‘Love thy neighbour’

Published on April 21, 2023

Sister Jennifer Berridge loves her ministry helping vulnerable people in West Virginia transition from the hospital to home. Her new Catholic Charities program at West Virginia University of Medicine Wheeling Hospital has been so successful in reducing hospital readmissions, that she is helping to launch similar initiatives at two hospitals in Huntington, WV. In the fall of 2020, Beth Zarate, CEO of Catholic Charities of West Virginia, announced receipt of a grant from Catholic Charities USA to fund a Hospital Transition Program to improve health outcomes for West Virginians focusing on chronic disease management, home safety, nutrition, support networks, and food security. Sister Jennifer joined the Catholic Charities team as a case manager in January 2021, and the new program officially launched at Wheeling Hospital on 1 March, 2021.

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