hello, dennis. tommy. come on in, boys. oh, martha, let s not spoil everything. don t be silly, george. boys, i d like to have you meet mr. wilson s sister, mrs. forbes. hi, mrs. forbes. i m dennis mitchell, mr. wilson s best friend. you are not. i m tommy anderson. well, it s nice meeting you both. well, all right, boys. now, come on. let s run along. say, do you have any children? well, in a way, i used to have 30 of them. 30? boy, i sure do wish i could live in your neighborhood. what i really meant was i was a schoolteacher. i taught history. all right, boys. now, my sister s come a long way to see me did you bring him anything? as a matter of fact, i did. oh, sis, you shouldn t have. sure, she should. what d you bring him? well, if you ll get me my little suitcase, i ll show you. sis, try not to get involved with that dennis. he could spoil your entire visit. oh, george, he could not. dennis is a sweet little boy. in a way, he reminds me of george when george was that a
the growing issue of dementia care. assisted living expenses cost twice as much as community care, nursing home and hospitals cost are five times as much. here are some facts specific to our city. san francisco is a large number of older adults with no loved one living nearby. 40% have no relatives in the area. in 2008 there were 17,000 people 55 years and older with alzheimer s disease in san francisco. in 2015 there are 20,000. that is a 10% increase. if we take it out to 2030, there s going to be a 54% increase. so, taking into account the demographics of older adults living longer and the percentage of oldest old having cognitive decline, doss case managers will play an increasingly essential role of the older san franciscans remaining in the community. increasing the doss case management is cost-effective and fiscally responsible thing to do to beat the current and growing needs. now is the time to encourage effective innovation of case management services not to continu
[speaker not understood] could not be here. they are very far, living at home by themselves, and i m the person who really go and, you know, be with them and sit next to their bedside, listen to their stories and try to help them the best i can. however, you know, due to the current funding, that s impossible for me to really kind of step up the services i want to do because it s just not possible. i m like one person. i m the only person in the program, so, we try to request for additional $500,000 to the department of adult aging services so that we can perhaps hire and we re able to provide more services to these adults. [speaker not understood]. she said [speaker not understood] the case manager, it s going to be really helpful to the seniors. thank you. thank you. next speaker, please. good morning, and thank you for this opportunity to address you. my name is jeff jones. i m the development director of career cultural center. and i m not here like everyone else to
to their bedside, listen to their stories and try to help them the best i can. however, you know, due to the current funding, that s impossible for me to really kind of step up the services i want to do because it s just not possible. i m like one person. i m the only person in the program, so, we try to request for additional $500,000 to the department of adult aging services so that we can perhaps hire and we re able to provide more services to these adults. [speaker not understood]. she said [speaker not understood] the case manager, it s going to be really helpful to the seniors. thank you. thank you. next speaker, please. good morning, and thank you for this opportunity to address you. my name is jeff jones. i m the development director of career cultural center. and i m not here like everyone else to urge that there be more money poured into various programs. instead, i m really here to urge you to consider how you invest the money you re spending. the demographic
so, thank you. and, so, i m going to speak, breakaway. i m the case manager for [speaker not understood] department of adult and aging services. unfortunately, a lot of times [speaker not understood] could not be here. they are very far, living at home by themselves, and i m the person who really go and, you know, be with them and sit next to their bedside, listen to their stories and try to help them the best i can. however, you know, due to the current funding, that s impossible for me to really kind of step up the services i want to do because it s just not possible. i m like one person. i m the only person in the program, so, we try to request for additional $500,000 to the department of adult aging services so that we can perhaps hire and we re able to provide more services to these adults. [speaker not understood]. she said [speaker not understood] the case manager, it s going to be really helpful to the seniors. thank you. thank you. next speaker, please. good