A silver wave? California braces for elderly boom that could overburden state
Joanne Spetz and Janet Coffman, professors at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at UC San Francisco, and the UCSF Healthforce Center were interviewed by the Sacramto Bee about California’s health system's ability to handle the state’s older population.
The nationwide demand for geriatricians, or aging specialists, is not being met, according to the American Geriatrics Society. By 2025, AGS predicts that there will be 6,230 full-time geriatricians in practice when 33,200 will be needed.
“There’s a professor down at Stanford that calls it the ‘silver-brown tsunami,’ ” as opposed to the more commonly referenced “silver tsunami,” said Joanne Spetz.
Read more: https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article231449458.html
UCSF Launches New Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative with $30M Gift
Made possible by a $30 million gift from Marc and Lynne Benioff, UC San Francisco on Wednesday announced the launch of the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, a new center in San Francisco that will conduct groundbreaking research on the root causes of homelessness and identify evidence-based solutions to prevent and end homelessness. Margot Kushel, MD, professor of medicine at UCSF and director of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations (CVP), will lead the initiative.
The Benioffs’ gift is the largest-ever private donation to fund homelessness research.
San Francisco, along with countless cities across the country, is experiencing a homelessness crisis. According to the 2017 annual Homelessness Point-in-Time report, approximately 7,500 people are homeless in San Francisco, 58 percent of whom are unsheltered. Rising housing costs and income inequality are leading to more people, including families and older adults, entering homelessness for the first time.
Read more: https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2019/05/414316/ucsf-launches-new-benioff-homelessness-and-housing-initiative-30m-gift
