【KTSF 梁慧珊報導】
有舊金山(三藩市)護理中心和Palo Alto大學合作做的研究顯示， 華裔長者如果獨居，憂鬱症的情況會比較嚴重。 護理中心促請政府方面增加撥款， 照顧更多有需要的長者。
來自香港的黃志珍是個孤兒。 自少住在養父母家，後來她因為養父有了自己的親生小孩而被忽略。
童年的不愉快加上婚姻失敗，黃志珍在大約三十年前已經患上憂鬱症。
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獨居華裔長者憂鬱症較嚴重
Adult Day Health Care end to cut off frail seniors
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Chan Soon Fong suffers from dementia, memory loss, hypertension, osteoporosis, anemia, arthritis, ulcers, a compressed lumbar spine and diabetes. The 92-year-old woman's list of illnesses is staggering, but the San Franciscan has managed to stay in her own home and out of a nursing facility with the help of in-home caregivers and a state-sponsored program called Adult Day Health Care, which provides medical care, physical therapy, exercise, counseling, socialization and other support at one place. Chan has participated in the program for 14 years. That may soon change for Chan and others like her.
| 取消成人日間護理 耆英難以安度晚年 |
( 本報訊 ) 住在三藩市的Chan Soon Fong（音譯：陳素芬）已經92歲，患有老人癡呆症、記憶力減退、高血壓、骨質疏鬆、貧血、關節炎、潰瘍、壓縮腰椎和糖尿，但過去在家庭看護及州府資助的「成人日間護理」計劃的協助下，她一直能夠住在自己的家裡接受家居照護。 她已經參與該計劃14年了，在一間醫療照顧中心接受治療、復健、運動、諮商等支援，但這種情況在不久後可能發生重大改變。 |
New Hole in Safety Net
Are you ready for the elimination of Adult Day Health Care?
And where do you expect the 37,000 medically fragile seniors and disabled in the 300-plus ADHC programs to go?
Read the complete article.
State whacks Adult Day Health Care System
Ron Divino has no family and lives alone in a studio apartment on San Francisco's Howard Street. A stroke left the 58-year-old formerly homeless man partially paralyzed, restricting his ability to get around and create the art that once have him a sense of purpose.
Read the complete article.
California Adult Day Health Care on chopping block
Bessie Spears was suicidal when she arrived at an Adult Day Health Care center in San Francisco four months ago. Ben Dubinsky was slipping further into depression until he walked through the center's front doors last year. And Ernest Badger was in pain and barely walking when he started the program eight months ago after hip replacement surgery.
Read the complete article.
Adult Day Health Care Centers May Be Axed in Budget Cuts, Affecting Tens of Thousands of Californians
CARMICHAEL, CA - Gov. Brown has made clear that every Californian will have to sacrifice in order to balance the state's $26.6 billion budget deficit. But there is concern that some of California's most vulnerable citizens will end up feeling more than their fair share of the pain.
Read the complete article.
Busy Social Life May Stave Off Disability in Elderly
MONDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Seniors who are more socially active are less likely to become disabled, researchers say.
Read the complete article.
Will California Keep Adult Day Health?
Senior advocates are hoping a hearing at the end of last week was a turning point for the Adult Day Health Care Program. It is slated to be eliminated as part of Governor Brown's proposed budget -- but since one committee recommended keeping it while another committee urged its elimination, the fate of the ADHC program has come down to the joint conference committee.
Read the complete article.
Brown's Countdown: Jerry's Story
Jerry Woutat takes care of his 76-year old mother Carol, who has dementia. The Sacramento man relies on state-funded adult day health care services to supplement her care. That program would be eliminated under Governor Jerry Brown's budget plan.
Follow the link and take 90 seconds to hear NPR's Marianne Russ' discussion with Jerry.
Hear audio of the interview.
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