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On Wednesday, the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF) announced that they will be closing their famous nursing home facility located in Woodland Hills by the end of 2009. CEO of DreamWorks and Chairman of MPTF's Board of Directors Jeffrey Katzenberger stated that attempting to maintain the facility could bankrupt the entire organization within a few short years. The MPTF nursing home is reported to be losing as much as $10 million a year. There are about 100 residents at the facility that will need to be placed at other homes in the area. The facility currently employs about 290 personnel. The MPTF was established in 1921 by actors Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith to raise money for other industry professionals in need. The hospital and long term care facility was established in 1948. It has long been a source of pride in the Hollywood community. The closure of the facility is symbolic of the crisis that many health care facilities across the country find themselves in. The costs of health care and health care insurance are so astronomical that even the most well-funded facilities like MPTF find it impossible to stay afloat. The skyrocketing costs have encouraged a shift to home-based care with visiting nurses and family caregivers. One of the greatest drains on the facility's finances came from the on campus acute care hospital ward. The ward was apparently only being used by a handful of patients at a time and the cost to keep the ward running was astronomical. Tillman tried to deflect the impact of the announcement by stating that the organization will be "expanding other community based efforts." CEO of the MPTF David Tillman stated: "We'll still be there for our people to make sure they get the care they need and deserve. We will work closely with all our current patients and their families to ensure a safe and successful transition for everyone." I toured the facility as part of a social work seminar on aging two years ago, and I've always thought of MPTF the elder care facility that all other facilities should be judged against. The MPTF provides assisted living facilities for more active, independent seniors, long-term care facilities for those who need more day-to-day assistance, and an on site hospital ward that provides critical care and end-of-life care. At that I visited in early 2007, they were in the process of building an Olympic-sized swimming pool. The facility also boasts a restaurant-style dining room, private bungalows where couples can live together, an on-site beauty salon and a rose garden with flowers donated by Elizabeth Taylor. Jennifer Hudson and Ben Affleck had recently hosted movie nights for the residents to screen their new films at the on-campus theater. Despite the glitz and glamour of the place, what I remember most was the philosophy of the staff members that I talked to that worked there. There was a deep sense of gratitude for being able to work at a place that was providing its residents the absolute greatest care possible. In Tillman's statement, he assured reporters that MPTF staff was working to ensure that all 100 residents were placed at alternate facilities in the area that met their needs. Having seen what most of the elder care facilities in the Los Angeles area are like, it's hard to believe that most MPTF residents will find a new facility that meets their needs in the same way that they're being met now. There have been no reports since Wednesday of big name Hollywood actors coming together to raise money to save the facility in the way that Chaplin, Fairbanks, and their friends did. It seems that the organization's motto of "We Take Care of Our Own" has become yet another victim to the economic crisis. Sources: MPTF: http://www.mptvfund.org/cm/SeniorCare/Home.html MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28662637/ |
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