in-home healthcare

Rural Health Discharge Program Extended

By Yvette Urrea Moe, County of San Diego Communications Office
 
October 4, 2024 (San Diego, CA) --
A medical team that provides in-home follow-up care to patients who were recently hospitalized at Sharp Grossmont Hospital is helping them avoid unplanned returns to the emergency room. The County, Grossmont Healthcare District, and Sharp Grossmont Hospital partnered to pilot this program in June 2023 and are extending the mobile service for another year. Plans are underway to expand it. 

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RAUL CARRANZA, LOCAL DISABILITY ACTIVIST, HOSPITALIZED AFTER MEDI-CAL CUTS NURSING CARE

 
“I want you to fight. Fight for me, fight for the millions of unheard voices.” – Raul Carranza
 
May 19, 2012 (San Diego)—When Medi-Cal cut Raul Carranza’s round-the-clock nursing care, the paralyzed student feared for his future.  “Please join us so we can stop these cuts and save not only my life, but thousands of others,”  Carranza said at the time, organizing rallies in an effort to restore in-home healthcare services.

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