Alameda
Wellness
Campus
Alameda Point Collaborative
LifeLong Medical Care
Pressing Need
SEEKING
HUMAN
ALAMEDA COUNTY
KINDNESS
• Older adults: One crisis from homelessness!
• Need for high acuity respite
• No hospice for unhoused people
• 8,000 homeless?
• 44% homeless are African American/
11% of general population
• 11,000+ on CES housing wait list3
• 5,000 chronically homeless
• 32% over 55 years of age
1 HOPE-HOME Study, Margot Kushel, MD
2 EveryOne Home: 2019 Point in Time Count
3 Homeless Management Information System, October 2020
Pressing Need Wellness Campus Key Milestones
New Standard of Care
"The project sets a new
Distinguishing Features standard of care for
unhoused individuals with
• Wellness Campus: permanent supportive housing for seniors; medical complex needs including respite program; co-located health clinic with medical and behavioral seniors with acute health health care; homelessness prevention/housing placement program; and conditions and hospice- end-of-life care in one location level needs."
Restorative Waterfront Location - supports health restoration and improved quality of life Colleen Chawla, Director,
Alameda County Health
Welcoming Community - City of Alameda residents affirm serving the most Care Services Agency vulnerable in Alameda County
Social Justice & Racial Equity - promotes health equity & repairs historic harm
Pressing Need Wellness Campus Key Milestones
Wellness Campus
Supportive Housing Medical Respite
100 permanent housing units 50-bed recuperative care for unhoused Alameda County older adults 55+ Alameda County residents to resolve Aging in place with robust services, acute conditions, stabilize chronic health care and end-of-life care conditions and receive hospice care Primary Care Clinic Resource Center
Medical, mental & substance abuse Homelessness prevention & housing recovery services for Medical Respite placement for unhoused & at-risk City patients & Senior Housing residents of Alameda individuals and families Co-locates Senior Housing, Medical Respite, Primary Care Clinic and Resource Center Pressing Need Wellness Campus Key Milestones
Wellness Campus
"The Wellness Campus will be a great place for
homeless people to go for housing, medical help and
the feeling of love. Homeless people don't feel
accepted and refrain from getting care. This project
will offer a beautiful place to heal."
Bennie Whitfield, LifeLong Patient
Bennie resolved health conditions at a medical respite center and lives in permanent housing with his wife.
Integrated Care - Safe Harbor - No One Dies Alone - Dignity & Compassion - Heal Mind, Body & Spirit Pressing Need Wellness Campus Key Milestones
A Dignified & Healing Environment
Crown Memorial Alameda Wellness Center
State Beach
Adjacent to Crab Cove
Crab Cove
Visitor's Center
San Francisco Bay
Campus Site
View next to site
Pressing Need Wellness Campus Key Milestones
Partnerships
Project Partners Funding Partners
Alameda KAISER Alameda County
mercy Health Care Services Agency hcd
Point PERMANENTE.
HOUSING
Collaborative
California
LifeLong Health Care STUPSKI Anthem
Alameda County FOUNDATION
Medical Foundation
Health Care Services Agency
Care
Health Services For All Ages
THE CALIFORNIA
Sutter Health AMRF Wellness
FOUNDATION
The Arlene & Michi Ream fondsint
In Process: Invitation to apply for $3 million grant: The California Endowment Pressing Need Wellness Campus Key Milestones
Permanent Senior Housing
Senior Housing
• 100 units for Unhoused Alameda County
residents 55 years +
Services
• Aging in Community
• Robust Supportive Services
• On-site Health Services
• End-of-Life Care
• Community Volunteer Program
Pressing Need Wellness Campus Key Milestones
Medical Respite
• Unhoused Alameda County residents with
acute medical conditions & advanced illness
• 50-bed, 400 patients each year
• Service Model:
• Recuperative stays & healthy meals
• Health services & caring support
• Hospice level care if desired
• Linkages to permanent housing
• Warm hand-off to primary care providers
Pressing Need Wellness Campus Key Milestones
Pathways into Medical Respite Stays
V
Compassionate Individuals Street Medicine Individuals in Need Hospital Discharge Receiving Referrals of Hospice-Level Outpatient Care
Treatment
Unhoused Alameda County residents with complex health conditions Pressing Need Wellness Campus Key Milestones
Integrative Service Model
High-Acuity Medical Respite Behavioral Health Wellness
Research & Findings: Individual & collective trauma recovery best practice medical respite centers nationally Culturally affirming practice Pilot healing and wellness programs for clients and staff Palliative and End-of-Life Care Cognitive Care
Interviews with content experts, consumers and best est practice research to identify practices to support practice research to shape palliative and hospice care for clients with cognitive impairments respite clients and housing residents with advanced illness Pressing Need Wellness Campus Key Milestones
Development of Interpretive Signage
/ Page & Turnbull is preparing a detailed architectural description of both interior and exterior features, a historic context and site-specific history, and a significance statement for each building / APC is working with local artist Ryan Lalonde to create a series of interpretive panels covering the following events and periods:
• Original land of Huchiun - the Ohlone people's home
• Rancheros & trains / Alameda starts
• Neptune beach
• Merchant marines
• Bia bombing
• Alameda chooses to care
/ APC is developing a naming process for the site and buildings Pressing Need Wellness Campus Key Milestones
Ongoing Outreach and Oversight
/ Community Oversight Committee Continues to meet on a regular basis / APC is participating in the county-wide homeless count and will be gathering benchmark data on homeless in the McKay Ave. area
• APC is preparing to gather baseline sound and air quality data / APC will hold the next Community Meeting in March
APC is developing an App that will make it easy for the community to file concerns complaints and questions. /APC is coordinating with EBRP to ensure that any construction doesn't impact their programming, and likewise, work they are planning to do next year on their sewer system won't impact our construction.
Pressing Need Wellness Campus Key Milestones
Key Milestones & Accomplishments
• Awarded $15 Million in State Funding for one-time capital costs to build the medical respite building / Secured Initial Funding Awards and Partnerships (Kaiser, Alameda County, CA Health Care Foundation, Anthem Foundation, Sutter Health, CA Wellness Foundation) with a recent invitation to apply for $3m from The California Endowment
/ Convened Robust Advisory Processes and Consumer Inputs v Plan for Integrated Service Model (post-acute medical care, behavioral health wellness, trauma recovery and end-of-life care)
/ Completed Design Development & Received Initial Planning Approvals - currently: CD / Broad support: elected officials, community leaders, consumers, labor unions, and health providers Pressing Need Wellness Campus Key Milestones
Schedule
Alameda Wellness Campus Schedule
PHASE MEDICAL RESPITE SENIOR HOUSING
Start End Start End
Schematic Design 05/05/20 08/02/21 10/02/21
Design Review 10/6/20 09/30/21 09/20/21 12/06/21
Design Development 05/06/20 12/04/20 06/01/21 04/01/22
Construction Documents 08/16/21 12/27/21 07/01/22 09/01/22 Building Permits 01/03/22 05/31/22 09/15/22 03/15/23
GC Bid 01/03/22 03/02/22 12/15/22 03/15/23
Acquisition/Construction Close 06/20/22 07/01/23
Construction 07/01/22 09/15/23 07/01/23 10/31/24