Internship Project

Scenario

Senior, female, single resident

Living within affordable housing community (San Luis Obispo County, CA)

Income – $xx

Diagnosis – Mild form of Dementia – will clarify

Needs: 24-7 supervision (but not for medical reasons)

Issue: How to pay for services, while maintaining resident aging-in-place?

Issue: Costs for Assisted Living; Nursing Home

County: If client needs to be referred, ideally within San Luis Obispo county

Challenge: Gap, causing problems for accessing care