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Elderday needs 60 more people: The need exists, but the healthcare system isn’t connecting them

Raymon Cancino, CEO of Community Bridges, points out a big failure in our community – our inability to connect needy people to the services they need. Here, he warns that Elderday, which serves about 140 vulnerable older adults in Watsonville, faces an unsustainable financial future unless enrollment grows to roughly 200 participants.

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Pajaro Valley Health Care District needs solid, continued leadership of Pimentel and Nájera

The fledgling Pajaro Valley Health Care District — cobbled together to protect the bankrupt Watsonville Community Hospital from closing — still has a momentous task ahead to reach stability for our community and its staff. A group of 10 well-respected public service professionals argue for the election of two current health care board representatives. Marcus Pimentel and Jasmine Nájera, both appointed by the board of supervisors to the jobs last year, are pivotal to the district’s future success, they write.

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