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I n c e l e b r a t i o n o f S o c i a l S e r v i c e s M o n t h , t h e G r a p e v i n e p r e s e n t s t h i s r e s i d e n t s t o r y f r o m t h e M a r c h To w n H a l l m e e t i n g s . H a p p y m o n t h , s o c i a l w o r k e r s !

B e c a u s e o f a d i s a b l i n g s t r o k e , R o m e o A n d r e s b e c a m e s e p a r a t e d f r o m e v e r y -o n e w h o k n e w h i m u n t i l f a t e b r o u g h t h i m t o L a g u n a H o n d a .

R o m e o h a d c o m e t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s f r o m t h e P h i l l i p i n e s a f t e r h e r e t i r e d t o b e w i t h h i s f o u r a d u l t c h i l d r e n . B u t w h e n h e f a i l e d t o r e t u r n f r o m a v a c a -t i o n i n R e n o , h i s f a m i l y l o s t a l l c o n -t a c t w i t h h i m .

T h e y d i d n o t k n o w t h a t R o m e o h a d s u f f e r e d a s t r o k e a n d h a d n o w a y o f t e l l i n g a n y o n e w h o h e w a s o r w h e r e h e w a s f r o m .

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Romeo Andres with members of his care team.

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L a g u n a H o n d a f o o d i e s c e l e b r a t e d N u t r i -t i o n M o n t h o n M a r c h 1 7 w i t h a b o u n t i -f u l d i s p l a y o f h e a l t h y f a r e o u t s i d e t h e k i t c h e n .

F o o d e n t h u s i a s t s w h o s t o p p e d b y f o r a t a s t e i n c l u d e d ( l e f t t o r i g h t ) : B a r-b a r a F r a n k f r o m t h e L u m e t r a a n d B & F c o n s u l t i n g t e a m ; J a n e C h e n , R N ; E l i z a -b e t h S a i z , R N ; L o r e t t a C e c c o n i , R D ; P a m H o r e n s t e i n , S P ; E l i s a Wa n , D T R ; Ti f f a n y K e a r n e y, R D ; C l a i r W i l d m a n , R D ; L i n d a F o n g - E l b a g g a r i , R D ; M a r y a n n L a n g v a r d t , R D ; J u l i e L a i , R D ; B e c k y S h i e l s , R D ; a n d M o n v i p a S a n P i e t r o , R D .

T h e c e l e b r a t i o n c o i n c i d e d w i t h S t . P a t -r i c k ’s D a y, g i v i n g e v e r y o n e a n o t h e r g o o d r e a s o n t o e a t t h e i r g r e e n s .

“ I F I W E R E B U I L D I N G M Y H O U S E I W O U L D B U I L D I T J U S T L I K E T H I S ”

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R N C a r o l K u o i s t h e M a r c h e m p l o y e e o f t h e m o n t h . T h e r e s i d e n t s i n t h e C h i n e s e L a n -g u a g e P r o g r a m d e s c r i b e C a r o l a s a c o m f o r t i n g p r e s e n c e o n t h e u n i t . C a r o l k n o w s e a c h r e s i -d e n t w e l l . S h e g e n t l y t o u c h e s h e r f i n g e r t i p s t o a r e s i d e n t ’s f o r e h e a d w h e n s h e l e a n s o v e r t o s a y h e l l o .

O n e r e s i d e n t c r e d i t s C a r o l ’s q u i c k a n d e x p e r t d i a g n o s i s w i t h s a v -i n g h i s l i f e . W h e n h i s p u l s e r a t e d r o p p e d a n d h i s t e m p e r a t u r e r o s e , s h e q u i c k l y m o v e d h i m t o a c u t e c a r e w h e r e h e r e c e i v e d t h e l i f e - s a v i n g t r e a t m e n t h e n e e d e d .

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L i e i n a r e s i d e n t b e d f o r 1 5 m i n u t e s . C l o s e y o u r e y e s a n d u s e y o u r s e n s e s t o s e e w h a t r e s i d e n t s e x p e r i e n c e . O p e n y o u r e y e s a n d p i c t u r e a r e s i d e n t ’s f i r s t d a y a t L a g u n a H o n d a .

