Response to Santa Cruz Sentinel artilce on Plesant Care.

Regarding the sale and possible closure of Pleasant Care.

Although the article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel today, which came only after I called them, has many correct facts but a few are wrong. Unlike the Sentinel reporter, I did talk to corporate. Although they did not answer their main line, the manager at Pleasant Care gave me an extension where I found a helpful soul.
Corporate said with a long sigh.

"The time to qualify for a bid is over, they are slated to close. That center will close."

The truth is they have till the 29th of June for a certain kind of fast track bid, but no one has even tried to pre-qualify.

Its true, they cannot just shut it down, as DHS said. They will do what they did at Capitola, send in high paid nurses and slowly shut them down. This does not help the displacement or the root problem. I think the article is giving false hope to residents who should be prepared and start getting there families and support networks in gear. It took about six months in the last instance.

I writing this in response to the Sentinel article and as an update to the first article I wrote regarding this issues, please read it if you care about this issue.

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/06/21/18429258.php

The article has links that show how they shut down the last similar facility and its affect on the residents.

I will be on Robert Norse’s Bathroom Broadsides radio show where we will tackle this issue. Sunday June 24, 2007. Tune in at 101.1FM, or stream it from http://www.freakradio.org. Studio Line: (831) 427-3772.
by Tim Rumford