. >> hi, i'm teresa palmer, i work with san francisco for healthcare jobs and justice. one of the things i wanted to point out, it's on the c m.p. c california campus, it costs 6500 a month minimum to be there. it is a model facility and under the model of memory care, which is an enhanced form of residential care that is expensive to provide. it has increased nursing and staff training than most residential care facilities. most facilities are decidedly non medical and do not do well when seriously ill patients are sent to them. the ombudsman has provided you with a list of horror stories that can happen when sick people are discharged to the hospital from an rcfe. and the hospital council is basically supporting a narrow focus on short stay acute care because that brings the most revenue. they want to discharge their "problem" patients to residential care because that's the cheapest thing for them to do. low to moderate income can't find regular long-term care in san francisco and community sniffs are using beds to provide post hospital rehab, that the hospital used t

teresa palmer. >> i'm linda, the daughter of penny who is 103 years-old. she has adjusted and being well cared for at the center. she sometimes sings, laughs with the staff. she has sun downers syndrome. her nights and days are mixed up. staff share meals with her so she's not alone at night. i am here to plea with you to not close the facility. i look at other facilities i cannot afford. at this time, my mother spent down her investment, granted a subsidy grant for 50% a year and a half ago. i am paying less than 3,000 a month, i am paying my mom's care with her social security check and my pension now. i applied for medi-cal, veterans, ssi, i have been approved for medi-cal but it doesn't pay for assisted living. i'm here for your help to find solutions to solve the situation and future problems with memory care, alzheimer's care for assistance where it's privately owned. where will we go when we are in the situation? will we be tossed in the street like homeless to care for ourselves since there will be no place to care for us. and become a problem for