The Closure of Eugene’s Hospital: Now What?
Time: Noon to 1:15 pm
Venue: Maple Room at Inn at the Fifth
205 E Sixth
Eugene, Oregon
97401
Enter the Maple Room at Inn at the 5th near the north stairs to 5th Avenue. Details at https://cityclubofeugene.org/see-you-at-our-new-meeting-space/. An optional lunch from Provisions may be purchased; please, no outside food. Park in the lot north of the railroad tracks on High or park west of Market Square on 5th.
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Topic:
PeaceHealth executives are leaving Eugene without an emergency department. Closing our only hospital will mean worse care, longer waits, and slower emergency responses for nearly 200,000 people. PeaceHealth’s decision is a clear and present danger to the entire Eugene community—particularly our most vulnerable residents. Though PeaceHealth has declined to participate in this program, we’ll learn more about how the closure will affect the unhoused community (ie. transportation to/from services, Springfield laws, ER/after-hours care access, etc). We’ll also hear about resources in Lane County that can help cover the gaps in this transition.
Speakers
Title: Senior Director of Housing Services
Organization: ShelterCare
Website: https://sheltercare.org/our-team/#jp-carousel-17131
Biography:
Dana Petersen-Crabb has been with ShelterCare, and in the Eugene/Springfield community, for 14 years. She is an experienced program manager with a demonstrated history of working in the mental health care industry. She has experience in crisis intervention, people management, employee training, and supported housing programs.
Dana oversees the case managers who make sure our program participants have the best support system possible so they can reach their greatest level of independence and housing stability.
Title: Oregon Nurses Association
Organization: Retired
Website:
Biography:
Lynda Pond (ADN,RN) is a semi-retired bedside nurse currently working in a clinic setting. Prior to Lynda’s retirement, she served multiple terms on ONA’s statewide board of directors and as a local ONA leader at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center for over 20 years. In her work at Sacred Heart, she served as ONA chair of the professional nursing practice committee, co-chair of the first staffing committee in Oregon, and as a member of various local and statewide governing bodies. As ONA president, she championed a robust diversity, equity and inclusion agenda while prioritizing organizational growth and member activism.
Lynda was a key leader in passing and implementing Oregon’s original safe hospital staffing legislation and remains a strong advocate for safe staffing in hospitals across Oregon.
Title: Medical StudInterim Managing Director & Healthcare Workforce Development Program Manager/Medical School Student
Organization: NAACP
Website:
Biography:
Jocelyn Wensel is a rising 3rd year medical student passionate about equitable, culturally competent trauma-informed functional medicine, improving primary care/public health policies and the use of psychedelics in the mental health space. She has birth doula training, death doula training, is a Reiki Level 2 practitioner, 500-hour YTT, YouthSAVE, MHFA and QPR training as well as peer wellness specialist training through Cascadia Health.
She is passionate about neurodivergence and disability advocacy in academic and clinical medicine as someone living with ADHD/ADD and depression herself.
