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Please consider making a year-end gift to the Community Living Campaign HERE.
Studies show that giving is good for your health.
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 VICTORY!!!
California Adult Day Health Care Lives to Fight Another Day
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Moli Steinert, SteppingStone ADHC, testifies at City Hall |
Strong leadership by the San Francisco Day Services Network, the ADHC Centers staff and participants, and supporters resulted in two important victories in November.
First, Mayor Lee and the Board of Supervisors approved $3.4 million to keep the doors of the City ADHC centers open to allow time for transition.
Then ADHC won in court!
Lydia Missaelides, Executive Director of the California Association of Adult Day Services (CAADS) summarized the collective feeling as "immense relief" and "joy" with this major settlement...
"Throughout this entire year, 35,000 low-income, medically needy patients and their families have endured incredible stress and lived in fear that they would no longer be able to access care at their local Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) center.
To know that these patients' legal rights have been preserved is a huge comfort to us and to tens of thousands of Californians throughout the state. This decision means those in the care of our centers will be able to stay at home and in their communities and receive necessary medical and therapeutic services without interruption. We are grateful that the nearly 300 ADHC centers statewide have been given a reprieve to stay open past the planned December 1 closure, resulting in 7,000 jobs being saved and vendors being spared further cuts to their local businesses.
This settlement makes it clear that the services provided by center-based adult day health programs are irreplaceable in preventing or reducing use of higher-cost institutional services such as nursing homes and hospital emergency rooms, and honors patient dignity and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
We are looking forward to collaborating with the State as we move forward in this transition. We see many challenges ahead as the details of implementation of the settlement are finalized and put in place. We are committed to working in partnership with the state and DRC to make this settlement agreement a success for all parties.
We wish to express our deep appreciation to Disability Rights California and their co-counsel National Senior Citizens Law Center, National Health Law Program, AARP Foundation Litigation, and Morrison & Foerster, LLP for defending the rights of Adult Day Health Care patients and their working families, and to preserve the model of Adult Day Health Care and the valuable safety net it provides."
The fight continues.
But for today,
Celebrate!!!
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ALERT - ALERT - ALERT -
All Hands on Deck!!!!
Urgent Alert to Protect
In-Home Support Services (IHSS) Consumers!!!
If you (or someone you know) receives IHSS, those service hours may be cut by 20% if the California "trigger cuts" go into effect.
Here is what you can do, but you must do it before December 31:
- You may get a Notice in the mail that your IHSS hours will be cut by 20%. If you get a Notice, you can ask to have those hours given back by filling out the Supplemental Care Application form, which will be included in the notice.
- Fill this form out as soon as you can!
- To continue receiving full services while a decision is being made on your case, the form must be postmarked by January 3. Keep a copy of the form you send in.
- You still have until February 1 to return the form, but if you return it after December 31 you will not keep getting your full hours while you're waiting for a decision.
- If your Supplemental Care Application is denied, you can still request a fair hearing. Do this as soon as you can to keep your aid while that decision is being made.
- For advice regarding a fair hearing, you can call any of these numbers:
Consumer Rights for Community Living: 415-703-0286
Disability Rights California: 800-776-5746
Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach: 415-567-6255
Bay Area Legal Aid: 415-982-1300
Click on the language below for important information in:
Spanish
Russian
Chinese
English
Step-by-Step Guide to Fight Back - click here.
Please forward this information far and wide!
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Nominations Open for SF Long Term Care Coordinating Council (LTCCC)
There are currently 3 vacancies on the LTCCC in the following membership categories:
- Labor
- Developmental Disabilities Services/Systems
- Other Disability Services/Systems
You are invited to make a nomination to fill one of these vacancies. You may nominate yourself or someone else for a specific vacancy. Attached is a more complete explanation of the LTCCC with a nomination form -- and a chart of membership slots as well as current members and vacancies. Click Here
Deadline: December 5, 2011 (5:00pm)
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Chickens Fly in Parkmerced and the OMI
Last week, OMI Family Resource Center donated 100 chickens for seniors and persons with disabilities in the neighborhood. That very afternoon, 100 chickens flew out of IT Bookman Center to become a Thanksgiving blessing.