L a g u n a H o n d a ’s o r g a n i z a t i o n a l e f f e c t i v e n e s s p r o j e c t , d e s i g n e d t o i m p r o v e s t a f f e n g a g e -m e n t a n d d e v e l o p r e s i d e n t - c e n t e r e d c a r e , b e g a n f o r m a n y s t a f f m e m b e r s w i t h a r e -q u e s t t o e x p e r i e n c e t h e w o r l d f r o m a r e s i -d e n t ’s p o i n t o f v i e w.

T h e a s s i g n m e n t w a s g i v e n t o m a n a g e r s a n d s u p e r v i s o r s b y L u m e t r a H e a l t h C a r e S o l u -t i o n s a n d B & F C o n s u l t a n t s , t w o n a t i o n a l l e a d e r s i n n u r s i n g h o m e r e f o r m h i r e d b y t h e C o n t r o l l e r ’s O f f i c e t o h e l p d i r e c t t h e d e v e l -o p m e n t o f p r o g r a m s a n d s e r v i c e s f o r t h e n e w f a c i l i t y.

T h e L u m e t r a a n d B & F t e a m a s k e d m a n a g -e r s t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n c o m m u n i t y m e e t i n g s o n t h e u n i t s a n d t o h a v e o n e - o n - o n e c o n v e r s a -t i o n s w i t h d i r e c t c a r e s t a f f , l i n e s t a f f a n d r e s i d e n t s t o l e a r n w h a t l i f e i s l i k e a t L a g u n a H o n d a f o r t h e m . O v e r 1 0 0 o f t h e s e m e a n -i n g f u l d i s c u s s i o n s h a v e b e e n h e l d s o f a r, p r o d u c i n g n e w i n s i g h t s i n t o h o w h o s p i t a l s y s t e m s c a n b e m o r e r e s p o n s i v e t o r e s i d e n t p r e f e r e n c e s a n d s t a f f i n p u t .

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A s k a r e s i d e n t w h a t i t ’s l i k e t o s h o w e r h e r e a n d h o w i t c o u l d b e b e t t e r.

A s k a r e s i d e n t w h a t t h e y u s e d t o e n j o y e a t -i n g b e f o r e t h e y m o v e d t o L a g u n a H o n d a , a n d w h a t t i m e s o f d a y t h e y t y p i c a l l y a t e . W h e n d i d t h e y g o t o b e d a n d w h e n d i d t h e y g e t u p ?

A s k a r e s i d e n t w h a t i t ’s l i k e t h e f i r s t d a y t h e s t a f f a s s i g n m e n t s c h a n g e a n d t h e y h a v e a s w i t c h i n w h o ’s t a k i n g c a r e o f t h e m .

A s t h e p r o j e c t p r o c e e d s , m a n a g e r s w i l l c o n t i n u e t o r e a c h o u t o n a o n e - t o - o n e b a s i s t o e n s u r e t h a t d i r e c t c a r e a n d l i n e s t a f f c a n e a s i l y a n d o p e n l y s h a r e i d e a s a n d c o n c e r n s . T h e g o a l i s t o d e v e l o p a s y s t e m o f d e l i v e r i n g c a r e t h a t i n c o r p o r a t e s s u g g e s t i o n s a n d f e e d -b a c k b a s e d o n s t a f f m e m b e r s ’ b e s t i n s t i n c t s .

M a n y o f t h e c h a n g e s d r i v e n b y s t a f f a n d r e s -i d e n t c o n v e r s a t i o n s w i l l b e i n t e g r a t e d i n t o t h e d a i l y w o r k o f t h e h o s p i t a l b y t h e t i m e o f t h e m o v e , a l l o w i n g u s t o t a k e f u l l a d v a n t a g e o f w h a t t h e n e w b u i l d i n g h a s t o o f f e r.

T h e y e a r- l o n g o r g a n i z a t i o n a l e f f e c t i v e n e s s p r o j e c t i s n o w i n i t s f o u r t h m o n t h .

