 'Missionaries in reverse' imported to bring geriatric care to rural area.(Special Feature)(St. Anthony Regional Hospital )

Modern Healthcare, December, 2004 by Finkel, Ed

Byline: Ed Finkel

St. Anthony Regional Hospital serves a rural area of about 60,000 people. But the 99-bed hospital and 79-bed nursing home-based in Carroll, Iowa-have cast a global net in their recruiting efforts for certified nursing assistants, who have proved difficult to recruit to St. Anthony's corner of the world. Inspired by and working in partnership with local pastor the Rev. Jim McCormick, the Catholic institution has brought in, trained and taught English to eight nuns from India and Africa, who have worked at St. Anthony for more than four years. Four of them recently left for two other Iowa facilities and will be replaced by new "missionaries in reverse.''

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