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Choose Well Quality Measure 1 – Activities & Socialization:  Ensuring that residents have access to planned activities that are appropriate to the interests and capabilities of the residents.

Moving into assisted living is often seen by seniors and their families as a remedy to the social isolation experienced when living alone.  For example, by moving into a facility, mom or dad will have greater access to peers, caregiving staff and activities. However, an incorrect assumption during this well-intentioned effort is that just because mom or dad is now living among more people in a more stimulating environment, they will not still experience loneliness

As fires ravaged the San Diego's North County in late 2017, many RCFEs were evacuated - surely a wake up call for reassessing your facility's disaster preparedness readiness.  The RCFE Disaster Preparedness Task Force is a collaborative group of RCFE administrators and providers working together to support in Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery. This not-for-profit organization is hosting a FREE conference in Oceanside on 23 May 2018.  So Save-The-Date and make your plans to attend.  Knowing how to improve your facility's responsiveness now, may save the lives of your residents and employees in the future.  For more information visit www.rcfedisasterhelp.com.   Choose Well providers can become a member of this organization, and add their logo to your list of Distinctions on your Facility Profile Page.

The 2018 Edition of the San Diego Eldercare Directory is on the streets:  in libraries, senior and community centers, and in the offices of many providers of care and services to seniors. And the County's full-color ad featuring Choose Well is there too.  So Choose Well providers - expect Choose Well's visibility to result in more hits to the site, and now more than ever, make sure your Facility Profile is ready for all the new eyes on the site.  

To consumers reading this post, if you don't have your 2018 copy of the San Diego Eldercare Directory, know that you can pick up your free copy at most libraries or senior centers. To receive your complimentary copy of the 2018 San Diego Union-Tribune Eldercare Directory by mail, send your request to the following address:

Dianne Jacob's Fall 2017 newsletter headlines with an article about Choose Well.  She describes Choose Well as being "… a powerful new ally" for families looking for quality long-term care.  The article notes that the Choose Well program uses 11 Quality Measures "designed to guide consumers to the most appropriate facility for their needs."  This Jacob Journal article is the latest effort by the County of San Diego to promote, publicize, …