President Twana welcomed everyone at 12:30.

 

Sheila led the Pledge of Allegiance

 

Thought for the Day by Monique was a quote by Mark Twain about when we tell the truth we can forget about it.

 

Phil sang a camp song from his youth and one about a beautiful day

 

Jerylann introduced a Craig H. a visiting Rotarian from New Zealand.  He shared a little about his country and club.

 

Sarah from Los Altos was a visitor thinking of joining our club. Another guest was Jerold J, a retired engineer from Lockheed.

 

Scott introduced the speakers and said they’d each speak for 5-10 minutes then open it up to questions.

 

Bert gave a talk on what happens to the money we give to the Foundation. He explained about matching funds. He described the Los Altos AIDS Project that we contribute to with our funds. It is a program that has had much success in Liberia, in preventing AIDS in babies born to moms with the illness.  The project will next focus on training people in Ethiopia to understand how to administer the medications that prevent AIDS in babies. Without the medication at least 1/3 of babies born to moms with AIDS will also have it. With the medications no baby will contract the disease.

 

Monique also encouraged club members yet to give, to please make a donation of any size to the Foundation.  She shared that her daughter Susan died of AIDS when she was 32 and this is why this project means so much to her. She was hoping we’d have 100% participation.

 

Twana thanked Monique for the dessert.

 

The ski trip is on March 17-20.

 

In lieu of the Crab Feed please make any donations to Mountain View Rotary Charities.

 

Next Evening Social will be on Tuesday, Feb. 23 at Paul and Susan’s house with a Mardi gras theme. It’s $15 per person and if your birthday is in February you get in free.

 

The next Board meeting will be Thursday, February 18 at CHAC at 5:00 p.m.

 

The Area Wide Speech Contest will be held on Thursday, February 25 at 12:15 at the Garden House in Shoup Park, 400 University Ave., Los Altos.

Twana also announced that Brittany is resigning as of February 19 and it is also the 111^th anniversary of Rotary.

 

Rotary U (District Assembly) will be on Thursday, March 24 at the India Community Center. Club pays for your attendance which includes dinner. This is an educational event. New members, officers and committee chairs are encouraged to attend.

 

We’ll have a table at the District Conference on Saturday April 30. The dinner is $75.

 

If you share news with us and donate, those donations go to the Endowment and are used for scholarships for worthy students. Judy Hannemann said the two Mtn. View middle schools are experimenting with tutors helping students with Social Studies and could use donations of appropriate magazines.

 

Anita said soon an invitation will be sent out to local non-profits to apply for a grant this year. The grants start at $500 and up. The committee tries to keep it to 8-10 organizations in order to give a good amount to each.

 

Scott Johnson introduced the three speakers each talking of their organizations work with seniors.

 

Corine Bernard is Executive Director of Villa Siena Senior Living Community, in Mountain View, which provides long-term Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Skilled Nursing to just over 100 residents.   She has been in this role at Villa Siena for 16 years.   Prior to that she was Assistant Administrator at Our Lady of Fatima Villa in Saratoga. 

 

Corine is Vice President of Santa Clara Chapter of the California Association of Health Facilities and is a Board Member of St. Francis Career College, Northern California Division.   She holds a Bachelors Degree in Health Services Administration, is a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator, and is a Licensed Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrator.   

 

Tom Pamilla is Director of Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center, in Mountain View.   Prior jobs for Tom have included:  Executive Director of Palo Alto Senior Housing Project; Director of Programs at Alzheimer’s Association; Executive Director of Community Services Agency in Mountain View; and Executive Director of Heights & Hill Community Council, Brooklyn, New York.   

 

Tom holds Masters Degrees in Accounting and in Arts Social Work.  His Bachelor Degree was in Philosophy.  Other endeavors have included:  Director of the St. Charles Senior Center in New York City; a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic; a Board Member of the Center for Social Advocacy in San Diego County; and a member of the East San Diego County Action Network. 

 

Paula Siress is an Area Director of Operations for Healthy Living at Home, a large provider of home health care services in California, Oregon and Arizona.   A corporate focus is to ensure home care for seniors is available, coordinated, and provided in a comprehensive way, that combines with other human services when appropriate. 

 

Corine Bernard, Executive Director of Villa Siena Senior Living Community in Mountain View described what they provide. The facility is very near St. Francis High School. They have 24-7 care some Long-term Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Skilled Nursing to 100 residents. She said there is a waiting list to get in. Some residents are independent and can come and go as they please. Some in Assisted Living may need help with dressing and such. There are a few couples and most residents are single, mostly widows/widowers.  The Skilled Nursing portion has 30 beds. They provide many services such as skilled nursing care, music & memory classes, recreation etc.  Corine said there are not enough facilities with the growing population. The Assisted Living has grown quite a bit at their facility. Skilled nursing also needs to grow as the senior population grows.

 

Their oldest resident is 103! They have a staff of 90, most have been there 5+ years which is good for continuity. They provide a ‘family type atmosphere”. If the family runs out of ability to pay, they can stay as they are run by the ‘Daughters of Charity” who will subsidize their care.

 

Tom Pamilla is the is the Executive Director of Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center on Escuela in Mountain View. They provide a Day Health Program for those with severe conditions like Dementia & Parkinson. This requires skilled nursing along with other services. The other program is a day program with daily activities. The programs run from 9:30 to 2:30. There are daily activities including recreational fun activities, speech therapist, occupational therapist, etc. The programs in all can take up to 60 people. Currently there are 40 in attendance. The programs so are so helpful to care givers who need to work, or have time to take care of themselves. In many cases MediCal pays the entire cost. If a Veteran the VA pays for it and private pay has three levels $90, $130 or $150 per day.

 

Paula Siress is Area Director of Operations for the Healthy Living at Home, a large provider of home health care services. First thing they do is assessment for what a senior needs in home care. Often the patients come from the hospital and need help at home. A typical service would be for 2 to 3 times a week. Sometimes services are provided for 6 weeks to 3 or 4 months if needed.  Often it is for patients who had a stroke, injuries, major surgery or dementia. Their focus is to ensure home care for seniors is available and provided in a comprehensive way. For examples they provide licensed home health nursing, physical therapy, dietician and social work care. Often medical insurance covers this cost. If paying by the hour it is $25 an hour. MediCal may also pay for the services or the VA and private insurance.

 

Next week we meet at 6 p.m. at Paul and Susan’s.

 

Next regular meeting is Tuesday, March 1st.

 

Our program will be Cammie Brodie at PNC Mortgage.

 

Our 4-fer for the next meeting will be Walt Joyce.