California Armenian Home- Congratulations to ex City Councilman Rod Anaforian new Sales Manager of San Joaquin Terraces

Rod Anaforian, ex Fresno City Councilman
New Sales Manager of San Joaquin Terraces Nursing Home and Senior  Community
NOW WE KNOW WHERE ALL THE ARMENIANS WILL BE GOING
GOOD BY CALIFORNIA ARMENIAN DUMP  HOME

This place is fantastic, has a classy staff of educated administrators and licensed people.
The Administrator here has an MBA in Health Care Management.  Yuba?  doesn't even have a high school diploma.

FRESNO, Calif. -- Rod Anaforian has joined The Terraces at San Joaquin Gardens as the new director of sales. In his position, Anaforian will oversee marketing and sales operations at the continuing care retirement community (CCRC) located in Fresno.

“Rod is an experienced marketing professional and extremely knowledgeable when it comes to senior living,” said Jessica Lopez, executive director for The Terraces at San Joaquin Gardens. “He’ll be a great resource for area seniors and their families who are interested in moving to a CCRC, and we’re very excited to have him lead our team.”

Anaforian has more than 15 years of sales experience, and previously worked as the director of client services for Qforma, Inc. in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and as the chief operations officer for Lance-Kashian & Company in Fresno. He also served as a territory, district and regional sales manager for Organon Pharmaceuticals in Roseland, New Jersey.

“The Terraces already has a great reputation, and I’m ready to build upon its continued success,” said Anaforian. “I am looking forward to working with potential new residents and their families, and discuss the advantages of residing in a CCRC.”

Anaforian is a graduate of California State University in Long Beach, Calif., where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in social science and a master of arts degree in international relations. He was also elected twice to the Fresno City Council and is co-author of a sales management tip book titled, Rising Above The Crowd.

About The Terraces at San Joaquin Gardens

The Terraces at San Joaquin Gardens is committed to enriching the lives of older adults. For more than 45 years, the community, located at 5555 North Fresno Street, has delivered one of the most engaging lifestyles in the area. In addition to residential living, the community offers residents access to a full continuum of on-site assisted living, memory support and skilled nursing. For more information about The Terraces at San Joaquin Gardens, call 1-800-895-8019 visit www.TheTerracesAtSanJoaquin.com.


The Terraces at San Joaquin Gardens is owned and managed by ABHOW, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation. ABHOW is a nonsectarian corporation, serving seniors through quality retirement housing since 1949. ABHOW seeks to enhance the well-being and security of seniors through the provision of housing, health care and supportive services, and was a pioneer in the development of CCRCs. For more information about ABHOW, visit www.ABHOW.com

Fresno’s most complete senior living community

Residential living and quality health services.

The Terraces at San Joaquin Gardens is on the leading edge of retirement living in Fresno. We know you want flexibility, options and peace of mind for the future – and that’s exactly what you’ll get here. By transforming and expanding our community, we’re looking ahead to continue to offer area seniors more choices, more opportunities and more from life.

With our residential living lifestyle, you’re free to focus on all the things you love about life, without worrying about daily chores and maintenance. Plus, you’ll have peace of mind knowing your future is secure with guaranteed access to our continuing care services, including assisted living, memory support, nursing care and short-term rehabilitation. Our health services, which recently earned a Five-Star rating – the highest possible – from the U.S. Government Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, are also available through direct admission to local residents of Fresno.

Freedom, choices and a firm plan to live happily, healthy and secure? That’s better retirement. Welcome to The Terraces.

 

 LOOK AT THE BEAUTFUL CAFE IN THE RECREATION AREA?  BEAUTFIUL ROOMS WITH LIGHT, NOT OLD CRAP WITH DARKNESS AND MOLD ON THE GROUND.  CALIFORNIA ARMENIAN HOME RECENTLY REPLACED BACTERIA GROWING LINOLEUM FOR WOOD FLOORS (EVEN MORE ISSUES)  TILE IS THE BEST.

GOOD BYE CALIFORNIA ARMENIAN HOME.  ARMENIANS WITH MONEY ARE GOING TO FOLLOW ROD ANAFORIAN.  NOT YUBA THE NAZI.

California Armenian Home, is it a good place to work?

Sure it is if you want to work around this.

                                              

or the Activities Director Senora Rodriguez, there are no Armenian Staff members besides a janitor, grounds keeper and cook all of which can barely speak English......the way Yuba likes it so they don't report what is going on to the rest of the community.

This is what Yuba would rather have as the Activities Director.  45 years ago this was a great place, Armenians taking care of Armenians and plenty of donations.  Now they are caving into government money/support and hiring unprofessional losers. 

So if you think you fit into this category with these dregs of society by all means go apply, they have a constant turnover despite the bad economy.  

