{"id":9456,"date":"2019-04-12T20:34:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T20:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salushomecare.com\/san-diego\/?p=9456"},"modified":"2025-04-30T05:29:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T05:29:43","slug":"californias-first-accredited-senior-emergency-care-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salushomecare.com\/san-diego\/blog\/californias-first-accredited-senior-emergency-care-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"California\u2019s First Accredited Senior Emergency Care Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A visit to the emergency room is often frightening for a senior. In addition to being concerned about their health condition, the bright lights, loud noises and rushed atmosphere can cause an already fragile individual to feel anxious and uncertain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UC San Diego Health is doing something to change a senior\u2019s experience when they have to enter an emergency room thanks to their recently opened state-of-the-art unit specializing in geriatric emergency medicine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Gary and Mary West Emergency Room for Seniors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westhealth.org\/our-focus\/acute-care\/geriatric-emergency-care\/\">The Gary and Mary West Emergency Department at UC San Diego Health in La Jolla<\/a> is the first of its kind in California to provide a dedicated space for seniors who need emergency room support. The new space provides accredited care and was designed specifically with seniors in mind. Details from the lighting to the acoustics provide a more sensory-friendly environment for seniors. High back chairs in the waiting room make longer wait times more comfortable, and sturdy arms and legs help with fall prevention and other safety concerns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the patient rooms, seniors can take advantage of sound-absorbing\nwalls for increased privacy, variable lighting systems that orient the patients\nto the actual time of day and contrasting colors between walls and floors and\ntoilet and chair seats to make mobility easier and reduce the patient\u2019s risk of\nfalling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gary and Mary West Emergency Department was built with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salushomecare.com\/san-diego\/blog\/important-duties-family-caregivers\/\">family caregivers<\/a> in mind too. Sometimes it takes longer than expected to diagnose a senior\u2019s condition and stabilize them. While they wait, family members can take advantage of a private lounge, giving them a place to rest while still staying close to their loved ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grant Funding for Senior Care and Geriatric Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This Senior Emergency Care Unit was made possible by a generous grant from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westhealth.org\/what-we-do\/outcomes-based-philanthropy\/\">Gary and Mary West<\/a>. The grant will also be used to further research initiatives between UC San Diego Health and West Health Institute with teh goal of improving best practices and standards for geriatric emergency care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Patty Maysent, CEO, UC San Diego Health, as shared in a UC San Diego News Center <a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdnews.ucsd.edu\/pressrelease\/uc_san_diego_health_opens_californias_first_accredited_senior_emergency_care_unit\">article<\/a>, &nbsp;\u201cGary and Mary West are incredible philanthropists with large and generous hearts for seniors. Their gift to UC San Diego Health paves the way to innovative care in emergency medicine with the opening of the SECU. Our dedicated staff has worked tirelessly over the past few years to make this vision a reality. We are grateful for the opportunity to continue providing outstanding care to our community in all of its diversity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salushomecare.com\/san-diego\/\">Salus Homecare of San Diego<\/a> is proud to be a part of a community that recognizes the importance of and expanding need for dedicated senior health care services. The Gary and Mary West Emergency Department at UC San Diego Health in La Jolla is an important addition to La Jolla with their innovative approach to geriatric emergency care. Having this facility helps our aging loved ones to understand they are valued and that their particular needs are being addressed with the compassion and respect they deserve. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A visit to the emergency room is often frightening for a senior. 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Debbie is a registered nurse who has spent her career in home based care including patient care, leadership, hospice consulting and executive roles. Since 2013, she has served on the Board of Directors for the California Hospice &amp; Palliative Care Organization (CHAPCA). Currently, Debbie serves as the co-chair for public policy and regulations with CHAPCA, advocating for policies that benefit hospice care patients and hospice care agencies. Under her direction and leadership, Debbie co-founded Salus Hospice in 2015 and leads the organization through continued Medicare licensure and Joint Commission Accreditation, actively working to maintain their high standards for patient care and excellence. In speaking about the value of hospice care and the hospice journey, Debbie states, \"Hospice is not about giving up hope, rather it\u2019s about redefining hope and living the best life possible for as long as you are able. At Salus Hospice we believe that life's final journey is deeply enriched by quality moments with loved ones and hospice professionals alongside.\" Debbie lives in Newport Beach with her husband and enjoys spending time with their family, dog Bailey, church friends and community. Debbie was inducted into the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) in 2019 and is enjoying the new friendships and service opportunities this has provided her with.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/debbie-robson-b144a0a6\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salushomecare.com\/san-diego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salushomecare.com\/san-diego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salushomecare.com\/san-diego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salushomecare.com\/san-diego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salushomecare.com\/san-diego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9456"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.salushomecare.com\/san-diego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9543,"href":"https:\/\/www.salushomecare.com\/san-diego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9456\/revisions\/9543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salushomecare.com\/san-diego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salushomecare.com\/san-diego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salushomecare.com\/san-diego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salushomecare.com\/san-diego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}