ASIAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF SACRAMENTO VALLEY INC DBA ACC SENIOR SERVICES

SKILLED NURSING FACILITY - WITH CONSTRUCTION FINANCING AND ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING BEGINNING IN 1985, THE ACC CARE CENTER OPENED FOR BUSINESS IN 1987. A 99-BED SKILLED NURSING FACILITY, THE CARE CENTER IS ONE OF ACC'S PRIMARY PROGRAMS, PROVIDING PRIVATE AND SEMI-PRIVATE ROOMS, NURSING, DIETARY, REHABILITATION, AND SOCIAL SERVICES IN A MULTI-CULTURAL AND MULTI-LINGUAL SETTING. IT IS STAFFED BY OVER 100 STAFF ABLE TO SPEAK 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES IN ADDITION TO ENGLISH. MANY RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL EVENTS ARE OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE MENU RESPONDS TO THE FOOD PREFERENCES AND DIETARY NEEDS OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE 60% ASIAN AMERICAN, 30% WHITE, AND 10% AFRICAN AMERICAN, LATINO, AND OTHER ETHNICITY. THE 70% (60% ASIAN AND 10% AFRICAN AMERICAN, LATINO, AND OTHER) MINORITIES SERVED BY ACC CARE CENTER COMPARES TO A SACRAMENTO COUNTY MINORITY POPULATION PERCENTAGE OF 37%. SINCE OPENING IN 1987, OVER 60% OF THE RESIDENTS AT ACC CARE CENTER HAVE BEEN MEDI-CAL ELIGIBLE. IN 2002, 2003, AND 2005, THE FACILITY EARNED A GOLDEN SURVEY: A ZERO-DEFICIENCY OUTCOME FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION DIVISION. IN 2004, ACC CARE CENTER WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION, LUMETRA, FOR SUSTAINED ATTENTION TO AND SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS. SEVERAL ARTICLES IN LEADINGAGE, SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITIES DISTRICT NEWSLETTERS AND ELSEWHERE REPORT ON INNOVATIVE WORK THAT DEMONSTRATES THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT HUMAN CENTRIC LIGHTING CAN HAVE ON THE BEHAVIOR OF PERSONS WITH DEMENTIA, AND HOW IT CAN PROMOTE SAFETY FOR RESIDENTS AT NIGHT. PARTNERSHIPS LIKE THIS IMPROVE CARE QUALITY AND ENHANCE RESIDENT QUALITY OF LIFE. THE ACC CARE CENTER WAS ALSO RECOGNIZED IN 2015 WITH A BRONZE AWARD, AND IN 2016 WITH A SILVER AWARD FOR QUALITY CARE, SPONSORED BY THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH FACILITIES, MODELED ON THE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BALDRIGE AWARD. BASED ON 2019 DATA, THE ACC CARE CENTER HAS JUST BEEN RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST NURSING HOMES FOR LONG-TERM CARE AND SHORT-TERM REHABILITATION BY THE US NEWS WORLD REPORT.

MAPLE TREE VILLAGE - THE CONSTRUCTION OF MAPLE TREE VILLAGE (MTV) WAS COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER 2019 AND IS ANOTHER STEP IN ACC'S MISSION TO PROVIDE A CONTINUUM OF CARE IN A FAMILY-ORIENTED, CULTURALLY SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENT. MTV OFFERS 72 ASSISTED LIVING APARTMENTS AND A SPECIALIZED NEIGHBORHOOD OF 30 APARTMENTS SUPPORTING THOSE WITH MEMORY LOSS AND VARIOUS FORMS OF DEMENTIA.