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Senior Advocacy Services

One agency with three programs that advocate for seniors in long term care facilities and Medicare beneficiaries who want unbiased individual help and advocacy.

Donata Mikulik

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Thanks to Our Sponsors You Can Double Your Impact to Help Seniors!

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS HELPING US HELP SENIORS

Senior Advocacy Services (SAS) is staying on the front-line providing support to isolated seniors. With your matching donations, you are doubling your impact.

Our staff visit care home residents, help connect families and loved ones, respond to reports of abuse, provide training and increase awareness about what our older adults are experiencing during COVID.

Seniors are suffering, and you can help.

THANK YOU!

Aurora Santa Rosa Hospital

Traditions Behavioral Health

Advanced Pharmaceuticals Consultants

Ceilume

Coastal Products

Peter and Marianne Estournes

F & M Steel

Flynn Development Group, LLC

From the Heart Senior Services

Galanti & Copenhaver, Inc.

Harvest Card

Kebok Foundation

Mercy Wellness

Moss Adams

Lerdahl Management Services

The Heck Foundation

Traverso Chambers

Tweeten Eldercare Advisors

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Sonoma County Virtual Family Council Zoom Meeting for those Caring for a Resident of Long Term Care

June 25, 2020 – July 30, 2020

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Description:

Join the Sonoma County Long Term Care Ombudsman and other professionals serving older adults to discuss how to partner with facility staff to connect to your loved one living in long-term care:
• You are an important part of your loved one’s Care Team!
• The Virtual Family Council will discuss residents’ rights to visitation and restrictions in place due to COVID-19.
• Jennifer Watson, Program Director for Primrose Alzheimer’s Living, will describe how they partner with family members to facilitate family connections, and share best practices you can look for at your loved one’s facility.

Sonoma County Virtual Family Council Zoom Meeting
Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.
Join us online or by phone.

Call the Long-Term Care Ombudsman at (707) 526-4108 for more information.

Register

https://senioradvocacyservices.org/event-registration/?ee=355

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SoCo Virtual Family Council for those caring for a resident of long term care

June 25, 2020 – June 25, 2020

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Description:

Join the Sonoma County Long Term Care Ombudsman and other professionals serving older adults to discuss how to partner with facility staff to connect to your loved one living in long-term care:
• You are an important part of your loved one’s Care Team!
• The Virtual Family Council will discuss residents’ rights to visitation and restrictions in place due to COVID-19.
• Jennifer Watson, Program Director for Primrose Alzheimer’s Living, will describe how they partner with family members to facilitate family connections, and share best practices you can look for at your loved one’s facility.

Sonoma County Virtual Family Council Zoom Meeting
Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.
Join us online or by phone.
The same Zoom link works for every meeting.
If this is your first meeting, register at https://senioradvocacyservices.org/ for the Zoom link or call-in number.

Call the Long-Term Care Ombudsman at (707) 526-4108 for more information.

Register

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Virtual Family Council

Connecting you with your loved one who is living in long-term care
Does someone you care for live in a long-term setting such as
assisted living or a nursing home?
Join us online or by phone to discuss how you can connect with
your loved one and speak up for the quality of their care.
Meet the Sonoma County Long-Term Care Ombudsman who
advocates for your loved one’s rights.
Sonoma County Virtual Family Council
Zoom meeting
Thursdays, June 18, 25 and July 2,9, 16 and 23, 2020
4:30 p.m.
Email info@sasnb.org for a call-in number or a link to the Zoom meeting.
Call (707) 526-4108 for information.
Join the Facebook group at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SOCOVirtualFamily/

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Project Tablet Turnover

Would you like to Donate a Tablet? Drop it off at 5787 Desoto Drive in Santa Rosa or call (707) 526 – 4108 for pick up. South County Location now available at 1825 Nicola Dr. in Petaluma.    Please reset your tablet to Factory Settings before donating and provide the power cord.  

 

Elderly man taking with family on ipad

Ending Loneliness for Seniors in Long-Term Care

Loneliness in seniors may be fatal. Studies show the feeling of loneliness and emptiness causes suffering for seniors but can lead to serious health problems and even death. With the isolation created by the COVID-19 virus, our elderly living in Skilled Nursing Facilities are alone. For many, families can no longer visit, listen to their stories, or give hugs and loving affection.

Ombudsman have a plan to help in these extraordinary times. Can you donate a tablet? We will help set up with access to games, social media apps, YouTube, free video conferencing and more.  You can help connect a senior in need with the tech we rely on so heavily now.

Donate by delivering your device at 5787 Desoto Drive in Santa Rosa (Rincon Valley) just east of Safeway (Calistoga Rd./Highway  12). Please put the tablet along with its power cord in the box slot as labeled – it will be sitting on a table with a balloon for easy visibility.

If you are unable to drop-off your tablet, call Senior Advocacy Service at (707) 526-4108 to arrange for a staff member to come pick up.  As a small, local non-profit we do not have the ability to refurbish these tablets.  We are asking for working devices that have already been reset to factory settings with the passwords, pins, cellular service etc. removed. If you donate an ipad, turn off the “find my ipad” before restoring it to factory settings.  Help us by donating tablets ready to be given to an isolated senior in need. New or gently used devices are welcome, as are smart phones that can function without mobile/cell service subscription.

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Volunteer with Us!

Multi-colored hands raised and the word Volunteer
My name is Jared Schlyer, Senior Advocacy Services newly appointed Volunteer Recruitment Coordinator and I am looking for compassionate, problem-solving, empathetic and detail oriented individuals who are looking to devote their time to serving seniors as a Certified Ombudsman, a Certified Medicare Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program, or Elder Justice Advocate!
Are you able to help give a voice to those who live in long term care? Do you have the sharp and organized mind to advise those who are on Medicare understand its many intricacies from year to year? Your time is not only valued but much needed!
Senior Advocacy Services also has three major events each year in which run on volunteer support. At Christmas, we wrap and bring gifts to residents of long term care facilities. For Mother’s Day, volunteers craft flower bouquets and deliver them out to the lucky ladies of long term care facilities. And in April we host our annual fundraiser Pick of the Vine with wine, beer and bites in support of seniors in Sonoma County.
Come volunteer today we have a spot for you!
For more information visit our website senioradvocacyservices.org or contact Jared Schlyer via email Jareds@sasnb.org or phone (707) 526-4108 x118

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Evacuation and Fire Safety Training for RCFE Administrators

Come to our upcoming Evacuation and Disaster Planning Training on Wednesday October 30th at the Rohnert Park  Library Evacuation & Disaster Planning Rohnert Park Oct 30 Flyer. (October 17th in Sonoma has been cancelled).  Register today, seating is limited and continuing education is provided for RCFE Administrators.

Also check out this valuable video for Evacuation and Fire Safety created by the San Ramon Valley Fire District with permission to share far and wide.  In this California Fire Season it is important to keep in mind options during an emergency and how to make the best decisions for a situation, especially if first responders are unable to assist.  Video content is also relevant to other types of caregivers for adults requiring special assistance.

https://firedepartment.org/community/safety-tips/senior-safety

Share these opportunities and register by searching for Evacuation Training on Eventbrite or on our Senior Advocacy Services facebook page.

 

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Elder Abuse Awareness Month Covered by KTVU Channel 2

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On Monday June 24th, KTVU Channel 2 news reached out to Senior Advocacy Services about a story highlighting Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Awareness Month.

Coincidentally, not long before the TV request, the SAS Elder Justice Coordinator, Donata Mikulik, met a community member Ezra Gardener Rust who had fallen victim to a phone scam that cost him approximately $32,000. Read More

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