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Families and health advocates urge city to stop Swindells closure, address shrinking subacute care
Summary
At a joint Planning and Health Commission hearing, multiple family members, clinicians and community organizations urged the city and CPMC to reverse plans that would close Swindells Alzheimer's residential care and to develop concrete solutions for declining subacute and skilled-nursing capacity in San Francisco.
Dozens of public commenters at a joint Planning and Health Commission hearing delivered emotional testimony opposing CPMC'proposed reductions in residential and post-acute care capacity and urged commissioners to use the compliance review to pursue concrete solutions.
Family members of residents at Swindells Alzheimer's Residential Care Unit said they learned in August that CPMC intends to close the 20'year facility and that the move would displace as many as 22'24 medically vulnerable residents. Ann Ludwig, representing the Swindells Family Council, said moving residents would be "medically contraindicated" and urged the city to ensure comparable placements and preserve that community benefit.
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