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Re-Inventing Aging

Support Aging Services in the 2020-21 May Budget Revision

Save the Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center from budget cuts! Oppose elimination of the Community-Based Adult Services (CBAS) program and the Multi-Purpose Senior Services Program (MSSP).

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Watch videos about Avenidas Village, the Rose Kleiner Center, and from our senior living conferences. Be sure to check out our YouTube and Vimeo channels.

CBAS Programs and COVID-19

This video was produced in response to Governor Newsom’s proposed budget cuts, which would take away funding for Adult Day Health Services/­Community Based Adult Services (meaning Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center) unless the federal government provides relief funding to California to restore them.

You may notice a few familiar faces.

Video Transcript

We need your help now, more than ever.

In the 1970s, nursing home placement was on the rise, while wrongful deaths and frightening stories highlighted on nightly news exposed problems.

Adult Day Health Care was born as an alternative to nursing home placement. California led the way.

Adult Day Health Care (ADHC), also known as Community-Based Adult Services (CBAS), are Department of Public Health licensed and Medi-Cal certified programs.

They treat the health and psycho-social needs of adults with chronic conditions in a safe day-program setting.

On April 3, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom delivered his daily COVID-19 briefing, calling seniors a top priority as the most vulnerable Californians.

He specifically mentioned working with Adult Day Health Care facilities to protect this population from the effects of COVID-19.

The issues that are our top focus in addition to homelessness—today we continue to also focus with acuity on what’s happening in our skilled nursing facilities, what’s happening with our senior centers and our adult care daycare facilities throughout the state of California. We said at the beginning of this epidemic that homelessness and our seniors were our top priorities. They remain so, and that’s where so much of our energy and focus resides, and appropriately so, because of the vulnerabilities within those populations within those communities.

California Governor Gavin Newsom, April 3, 2020

The governor’s recognition of the essential role that Adult Day Health Care plays inspired each of us.

Nurses, social workers, and other healthcare staff from 260 centers across California answered the governor’s call to action.

Center staff quickly worked in unprecedented partnership with the Newsom Administration to transform CBAS into an alternative home-based program to keep these most vulnerable seniors safely sheltering in place.

CBAS programs have provided over 36,000 COVID-19 screenings and psycho-social health assessments each week to frail elders and their families.

Our essential team members delivered meals and activities, coordinated medical care, conducted health screenings, and much more, to keep people safe at home.

Now, the impact of COVID-19 on the state budget threatens to undo 40 years of progress…

On May 14, 2020, the governor proposed to permanently eliminate this essential service unless federal relief funds are provided to California.

Governor Newsom’s budget delivered a grim message.

36,000 of our most vulnerable, chronically ill senior lives will be used to balance the budget.

If the legislature does not act NOW to reject the May budget revision, eliminating CBAS will leave 36,000 vulnerable seniors in grave danger.

Will you let this happen to your mother or father? Husband or wife? Grandparents? Neighbor? Friend?

We need a solution to our budget issues, but sacrificing senior lives to balance the budget is not the answer Californians want.

Poster: We Need Our CBAS Centers. #isthisthemasterplanforaging? #CBASisessential

Here is how you can help!

Contact your State Assembly Members and Senators. Tell them that eliminating ADHC/CBAS will be devastating.

http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov

Share this video. Tag the governor (@gavinnewsom). Email the governor (gavin.newsom@gov.ca.gov).

This message has been endorsed by CAADS, Alliance for Leadership & Education, NADSA, County of Yolo, Choice in Aging, Family Bridges, Inc., Alzheimer’s Orange County, OC Adult Day Services Coalition, Neighborhood House Association, Easterseals, and Collabria Care.

Help Save Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center

Tell Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature why CBAS is essential to your family and the state’s economic recovery.

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Preparations for Post COVID-19 and the Possibility of a Second Wave (Video)

Avenidas presents the 5th Town Hall Zoom Meeting: “Preparations for Post COVID-19 and the Possibility of a Second Wave”

Presented by Dr. Mehrdad Ayati, Director, Geriatric Care Center.

Event moderated by Emily Farber, MSW, Director Social Services, Rose Kleiner Adult Day Health Center.

Dr. Ayati addresses questions such as

  • If the risk of COVID-19 is always there, and someone can get it a 2nd time, then should high risk people (old, with co-morbidities including COPD, asthma, etc.) continue to protect themselves once shelter-in-place has been lifted? Do such high-risk people need to follow precautions, including masks, the rest of their lives?!
  • How many cases have been treated at Stanford? How many are presently in EU at Stanford and what is the capacity?
  • What will post “shelter in place” look like and what are we to expect as seniors?
  • What about the new home tests? Are they reliable?

Covid-19 Challenge at Skilled Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities (Video)

Avenidas presents the 4th Town Hall Zoom Meeting: “Covid-19 Challenge at Skilled Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities”

Featuring a special greeting from Joe Simitian, President, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.

Presented by Dr. Mehrdad Ayati, Director, Geriatric Care Center and Dr. Marina Martin, Section Chief, Stanford Geriatric Medicine.

Drs. Ayati and Martin were quoted in the April 16th, 2020 San Jose Mercury News article “How Covid-19 Exploded From the Chaos Within Nursing Homes.”

Moderated by Emily Farber, MSW, Director Social Services, Rose Kleiner Adult Day Health Center.

Conditions in some of our care facilities are resulting in a potential bottleneck of hospitalized seniors who no longer need hospital care and require a safe discharge plan as well as causing significant stress for family caregivers who are not allowed to visit their loved ones.

How to Navigate End of Life Care Conversations During the Pandemic (Video)

Video from the April 15 Avenidas Town Hall, featuring Dr. Ellen Brown, Elder Care Consultant, Former Medical Director of Pathways Hospice Home Care, with updates from Dr. Mehrdad Ayati, Director, Geriatric Care Center.

Moderated by Emily Farber, MSW, Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center.

It’s never easy to have “What do I do when…” conversations, but it’s important that every person has their wishes for end-of-life care understood and respected. We’ll talk about ways to get the conversation started and how to keep the focus on values especially during a pandemic when anxieties are already high, as well as how to manage the emotional challenges that may surface. This information is important for elders, caregivers, our staff and area providers.

Sponsored by Avenidas Care Partners and Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center.

Coping Strategies for Self-Care During the Coronavirus Crisis (Video)

Geriatric psychiatrist Dr. Grace Nadolny presents strategies for managing stress, anxiety, depression, dementia care giving, and difficult treatment decisions while sheltering in residence.

Presented on Zoom April 8th, 2020. Sponsored by Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center and Avenidas Care Partners. Moderated by Emily Farber, MSW, Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center.