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Human Services Association presents Alzheimer’s care, meal and home‑support programs to Cerritos commission
Summary
HSA CEO Ricardo Motta and Senior Services Director Darren Dunaway briefed the newly formed Cerritos Senior Services Commission on HSA’s regional senior programs — including an Alzheimer’s day care, MSSP Medi‑Cal waiver services, congregate and home‑delivered meals, and local care management — and answered commissioners’ questions about capacity, enrollment and culturally specific meals.
Ricardo Motta, chief executive officer of the Human Services Association, and Darren Dunaway, the organization’s senior services director, presented an overview of HSA’s senior programs to the Cerritos Senior Services Commission on March 17, 2006.
Motta told commissioners HSA employs about 250 people, manages roughly a $35 million budget and serves approximately 20,000 clients across Los Angeles County. The nonprofit has partnered with the City of Cerritos since 1987, he said, and provides senior services in the city through a long-standing contract arrangement.
Dunaway described a suite of services that HSA operates countywide, emphasizing programs relevant to Cerritos residents. He called the Alzheimer’s day care a “social‑model” program (not tied to Medi‑Cal), open to anyone coping with dementia or social isolation; the program averages about 18 participants a day and charges $30 per week for full‑day attendance (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.). “It’s an amazing…
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