The previous week, members of the Community Living Campaign (CLC) team delivered a full holiday dinner, courtesy of the Ocean Ingleside Lions Club. Flight crew members Willia Rodgers, Mamie Burgess and Caroline Excell helped Community Connectors Deloris McGee, Margaret Gray, and Karen Holt fly these chickens to homes where they were needed. It was a holiday gift to both those that received and those who delivered.
Don't forget, CLC Community Connectors organize neighbors to deliver fresh food and staples to seniors and persons with disabilities in the OMI, Parkmerced and University Park area. To learn more, contact us at info@sfcommunityliving.org.
To become a Community Connector in your neighborhorhood, see the Special Invitation for December 12 Connector Training below. You, too, can fly!
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Community Living Campaign
Invites you to a Workshop & Concert
Linking the Art of Hospitality with the Science of Networks
Values, Principles, and Tools of Network Facilitation
Be a "Community Connector" - Download Event Flyer and share with a friend.
This workshop is designed for individuals who want to create neighborhoods where individuals can age in community. It will be both practical and inspirational, exploring the connection between hospitality and social networks, the basic elements of strong social networks, how network analysis can assist making durable community connections and the role of Tyze and other on-line social media in promoting contribution and inclusion.
The Community Living Campaign engages the power of relationships to eliminate barriers to aging in community by strengthening networks of support - for individuals and across neighborhoods.
We will soon be providing training and support on how to use social media at senior and community centers across SF as a part of the City's BTOP technology grant. Expanding
the team of trained and supported Community Connectors is key to success. This workshop builds on the work of the PLAN Institute and Tyze Personal Networks of Canada, as well as the experience of CLC's Community Connectors in San Francisco.
Click Here to register today.
Isolation and loneliness can be particularly difficult over the holiday season, yet this time of year provides us with a special opportunity to reweave and renew community. |
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CLC Mondays at
360 Valencia Street |
Computer Classes
December
Community Living Campaign (CLC) shows you how technology and social media are new tools to help individuals, neighbors and organizations reduce isolation and reweave community.
Back by popular demand! Fun - Free - Edifying
Come learn about social media with us.
Upcoming Social Media Classes - In Brief
November 28 - 10:00 to Noon
Maps and Directions - Instructors Megan Mutch
and Rebecca Wolfson
December 5- 10:00 to Noon 
Have a Graphic Experience on the Computer -
Instructor Margaret Gray
December 12 - Lab Closed for Mission Housing Program
Join CLC for a Community Connector Training at 711 Eddy Street instead (see below).
December 19 - 10:00 to Noon
Couponing Can Save You Lots of Money!
Instructor Ana Conrad 
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New Computers Coming Soon to
A Senior and Community Center Near You! . |
Open Lab
Monday, December 5 and 19,
9:00 to 3:00
Skilled CLC Staff & Volunteers On-Site
The Web World's your Oyster!!! Everyone is welcome!
Click Here for detailed December Schedule .
Call for further information or to sign up: CLC Computer Connections at 415-821-1003 or www.sfcommunityliving.org
Come learn about the non-technical side of building networks
Dec. 12 Community Connector Training, 9:30 TO 3:30 at 711 Eddy
Workshop and Concert Free, donation for lunch requested
This workshop is for individuals who want to create neighborhoods where individuals can age in their own community.It will be both practical and inspirational, exploring the connection between hospitality and social networks, the basic elements of strong social networks, how network analysis can help make durable community connections, and the role of Tyze and other on-line social media in promoting contribution and inclusion. Who are we looking for? People who...
- Have a natural talent for connecting people
- Enjoy extending hospitality
- See the gifts of others
- Believe the relationships are essential for a good life
- Want people who are isolated to have a support network
- Want to be part of a cutting edge team.
Click www.communityweaver.eventbrite.com to register and for more details.
These trainings are provided, in part, with a grant from the Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) and the support of the Department of Aging and Adult Services. |
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Reminder - SPECIAL PRESENTATION
Senior Health Policy Forum
Wednesday, November 30
8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
St. Mary's Cathedral
Registration required
Contact Jenny O'Toole (415-292-8752 or jotoole@onlok.org)
Or register online here - Registration fee is $45.
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Come Engage with Us
SEEDS OF HOPE & Special Events
Our team of Community Connectors, including Janis Kaempfe, Joan Teter, Jennifer Walsh, April Coleman, Marcia Peterzell, Cheryl Price, Deloris McGee and Margaret Gray, with support from Constance Smith and Lenny Reiter, continue to take our show on the road.
