San Francisco Adult Day Services

Adult day services are low-cost, licensed alternatives to nursing homes that enable you or your loved one to live at home and to lead a more active, independent life. Programs provide stimulating activities in safe and therapeutic environments, and allow participants to live fuller, healthier, more active lives.

Adult day services offer health care and therapies as needed in warm, welcoming environments with daily noon meals, plus social, recreational and creative activities and the opportunity to make new friends.

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In addition, this website offers resources and other information for individuals and/or their caregivers in varied areas of health care needs.

IN MEMORY OF JOHN BLUMLEIN

John was an avid supporter of the Network. He served as a board member from 1995-2004 and then continued to be involved in various way. His leadership and commitment to increasing services for San Francisco's most vulnerable population helped to grow the number of our member centers and further established adult day services as a vital component in the continuum of long-term care. Below is information about John and his memorial services that was printed in the SF Chronicle. We are touched that the Network is included in his honor.

Published in the San Francisco Chronicle from 4/23/2008 - 4/25/2008.

John Blumlein passed away April 18, 2008, three months shy of his 90th birthday. A third generation San Franciscan, he was known for his warmth, his wit, his perceptiveness and his sense of fairness and justice. Throughout his life he was committed to charitable work, advocating for the less fortunate and giving back to the city he loved so much. He served on numerous civic committees, including the SF Health Commission, the SF Commission on Aging, and the Mayor's HIV Task Force. He was a board member of Mt. Zion (UCSF) and Presbyterian (now CPMC) Hospitals, as well as the Jewish Home for the Aged. He also served on the boards of the Jewish Community Federation and the United Way. John had a way with numbers. He liked mathematical puzzles, was a keen judge of character and had a passing acquaintance with poker and other games of chance. He is survived by his wife Betty; children, Steven, Michael and Cathy and their spouses; six grandchildren, and many of his countless friends. Friends and family are invited to share stories and memories at a memorial at 3 P.M. on May 9, 2008 at the Concordia-Argonaut, 1142 Van Ness Ave., SF. Donations may be sent to Adult Day Services Network, 221 Main St, Suite 300, SF, 94105-1911; or Friends of the SF Public Library, 391 Grove St, SF, 94102.

The Access to Care Initiative has two major components, advocacy and outreach. The outreach component involves educating case managers, medical social workers, physicians, and others working in non-profit, healthcare, and governmental settings about the importance of ADS and how to refer patients/clients to ADS centers. The advocacy component involves identifying and addressing local and state-level system-related barriers to access to ADS for aging adults and people with disabilities. Made possible through the generous support of The San Francisco Foundation, The California Endowment and United Way Bay Area.

10% CUT TO MEDI-CAL PROVIDER RATES WILL ACTUALLY INCREASE COSTS - The cut is going to cost more than it saves because ADHC costs less than other services. Seniors without adult day health care will go to nursing homes or emergency rooms costing 4-5 times more. If implemented, these cuts will erect more barriers for low-income Californians to access health services and will force tens of thousands into high-cost emergency rooms for care.

Medi-Cal is California's public health program that provides needed health care services for low-income individuals including seniors, persons with disabilities, and low income people with specific diseases such as tuberculosis, breast cancer or HIV/AIDS. Even though Medi-Cal provides such an important service to some of California’s most vulnerable populations, the program is funded at some of the lowest rates in the country, threatening access to critical health care services.

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