EVENTSCommunity Town Hall MeetingsT h u r s d a y, M a r c h 2 5 a t 8 a m , 1 : 3 0 p m , a n d 9 p m i n t h e l i b r a r y. M e e t -i n g s a r e o p e n t o r e s i d e n t s , f a m i l i e s , s t a f f , v o l u n t e e r s , a n d t h e g e n e r a l p u b l i c .

Community ToursT h e n e x t t o u r f o r f a m i l i e s a n d f r i e n d s i s o n S a t u r d a y, A p r i l 1 7 a t 1 1 a m .

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A Thank You Note From Disability Rights California

Disability Rights California offered praise this month for city efforts in the success-ful community placement of former Laguna Honda resident Mark Chambers, the lead plaintiff in a 2006 federal class action law-suit filed by the organization.

In a statement emailed to city health of-ficials, including the Laguna Honda Social Services Dept., Elissa Gershon, attorney in the suit said,

“I had the pleasure of taking Mark out for lunch last week and was incredibly impressed by his apartment, the location, Mark’s ability to get around his new neigh-borhood, and his obvious happiness with his new life. We went to Cybelle’s pizza, where they know him by name, and although we got caught in a huge downpour, it was really fun. Mark has an amazing team and, while I know he has expressed his appreciation to you all in many ways, I would like to do the same. It’s one thing to create new oppor-tunities for people, but what really makes the difference is the energy, creativity, and commitment of the people doing the day in and day out. Thanks to you all from Dis-ability Rights California, on behalf of all the other people who will now be able to learn and benefit from Mark’s leadership and your hard work!”

Laguna Honda Executive Administrator Mivic Hirose said, “Mark’s success is a hallmark of the progress Laguna Honda has made to integrate seniors and adults with disabilities into the civic life of San Francisco. Our com-mitment is to continue to emphasize com-munity integration and independent living in everything we do.”

And the Oscar Goes To ...Laguna Honda once again won a support-ing role on the locally-filmed NBC-TV series Trauma this month. The Trauma crew, which filmed part of the show’s pilot episode at Laguna Honda last year, returned to campus to shoot scenes from one of the season’s final episodes. The visit marks a wrap for all filming at Laguna Honda, at least until after the move. And yes, it would be an Emmy, not an Oscar. Hmm ... what should we model on the red carpet, our classic old building look or our super hip new building design?

A Remembrance March marks one year since the death of former Executive Administrator John Kanaley. We remember John for his many kindnesses and his determination that each of us rise to our own personal best. When-ever we act in the name of community, we honor his contribution to Laguna Honda.

P l u g i n t o L a g u n a H o n d a . C l i c k “ W h e r e c a n I g e t i n f o r m a t i o n ? ” o n t h e i n t r a n e t n e w s r o t a t o r.

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T h e n , i n 2 0 0 7 , L a g u n a H o n d a LV N M a -r i n a M e n d o z a w e n t t o g r e e t a r e s i d e n t w h o h a d b e e n a d m i t t e d f r o m S t . L u k e ’s H o s p i t a l , a n d w a s s t u n n e d t o s e e R o -m e o , t h e m i s s i n g f a t h e r o f o n e o f h e r c h i l d h o o d f r i e n d s .

T h e f a m i l y w a s r e u n i t e d , a n d i t c h a n g e d e v e r y t h i n g f o r R o m e o . W i t h f a m i l y m e m b e r s p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n h i s c a r e c o n f e r e n c e s , R o m e o b e g a n t o r e c o v e r. H i s a p p e t i t e r e t u r n e d , h e s t a r t e d s p e a k i n g i n Ta g a l o g , g e t t i n g o u t o f b e d w i t h o u t a l i f t , a n d j o i n i n g o t h e r r e s i d e n t s f o r t h e r a p e u t i c a c t i v i -t i e s .

A s R o m e o p u t o n w e i g h t a n d s t a r t e d t o w a l k s h o r t d i s t a n c e s w i t h o u t a s -s i s t a n c e , h i s c a r e t e a m e n c o u r a g e d h i s i n d e p e n d e n c e .