- Computer Introduction: Tel-Hi Neighborhood Center (Dec. 2 at 11:00)
- Computer Introduction: Bethany Center (Dec. 8 at 11:00)
- Coming in December - Individualized Help/Instruction: Laguna Honda Hospital (Time/Date TBA)
Read the following December Stories for behind-the-scenes details.
To learn about these upcoming December events, or if you are intereted i scheduling a "seeds of hope" party for your own neighborhood, please see the Community LIving Campaign site or directly contact Judy Auda at (415) 826-3194 or judyauda@yahoo.com.
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SPECIAL OFFER - Extended due to Demand
Are you coordinating care for a loved one? Or a child with special needs?
Or building support for an aging parent?
Tyze is a resource that offers private, personal online networks designed to support care for people facing life challenges. It helps you do practical things like:
- keep track of medications,
- schedule appointments
- plan events on a shared calendar
All this within the context of a personalized online network where people share stories and photos. If you are caring for someone, Tyze really could be a life-changing resource for you. You can try Tyze here.
San Francisco residents who want to take advantage of this terrific offer and want to continue after the 30 days should contact Marie Jobling (415-821-1003 or click here), as CLC can help arrange a free hosted site for individuals. |
VOLUNTEER
The time you give, will be the satisfaction you get
The Community Living Campaign is working throughout San Francisco to motivate, educate and teach seniors and people with disabilities how to cross the bridge from isolation to inclusion with community.
We are at senior residences, community centers and other locations staging events to demonstrate the kinds of things most anyone can easily do on a computer. These range from shopping, to meeting people, to doing personal research and playing games, to finding out how to get from one place to another.
 As we grow, so grows this program. We are looking for people who believe that inclusion in community is an important issue that will help people to have happy and fulfilling lives.
It would be tremendously helpful if more and more people would volunteer to work with us in this growing effort. We need people who know computers, who believe in giving back to our communities and who have time to step in for one or more tutoring sessions. That adds up to a dramatic impact on the lives of isolated seniors and folks with disabilities - those who need connection and want it most.
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Great People, Just Like You
December Stories
About Computer Trainings. And fun. And connecting. And living your best life.
By Judy Auda
San Francisco neighbor and Community Living Campaign teacher
The Community Living Campaign has been working to tailor a computer program for residents at Laguna Honda Hospital
We have done presentations about all of the things you can do on the computer that are not only fun and helpful, but also offer residents the opportunity to reach out into the community. After staging a few computer introductory sessions, we are now reaching into each of Laguna Honda's "neighborhoods," inviting interested residents to join us in their Library space for individual help on computers. Based on outreach success throughout the City, we believe we are creating a fun, exciting program that will help reduce isolation and foster inclusion in communities outside of the Laguna Honda site. With their continuing, increasing engagement, Laguna Honda residents are affirming our belief.
We continue working at Bethany Center with motivated computer users. After showing people how to accomplish basic tasks, like email and Google, we start exploring personal interests and creating tasks for people. A recent assignment for "David" involved an invitation for lunch with me and his sister if he could use Google and find a restaurant that he would like to go to in his neighborhood.
Our lab sessions at 360 Valencia are becoming more well-attended every week. Two of our latest sessions have been big hits: couponing and graphic arts. Ana Conrad, a super couponer, brought not only a fun perspective, but "tons" of coupons and a show-and-tell of things she was able to purchase for almost nothing because her couponing. She generously shared many of her coupons and goods. Even better, she also demonstrated how people can actually make money once they gain a little coupon know-how. Ana will repeat her couponing class at the lab on Dec.19 - Good timing for holiday shopping!
Another November session that went really well was on graphics. We can teach people how to make stationery, flyers, business cards and greeting cards. Instructor Margaret Gray, a talented graphic artist who does much graphic work for the Community Living Campaign, led the session. She showed enthusiastic attendees what they can do with graphics, especially in creating and/or sending greeting cards - another timely activity. Margaret will be back on Dec. 5 to repeat and enhance the graphics class.
Community Living Campaign:
Connect with
415.826.3194 or judyauda@yahoo.com
Stay in touch with our December + Upcoming Class/Special Events Schedules
"It's so much fun, so touching, to see these emotions from people. The technology is directly serving their often deepest interests and values." -- Judy Auda
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