Emergency Care Unit Designed Specifically For Seniors Opens At UC San Diego Health
The 11 new patient rooms inside the accredited geriatric wing are equipped with sound-absorbing walls and ceilings and a variable lighting system that reflects the actual time of day. The beds are also more comfortable, and patients will be treated by a team of doctors with specific geriatric experience.
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Senior Emergency Unit Opens In UCSD La Jolla Hospital
A new emergency unit specially designed for patients 65 and older at UC San Diego Health in La Jolla is working to provide a higher level of care and a more dignified experience. ...The 11 new patient rooms inside the accredited geriatric wing are equipped with sound-absorbing walls and ceilings and a variable lighting system that reflects the actual time of day. (Murphy, 1/11)
In other news from across the state —
Los Angeles Times:
Costa Mesa Unveils Proposal For ‘Bridge Shelter’ For The Homeless; City Council To Review Next Week
After months of scouring the city for a suitable site and vetting more than 30 different properties, Costa Mesa officials unveiled a proposal Friday night to open a new homeless shelter in the Westside. The recommended plan calls for purchasing a 12,000-square-foot office building at 1040 W. 17th St. and renovating the property into what the city refers to as a “bridge shelter.” (Money, 1/11)
The Bakersfield Californian:
Delano Regional Agrees To Join Adventist Health
Delano Regional Medical Center has agreed to become part of Adventist Health Central California, pending regulatory approval. The move announced Friday would fold 156-bed Delano Regional, operated by Central California Foundation for Health since 1992, into a much larger nonprofit organization with hospitals, clinics and other resources in 80 communities across the West Coast and Hawaii. The addition of Delano Regional would also restack Kern County's highly competitive hospital market. Adventist's primary competitor in Bakersfield, San Francisco-based Dignity Health, has three local hospitals: Bakersfield Memorial and Mercy Hospital's downtown and southwest Bakersfield locations. (Cox, 1/11)
Sacramento Bee:
WellSpace Buys 3 Sacramento County Clinics From Golden Shore Health
WellSpace Health is working to acquire three medical clinics in Sacramento County from Golden Shore Medical Group, according to leaders of the two companies, in an effort to assure uninterrupted care for 19,000 local residents and employment security for 77 health-care workers. Golden Shore has been locked in a contract dispute over pricing with managed-care insurer Molina Healthcare, said Golden Shore owner and CEO Dr. J. Mario Molina, and the insurer had filed paperwork with the California Department of Managed Health Care that sought to transfer all of Golden Shore’s patients to other providers in its network on Jan. 31. (Anderson, 1/11)
Ventura County Star:
Thousand Oaks Man Offers Thanks For Blood That Saved His Life
Without the blood and platelets, Tyler Bacon would have died. It’s neither complicated nor nuanced. It’s as real as the acute myeloid leukemia diagnosed in Bacon’s blood more than two years ago. If donors hadn’t bared their arms, hadn’t made the long trek to the UCLA Blood & Platelet Center, the onetime pro basketball player from Thousand Oaks wouldn’t have a shot at his goal of dunking a basketball at age 40. ...Every year, leaders of the UCLA blood center track down otherwise confidential information and, with the permission of the participants, reunite donors with the person who benefited from their blood and platelets. (Kisken, 1/11)