Monday 07/17/2023
Started the day with the standard walk. Then it was time for the monthly event coordinators meeting, where we finalize the calendar of events for the next month. My contribution to this was to present a proposal to replace the lectern in the auditorium. There was agreement that this was worth doing and the money was available, but the choice of lectern needed more shopping. There are an incredible number of podiums and lecterns on Amazon and elsewhere.
After lunch I went to FOPAL and processed four boxes of books. Back to CH in plenty of time for Rhonda’s open meeting. She wanted to talk about the bill in the State Assembly that would set a $25/hour minimum wage for all workers in health care. Very broadly defined; it would cover any worker at a SNF or AL or CCRA, including dining services, janitorial, drivers, etc. Our average pay here is currently $19.50 (before benefits which include health care for workers and optional subsidies for families). Rhonda estimates the annual cost of the increased minimum would be about 500K, or 3-4% on our monthly fees. That’s tolerable for us, but, quoting Leading Age, the trade organization for senior residences, a number of facilities have a majority of beds paid by MediCal, which already reimburses at 20% below the real average cost of care, and no reimbursement increase is proposed with the legislation, just the mandated pay increase.
In the evening I spent some time looking at podiums and lecterns. Whee.
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