RELEVANT ARTICLES FOR PRESS/MEDIA:
https://app.box.com/s/8b3n7z4km7hm9376gxj8k1ttph52n8bp
Community Advisory Board:
https://www.keiropacificacab.org/
For Families
Sakura ICF Family Council:
https://sakuraicffc.org/
on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sakuraicffc
EMAIL address: sakuraICFfamilycouncil@gmail.com
Facilities Matrix Comparison:
Excel Spreadsheet format: https://app.box.com/s/9bv00s9hl5lpge7n0df6lxq2yxg1swwv
PDF Format: https://app.box.com/s/ihp3oy04tcr17lzw0u3dpvgy0e1313ze
Nursing Homes Comparison
https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/
Office of the California Long Term Care Ombudsman:
https://aging.ca.gov/Programs_and_Services/Long-Term_Care_Ombudsman/
https://www.wiseandhealthyaging.org/ombudsman
The National Voice for Quality Long-Term Care Fact Sheet on Family Councils and Advocacy During COVID-19 – “What is a Family Council?”
https://theconsumervoice.org/uploads/files/general/covid-19-family-council-advocacy-fact-sheet.pdf
Fact sheets from California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR):
http://www.canhr.org/factsheets/index.html
ナーシングホームに対して 苦情を申し立てる方法 (pdf)
(How To File a Nursing Home Complaint)
苦情の申し立て (pdf)
(Filing Complaints RCFE / Assisted Living)
入居者および家族のための セルフ・アドボカシー入門 (pdf)
(Self-Advocacy Approaches for Residents & Family Members)
ナーシングホームのためのアドボカシー・グループの作り方 (pdf)
(How to Organize a Nursing Home Advocacy Group)
U.S. Nursing Homes Statistics
https://www.statista.com/topics/3982/nursing-homes-in-the-us/
Nursing Home Abuse Reporting:
https://www.nursinghomeabuse.org/nursing-home-abuse/reporting-nursing-home-abuse/
Various URLs and resources related to the fight for public health and housing equality:
- A chronology of events leading up to the current crisis facing the seniors, the families and elderly Japanese Americans and Japanese facing inequality in public health.
- The original “Conditions of Sale” from the California Attorney General’s Office.
- Videos about the history of the Keiro sale of the original Keiro Nursing and Retirement homes facilities.
- AB 1400: A bold healthcare reform bill to finance bilingual and bi-cultural healthcare services
COVID-19 Data:
- Los Angeles County Skilled Nursing Facilities COVID-19 Dashboard
- California Department of Health COVID-19 Data for Skilled Nursing Facilities
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services – COVID-19 Nursing Home Data
Overview of the Legislative Process:
Elected officials’ contact info:
Find your CA Legislature Representatives
CA Legislature leadership: http://www.legislature.ca.gov/the_state_legislature/leadership_and_caucuses/leadership.html
Find your U.S. House of Representatives Congressional Representative
U.S. Senators for California (Federal)
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles City Government Elected officials
LA County Health Facilities Inspection Division (HFID)
http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/hfd/
Send emails to the LA County of Department of Health
http://www.ph.lacounty.gov/ContactUs.htm
Submit letters to CA Representatives via this online Portal:
https://calegislation.lc.ca.gov/Advocates/
Fact sheets from California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
http://www.canhr.org/factsheets/index.html
Office of the California Long Term Care Ombudsman:
https://aging.ca.gov/Programs_and_Services/Long-Term_Care_Ombudsman/
AB 1400, the “CalCare Act” that addresses the need for multilingual and culturally-appropriate healthcare services and infrastructure facilities investment:
https://bit.ly/API-HealthcareEquality
Japanese American Seniors and the U.S. Healthcare Crisis