This is the place to voice your opinions or ideas about the pending sale and what can be done to Save Keiro!
8 thoughts on ““Speak-Out” Wall”
Satomi Yoshiyama
The problem with the new owners, Aspen healthcare, is the way they are reducing the number of permanent residents so as each permanent resident that passes on moves out, a new rehab patient is admitted. The new patients are not Japanese for the most part and some seem to have a hard time adjusting. The new patient may/may not be a problem to other residents in terms of their behavior because of this adjustment they have to make being in a Japanese themed facility. These are our relatives and there is no excuse for their well-being and longevity to be affected by a downgrade in policies as outlined below.
The downgrade in policies being:
1.) Patient Bedholds for more than one week: Before the sale, patients were able to hold a bed for more than one week by a private pay option where you would pay by the day to hold your bed up to an additional week so that your loved one could return to their room and not have to be rushed out of the hospital; but as of now, the patient can lose their bed if their hospital stay extends beyond one week under the new policy. This seems like a scheme to replace permanent residents with rehab patients and is a severe burden to those families who want to return their room after their hospital stay.
2.) New admissions: There seems to be a bias towards all the new admissions being rehab patients even though I’ve heard of instances where there are Nikkei families who have been on the waiting list for a long time. This is unacceptable our loved ones deserve a place to stay, and it overburdens the families who have to go through this process of finding another facility when a bed may be available.
3.) Nurses and benefits: Many of the old nursing staff that were with the facility for many years, and even some new hires quit for various financial reasons within months of the transition. This is a problem as it could take a new nurse several months to adjust to the patients and to get to know individual personalities and preferences.
Can someone provide concrete details of how culturally sensitive services have decreased? It honestly doesn’t really seem like it…I visit the facilities frequently…
According to reports from residents, families, and staff, Japanese-speaking staff and volunteers have decreased in the recent past months. Decrease in volunteers entail less culturally sensitive activities and classes that they were offering. Japanese TV network was discontinued for awhile due to lack of payment. Many Japanese-speaking residents, who were also volunteers, have moved out of the facility. Communication has become a problem with staff who are non-Japanese speaking.
One way the Japanese American community can do is volunteer or if you’re already a volunteer at Keiro, please continue to volunteer. That helps the residents and really makes their days the brightest. This will preserve the Japanese culture and activities.
The problem with the new owners, Aspen healthcare, is the way they are reducing the number of permanent residents so as each permanent resident that passes on moves out, a new rehab patient is admitted. The new patients are not Japanese for the most part and some seem to have a hard time adjusting. The new patient may/may not be a problem to other residents in terms of their behavior because of this adjustment they have to make being in a Japanese themed facility. These are our relatives and there is no excuse for their well-being and longevity to be affected by a downgrade in policies as outlined below.
The downgrade in policies being:
1.) Patient Bedholds for more than one week: Before the sale, patients were able to hold a bed for more than one week by a private pay option where you would pay by the day to hold your bed up to an additional week so that your loved one could return to their room and not have to be rushed out of the hospital; but as of now, the patient can lose their bed if their hospital stay extends beyond one week under the new policy. This seems like a scheme to replace permanent residents with rehab patients and is a severe burden to those families who want to return their room after their hospital stay.
2.) New admissions: There seems to be a bias towards all the new admissions being rehab patients even though I’ve heard of instances where there are Nikkei families who have been on the waiting list for a long time. This is unacceptable our loved ones deserve a place to stay, and it overburdens the families who have to go through this process of finding another facility when a bed may be available.
3.) Nurses and benefits: Many of the old nursing staff that were with the facility for many years, and even some new hires quit for various financial reasons within months of the transition. This is a problem as it could take a new nurse several months to adjust to the patients and to get to know individual personalities and preferences.
Can someone provide concrete details of how culturally sensitive services have decreased? It honestly doesn’t really seem like it…I visit the facilities frequently…
According to reports from residents, families, and staff, Japanese-speaking staff and volunteers have decreased in the recent past months. Decrease in volunteers entail less culturally sensitive activities and classes that they were offering. Japanese TV network was discontinued for awhile due to lack of payment. Many Japanese-speaking residents, who were also volunteers, have moved out of the facility. Communication has become a problem with staff who are non-Japanese speaking.
The Board have wronged the elderly at Keiro and the entire JA community
“AG did not give the reason for denial in the 2014 decision” is not true.
One way the Japanese American community can do is volunteer or if you’re already a volunteer at Keiro, please continue to volunteer. That helps the residents and really makes their days the brightest. This will preserve the Japanese culture and activities.
Please save Keiro!
1月の公聴会参加後の感想
2016年1月23日に今年初めての公聴会が開かれたが
残念な事に最高経営責任者や理事会(敬老と略称)からは誰も
参加者が無く、しかし一般市民、敬老の居住者と家族、敬老売却反対者の
生の声を聞くことが出来た公聴会でした。
アドホックコミティーの代表者の公聴会の準備に感謝します。
先生方の寝る時間が有るのか心配です。
各メディア、政治家、政府機関等の人達の参加で
やっと敬老の居住者達の置かれた立場を世間が理解できたと
思います。今までは敬老から司法省への10年間を掛けての
報告だけで居住者側からの意見が無いことを司法長官は
理解されたと思います。一部の意見として時代が変わったから
時代に合わせて自宅介護や家族介護を中心にする事を
言われますが、時代は変わっても人は年を取リます。
核家族の時勢、共稼ぎの必要な時代に、共存共栄のような
言葉だけが踊っています。ベビーブーマーの高齢者が増える現在に非営利団体の施設を
減らすのではなく、儲けだけを考えない施設を増やすべきだと思いますが。
ヘルスケアシステムとか元気リヴィングの名前で
敬老が新住所で事業を始めておりますが、定款にある目的は
高齢者施設を運営する事を主体に置いております。
主目的以外の事業は別名の非営利団体を作り寄付金を
集めてはいかがですか?日本の諺に『人の褌で相撲を取る』や
『軒を貸して母屋を取られる』等が有りますが600名の居住者を
差し置いて最高経営責任者と理事会の11人で敬老売却の
決定権を持つ事はいかがなものか?非営利団体の敬老の名前と
ライセンスを一人の職員である最高経営責任者に譲渡させる
決議を出した理事会に疑問があります。市場価格を知らずに
施設を売りに出した理事達に質問があります。その答えを聞く
公聴会に10名の理事が出席できない理由はなんですか?
居住者が顔も知らない10人の理事に聞きたいです。敬老の居住者を自分のご両親でしたら同じような決定をしますか?
全財産を整理して非営利団体の敬老施設に入居された人がほとんどです。司法省は早期に敬老売却を棄却して敬老経営の
再考する必要が有ります。今回の空騒ぎの為に寄付金が無く
空き室が増え、原因不明の下痢等で多数の被害者が出たが
今なお調査中、本職の料理人や栄養士の不在、
ストレスの起因かイジメの話も出ている。5年が何故か合い言葉。
司法長官の5年間は据え置き。いつの時点で据え置き?
再度書きますが、司法長官は先般のエンザイングループへの
売却を各種違反の為に棄却しましたが、今回のパシフィカ不動産会社への
売却を承認した理由はなんですか?同じような問題を起こした
会社で、そして各敬老施設を別会社にサブリースさせる会社を
承認した司法長官の目的はなんですか?
老婆心(老爺心?)ですが、もし万が一、理事会と経営責任者が勝ち
$41million の運営を任される事に成った場合は他の非営利団体の
存続が危ぶまれます。任期と議事録と帳簿と思いやりが大事と
思います。
徳光 のぶ
2016年1月24日