T h e d a y c a m e w h e n h e g o t o u t o f b e d , p u t o n h i s s n a z z i e s t s u i t , g r a b b e d h i s h a t a n d s u n g l a s s e s a n d a s k e d a b o u t g o i n g h o m e t o t h e P h i l i p p i n e s . H i s f a m i l y a n d h i s c a r e t e a m w e r e d e l i g h t -e d . T h e y l o c a t e d f a m i l y a n d f r i e n d s w h o c o u l d c a r e f o r h i m u p o n h i s r e t u r n , a n d o n M a r c h 8 , a c c o m p a n i e d b y t w o o f h i s c h i l d r e n , R o m e o b o a r d e d a p l a n e f o r B u l a c a n .

R o m e o ’s r e t u r n t o h e a l t h a n d h o m e w a s a t e a m e f f o r t . H i s f a m i l y, h i s L a g u n a H o n d a c a r e t e a m , a n d t h e c o m m u n i t y p l a c e m e n t s t a f f f r o m t h e Ta r g e t e d C a s e M a n a g e m e n t p r o g r a m a l l m a d e s i g n i f i c a n t c o n t r i b u t i o n s . C o n g r a t u l a -t i o n s e v e r y o n e .

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C r e w s b e g a n i n s t a l l i n g f u r n i t u r e a n d e q u i p m e n t i n t h e S o u t h R e s i d e n c e o n M a r c h 1 0 , a m i l e s t o n e i n t h e t r a n s i -t i o n t o t h e n e w b u i l d i n g s .

T h e f u r n i t u r e d e l i v e r y f o l l o w s c e r t i -f i c a t i o n b y t h e O f f i c e o f S t a t e w i d e H o s p i t a l P l a n n i n g a n d D e v e l o p m e n t ( O S H P D ) t h a t t h e b u i l d i n g m e e t s C a l i f o r n i a ’s s t r i n g e n t s t a n d a r d s f o r h o s p i t a l c o n s t r u c t i o n . C e r t i f i c a t i o n i s e x p e c t e d l a t e r i n t h e m o n t h f o r t h e P a v i l i o n , a n d i n A p r i l f o r t h e N o r t h R e s i d e n c e .

O u t f i t t i n g o f t h e b u i l d i n g s w i l l b e f o l l o w e d b y a n 8 - 1 0 w e e k t r a i n i n g p e r i o d s e t t o b e g i n i n e a r l y M a y. Yo u c a n f i n d t h e s c h e d u l e o n t h e i n t r a n e t u n d e r “ Tr a n s i t i o n E d u c a t i o n C a l e n d a r. ”

L e a d i n g t h e t r a i n i n g w i l l b e 1 6 0 s t a f f m e m b e r s w h o w i l l s e r v e a s s u p e r u s -e r s , o r e x p e r t s , i n t h e s y s t e m s a n d r o u t i n e s o f t h e n e w b u i l d i n g s . T h e c u r r i c u l u m i s d e s i g n e d a r o u n d a n a -t i o n a l b e s t p r a c t i c e c a l l e d D a y i n t h e L i f e , w h i c h a l l o w s s t a f f m e m b e r s t o s i m u l a t e a t y p i c a l r e s i d e n t d a y i n t h e n e w e n v i r o n m e n t .

F o l l o w i n g t r a i n i n g , t h e C a l i f o r n i a D e -p a r t m e n t o f P u b l i c H e a l t h w i l l c o n d u c t a l i c e n s i n g s u r v e y. T h e r e s i d e n t m o v e i s p r o j e c t e d t o t a k e p l a c e w i t h i n 3 0 d a y s o f l i c e n s i n g , i n l a t e s u m m e r.

A f o u r t h p r a c t i c e d r i l l f o r t h e m o v e i s t e n t a t i v e l y p l a n n e d f o r M a y.

L o c a t e d i n t h e P a v i l i o n , T h e E s p l a n a d e ( a b o v e ) i s a n i n d o o r m a i n s t r e e t . S i g n s p o i n t t h e w a y t o c o m m u n i t y s e r v i c e s . T h e a t r i u m ( b e l o w ) f a c e s w e s t a n d l e t s i n o c e a n s o f l i g h t .

Romeo Andres wtih members of his care team.