As the premier service providers to the elderly of the greater Los Angeles area, these field work Centers of Excellence offer care across the continuum to diverse communities:

Huntington Senior Care Network/Pacific Clinics Older Adult Program

• Community-based department within private, nonprofit hospital
• Care coordination for frail older adults and their families
• Geriatric health care
• Residential community care
• Health promotion/education for well elderly

Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles

• Private, non-profit, non-sectarian community based agency
• Counseling for older adults and their families
• Care management and support groups
• Protective services
• Adult day health care centers
• Café Europa for Holocaust survivors

VA Greater LA Healthcare System, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center

• Federally-based, university affiliated health care system for veterans
• Comprehensive geriatric fellowship and allied health programs
• Geriatric and long-term care services
• Development and evaluation of model continuum geriatric programs
• Interdisciplinary team training model
• Clinical and health services research

Associate Sites, which provide added diversity to the continuum, include:

• AltaMed Health Service Corp., 500 Citadel Dr., #490, Los Angeles, CA 90040
• Center for Healthy Aging, 2125 Arizona Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90404
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048
• Century City Hospital, 2070 Century Park East, Los Angeles, CA 90067
• Delta Sigma Theta Life Development Senior Center, 2518 West Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90016
• Elderly Services Corporation for Asian Pacific Americans (ESCAPA) Chinatown Service Center, 767 N. Hill St., #400, Los Angeles, CA 90012
• L.A. County Area Agency on Aging, 3333 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90010
• LivHome, 5900 Wilshire Blvd., #705, Los Angeles, CA 90036
• Pilgrim Tower North, 560 E. Villa Street, #107, Pasadena, CA 91101
• WISE Senior Services, 1527 Fourth Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401
• Pending: Alzheimer’s Association 5900 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA 90036

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For further information, please contact:

Karen Lee, Phone: (310) 794-4441, klee@publicaffairs.ucla.edu
JoAnn Damron-Rodriguez, Ph.D., co-principal investigator, jdamron@ucla.edu

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