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Seeking to improve access to quality end-of-life care, CHAPCA educates patients, families, and healthcare professionals about hospice and palliative care.

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A Medi-Cal ‘Gap’ Hurts Tens of Thousands of Low-Income Seniors. Will California Finally Fix It?

01/09/2025

The Newsom administration on Friday is expected to release its next budget proposal. Health care advocates want the governor to fix a Medi-Cal rule that discourages seniors from getting coverage.

San Jose’s Senior Nutrition Program Hungers for More Funds as Demand Outstrips Budget

12/17/2024

SAN JOSE TEMPORARILY limited meals for older adults at city community centers in early December amid a budget shortfall — a move that left recipients flustered.

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San Jose Demand for Senior Meals Underestimated Cost

San Jose temporarily limited meals for older adults at city community centers in early December amid a budget shortfall — a move that left recipients flustered.
The San Jose Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services is responsible for administering …

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San Jose Senior Apartment Tenants Take Issue With Management

An affordable housing development near Willow Glen was supposed to give homeless older adults a safe place to live. Instead, a number of residents are clamoring to leave.
Leigh Avenue Senior Apartments, located at Leigh Avenue and Southwest Expressway, provided …

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Santa Clara County Homeless Shelter Model Displaces Seniors

Alma stared at her phone, rattled. She had just received a text from her case manager on Sept. 30 that she'd been evicted from the Sunnyvale homeless shelter while on the way back from work. With nowhere to go, she …

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Sunnyvale Older Adults to Get Living Center, Convalescent Hospital

More than 100 apartments for older adults and a medical facility could be coming to Sunnyvale within the next few years.
The Sunnyvale Planning Commission unanimously approved plans for a six-story senior living site and 72,000-square-foot convalescent hospital at 1027-1035 …

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Los Gatos Meadows Developer Agrees to $1.1 Million Asbestos Settlement

After the Los Gatos Meadows senior living project was slammed, in 2022, by Town officials over height concerns and not taking heed of requests to rejig the hill-perched site to allow in more lower-income residents, Covia Communities—the developer—disappeared.

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Los Gatos Commits More Funds for Food, Rent Relief

Los Gatos seniors wait patiently to pick two food items, while eyeing tables piled with essentials such as meat and bread. Then it’s a free-for-all as roughly 70 participants load their arms and bags with groceries for the week.
Janet …

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San Jose Affordable Apartments a Plus for Senior Housing Crisis

More than 100 Santa Clara County seniors struggling with the cost of living will have a place to call home in downtown San Jose within the next few years.
The San Jose City Council unanimously approved a roughly $15.2 million …

Image caption: Second Harvest CEO Erica Padilla-Chavez (at right) with a group of local Rotary members who helped wrap Holiday Food & Fund Drive barrels.
Setting the Table for Social Change

Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County CEO Erica Padilla-Chavez looks at food insecurity as a symptom of an underlying disorder—one that can be cured.

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