California Armenian Home and dwindling Armenian support $$, also no interest in the AACL

Here are some photos of the July 4th, "Sounds of Freedom" celebration at the AACL (Armenian American Citizens League) Building on the grounds of the California Armenian Home.  Over 35 years ago, when it was built, the keys were handed over to the Nursing Home, to collect rent. This was when the Nursing Home was Armenian operated and inhabited (majority) this was to help financially with the operations of the home to care for our elderly.  Then an ugly monster started to happen...called Yuba and Medicaid.  Yuba hates Armenians, and only wants 1 thing from them MONEY, and now the Nursing Home operates 85% on Medicaid, it's not necessary to take our building and charge for rental.  Not many groups use the building anymore because of this, except for the Churches that use if for their picnics, the AACL will have events there.

The word is the AACL would like to sever ties with Yuba and the Nursing Home as they know they cannot survive under the grips of Yuba.  We want our club back and seperate from the home.

As you can see from the photos not many people attended this event.  It is sad.  Most of the people we talked to are aware of Yuba's reputation and the California Armenian Home not being "Armenian"  Yuba will never hire an Armenian higher up than cleaning to work there, conversely- Educated Armenians wouldn't work for that idiot.  Take off the word "Armenian" and SELL the home.  Some of the older people that showed up are disappointed in the home, one is a very wealthy man has in home services for him and his wife and said "I will never put my wife or myself in there"

Good for you!!!, Now lets take back our building away from that lying Armenian hater Yuba.

Their vision destroyed by Yuba

California Armenian Home and the depression and mental illness of Nursing Home Employees

This Harvard University study explores the high strees and mental illness of nursing home employees.  Their low wages of the lower employees (LVNs and CNAs) who actually do all the work while the higher paid RNs and others don't carry near the load of these lower end wage earners.
Thus this explains the high turnover at Nursing Homes and the California Armenian Home.  80% of the employees have been there under 4 years and this is typical with lower wage nursing home employees. 
There are very few of the 100 California Armenian Home employees that have been there over 10 years, there is about 8% of the employees.  Typically, the employees last 1-2 years and move on.  But it is difficult finding people that are steady and show up for their shifts.
Many drink to self-medicate and openly boast about drinking.  Here are a few of the California Armenian Home employees out at a sleezy bar that has cheap shots and openly boasting about getting wasted.  Well at least it beats stealing the medication of the patients and mixing it with the alcohol.  The working environment and company culture of the California Armenian Home is riddled with politics.  Anyone talented enough will leave and find a job at the VA Hospital and make more money plus Federal Benefits. 

Sassanah (CNA)  Tammy (LVN)  Mary-Ann (LVN) and the famous Lori "gun toting psycho" Quinn (LVN)
Out getting wasted is this to mask their mental illiness or are they celebrating having a job?

According to Harvard School of Public Health researcher Cassandra Okechukwu, the prevalence of depression is common among low-wage nursing home workers -- who also experience higher levels of stress than other workers.

"The high burden of work-family stress and depression in this group has important public health implications for the workers and their families as well as for the quality of care delivered to nursing home residents," said Okechukwu.

452 workers, mostly women, were surveyed to investigate the link between depression and stress at home and work. Participants were asked about stressors such as financial hardships, lack of food and whether they worried about work-related issues during non-work hours. Investigators found that these stressors were double the rate in nursing home workers than other professions.

According to the report, nursing home workers are a growing part of the workforce who may face higher rates of household food insufficiency, financial strain, and work-family spillover. Among nursing assistants-the biggest work group in nursing homes, and among the lowest paid-the proportion of women is estimated to be 80% to 90%; most are single mothers and are thus the primary wage earners for their families. Nursing home workers are more likely to be recent immigrants who may not be aware of or eligible for government benefits. A majority of these low-wage earners are also members of racial/ethnic minority groups.

The implications are serious.

Depression leads to absenteeism and turnover among workers, which in turn translates to poorer care for residents in direct care settings. Because improvement in care quality at nursing homes is an important public health priority, reducing workers' depressive symptoms and their associated effects may have positive results for both workers and nursing home residents.

Food insufficiency is a household-level stressor that has been associated with overweight, behavioral problems, and poor mental health in children and adolescents. This has further implications for obesity in this group because several studies have reported a seemingly paradoxical relation between food insufficiency and obesity whereby those who report food insufficiency also report obesity. My guess, people resort to dollar meals at fast food restaurants, which is typically an unhealthy choice.

Financial strain, food insufficiency, and symptoms of depression were common in our multi-ethnic sample of nursing home workers. For primary wage earners, household food insufficiency was associated with tripled odds of depressive symptoms-the leading cause of disability worldwide.

I have often said that the resident experience starts with the employee experience. And an employee cannot just be viewed in the context of how we know them at work. Progressive organizations take the time to really know their employees. And when they do, they uncover the real issues that are affecting the work environment. They then seek to address them at the very least instilling self-esteem in workers that can carry back to the home.

We talk about being culturally sensitive to long-term care residents. It would seem we first need to do that with employees.

http://assistedliving.about.com/b/2012/03/05/depression-common-among-low-wage-nursing-home-staff.htm