Updates and communication from the Save Our Seniors network of volunteers
By Yasmin RafieiNew Yorker, August 25, 2022 After an investment firm bought St. Joseph’s Home for the Aged, in Richmond, Virginia, the company reduced staff, removed amenities, and set the stage for a deadly outbreak of COVID-19. When St. Joseph’s Home for the Aged, a brown-brick nursing home in Richmond, Virginia, was put up for sale, … Read more
Save Our Seniors Network runs full-page Ad in Rafu Shimpo newspaper to condemn COVID-19 deaths and evictions in former Keiro Nursing and Retirement Homes facilities that were sold to international developer, Pacifica Companies.
California’s health department regularly updates a list of COVID-19 infections and deaths at nursing homes. But only about half of those listed facilities where employees have died from the disease have bothered to report the death to Cal/ OSHA, the agency in charge of enforcing worker safety, according to the state records.
Here are the dances for the 2022 KO3: . BON ODORI UTAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIB2vpanosc TOKYO ONDOhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHCDhCndGAg ICHI TASU ICHI (One + One)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bYkBZm1DnQ POKEMON ONDOhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5Fn4yPRUms SHIAWASE SAMBAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3aONoXMLwIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au02WIZMd1s TANKO BUSHIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZbGxJzXB8Mhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78HkDfylRls BAMBUTSU NO TSUNAGARIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCbgMi4IDr4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00NnphMIu6g&t=10s
Save Our Seniors Network (SOSN) is sponsoring an event to present a panel of the families who testified to James Toma, California State Special Assistant Attorney General. They will be sharing their experiences at a community meeting on September 18, from 2 pm – 4 pm at Rissho Kosei-kai Buddhist Church in Boyle Heights. The … Read more
On August 23, 2022, SOSN recognized seniors and families who endured evictions due to the closure of Sakura Intermediate Care Facility In a 100% volunteer effort, SOSN members and supporters distributed handmade blankets and cultural entertainment to seniors evicted from the Sakura Intermediate Care Facility one year ago who relocated to Atherton Skilled Nursing Facility … Read more
Recall that prior to it’s closure by Pacifica Companies, Sakura ICF in Boyle Heights had ZERO positive COVID-19 cases. Numerous questions raised by SOSN about mishandling of COVID-19 at the Lincoln Heights facility (number one in cumulative COVID-19 deaths of any senior care facility west of the Mississippi) remain UNANSWERED.
If the workers assigned to care for our seniors are facing mistreatment due to greed of private operators, what kind of care do you think our senior will receive? This is why SOSN sides with the staff and supports reform efforts to help make sure the greed and exploitative practices of private operators are kept … Read more
(From Chinatown Community for Equitable Development – CCED): Last year, the 16-story building’s elevators broke down for more than 45 days and forced elderly and disabled residents to walk up multiple flights of stairs or to stay in their rooms without access to essential resources. Past and recent inspections by the Department of Housing and … Read more
March 24 Update Historic Wintersburg Fire investigation ongoing and official fire investigation reports pending Read more herehttps://historicwintersburg.blogspot.com/2022/03/fire-investigation-ongoing-and-official.html Watch videos from the March 19 Press Conference/Rally: https://safetywalks.org/nearly-100-rally-to-call-for-independent-investigation/