Good afternoon supervisors, with the department of Public Health. As supervisor yee mentioned, ill share this presentation with department of aging and hospital counsel of northern and Southern California. So, Residential Care facilities for the elderly provide an important level of care in between adults who can live safely at home and adults who need 24 7 medical care. We know that the as people age, the majority of people want to remain in homes, in their homes which is referred to as aging in place. As adults age, they may require a range of services and supports called longterm care. So Residential Care facilities provide longterm care for people who can no longer live safely at home and for patients or persons who need 24 7 supervision but dont require 24 7 medical care. I want to take a second to define terms we commonly use when talking about longterm care. So longterm care is defined as a variety of services that help meet medical and non medical needs of people with chronic i
State because of the fact of the closure and our patients is our pride and our joy. Its not just a job. And what our concern is is that say like for you and i, its easy for us to get up and relocate and deal with new faces. With our clients its not like that. It can be devastating and can even lead into death possibility, which we pray not, but this is our concern. Our clients have very challenging behaviors that we understand and our first step or recourse is not to medicate. We know how to interact or defuse their behavior and not allow them to get hurt and protect them. Everything that is very, very difficult for a Family Member to do, you need a team like the irene swindel center. We hope the board can review the track record of the center, which we were one of the leading models of the residential facility in the northern california. We had other facilities sending their clients to us. When they came to us, there was a drastic improvement in ways there wasnt at the other facility.
Hi everyone on the board. Im one of the caregivers that has been at the irene swindel alzheimers unit since it opened and we have several coworkers here. We wanted to express to the board that the whole department right now is like in a mourning state because of the fact of the closure and our patients is our pride and our joy. Its not just a job. And what our concern is is that say like for you and i, its easy for us to get up and relocate and deal with new faces. With our clients its not like that. It can be devastating and can even lead into death possibility, which we pray not, but this is our concern. Our clients have very challenging behaviors that we understand and our first step or recourse is not to medicate. We know how to interact or defuse their behavior and not allow them to get hurt and protect them. Everything that is very, very difficult for a Family Member to do, you need a team like the irene swindel center. We hope the board can review the track record of the center,
Board that the whole department right now is like in a mourning state because of the fact of the closure and our patients is our pride and our joy. Its not just a job. And what our concern is is that say like for you and i, its easy for us to get up and relocate and deal with new faces. With our clients its not like that. It can be devastating and can even lead into death possibility, which we pray not, but this is our concern. Our clients have very challenging behaviors that we understand and our first step or recourse is not to medicate. We know how to interact or defuse their behavior and not allow them to get hurt and protect them. Everything that is very, very difficult for a Family Member to do, you need a team like the irene swindel center. We hope the board can review the track record of the center, which we were one of the leading models of the residential facility in the northern california. We had other facilities sending their clients to us. When they came to us, there was
Right now is like in a mourning state because of the fact of the closure and our patients is our pride and our joy. Its not just a job. And what our concern is is that say like for you and i, its easy for us to get up and relocate and deal with new faces. With our clients its not like that. It can be devastating and can even lead into death possibility, which we pray not, but this is our concern. Our clients have very challenging behaviors that we understand and our first step or recourse is not to medicate. We know how to interact or defuse their behavior and not allow them to get hurt and protect them. Everything that is very, very difficult for a Family Member to do, you need a team like the irene swindel center. We hope the board can review the track record of the center, which we were one of the leading models of the residential facility in the northern california. We had other facilities sending their clients to us. When they came to us, there was a drastic improvement in ways th