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Health Commission reviews post-acute care report as public urges action to halt decline in subacute beds
Summary
The commission heard a Post Acute Care Collaborative report identifying 117 patients waiting for post-acute placement and recommending a standardized assessment (LOCUS), a citywide roving placement team, and expanded supported-living alternatives; public commenters and commissioners pressed hospitals — especially CPMC/Sutter — to keep subacute and SNF beds in San Francisco.
The San Francisco Health Commission received a point-in-time report from the Post Acute Care Collaborative (PACC) and a department briefing outlining a multi-part strategy to address shrinking post-acute capacity and delays in placing medically fragile patients.
Sneha Patel, from the Department of Public Health's Office of Policy and Planning, summarized background trends including closures of hospital-based skilled nursing and the limits these shifts place on discharge options. Daniel Ruth, co-chair of the PACC, said the collaborative completed interviews, site visits and a point-in-time survey that found 117 patients waiting for post-acute placement…
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