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CAPTIONS PROVIDED BY ECAPTIONS. >> >>DWANE: HELLO, GOOD EVENING, THANKS FOR
JOINING US, I'M DWANE BROWN. A TENTATIVE WIN FOR SAN DIEGO MAYOR BOB FILNER
IN HIS FIGHT WITH THE TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICT. TODAY A JUDGE SAID HE WON'T FORCE FILNER TO
SIGN AN AGREEMENT WORKED OUT BEFORE HE TOOK OFFICE. THE DEAL WOULD LET HOTELS CHARGE AN
EXTRA 2% FOR ROOMS GENERATING ABOUT 30ÊMILLION DOLLARS A YEAR TO MARKET. SAN DIEGO IS A TOURIST
DESTINATION. FILNER SAYS IT'S A BAD DEAL FOR THE CITY. WHAT HE WANTS IS FOR THE DISTRICT
TO SET ASIDE MONEY FOR THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IN BALBOA PARK. LIMIT THE PAY OF ITS TOP EXECUTIVES
AND ENCOURAGE MEMBER HOTELS TO PAY A LIVING WAGE.
TODAY'S RULING IS TENTATIVE, ORAL ARGUMENTS WILL BE HEARD TOMORROW.
THERE'S A CHALLENGE IN THE WORKS AGAINST THE MAYOR'S ORDER TO CLOSE THE LA JOLLA CHILDREN'S
POOL AT NIGHTTIME. THE ORDER CAME IN RESPONSE TO THIS VIDEO OF
TWO PEOPLE HARASSING THE SEALS. THE BEACH IS CLOSED BETWEEN SUNSET AND SUN RISE. ADVOCATES
FOR BEACH ACCESS ARE ASKING FOR AN INJUNCTION AGAINST THE CLOSURE.
A VICTORY TODAY FOR OPPONENTS OF TWO GAS POWERED PEAKER PLANTS PROPOSED FOR SAN DIEGO. SDG&E
WON'T BE ALLOWED TO BUY POWER JUST YET. AS ERIK ANDERSON TELLS US, THE PROJECTS COULD
STILL BE PLUGGED IN. >> >>: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY I. IT'S
UNANIMOUS, FIVE ZERO, WE NOW TURNÊ >> >>: THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
VOTED FIVE TO NOTHING AGAINST THE POWER PURCHASE REQUEST. SDG&E IS ASKING TO BUY POWER FROM
TWO YET TO BE BUILT FACILITIES AND ONE REFURBISHED GAS FILLED PEAKER PLANT. A PROJECT HAS BEEN
KM A RALLYING CRY FOR PEOPLE SUPPORTING ALTERNATIVE POWER.
>> >>: I AM GOING TO TELL YOU NOT TO BUILD THE QUAIL BRUSH PLANT AND ALSO GOING TO TELL
YOU YOU NEVER SHOULD START SAN ONOFRE AGAIN. THAT'S TRUE.
BUT AGAIN, THOSE REASONS ARE NOT WHY I'M HERE TODAY. I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU THAT THE
FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS ARE NOW THE ALTERNATIVE. >> >>: HE SAYS THE REAL POWER GENERATOR THE
PANEL SHOULD BE DISCUSSING ARE SOLAR, WIND AND GEO THERMAL. WHILE THE OPPOSITION DOMINATED
THRRKS WERE SUPPORTS, FORMER STATE LAW MAKER DENISE DUCHANEY.
>> >>: DEPENDING ON POWER COMING FROM TEXAS, ARIZONA, UTAH, A LOT OF THAT IS PROBLEMATIC.
HAVING A COUPLE PLANTS TO SUPPORT THE SOLAR COULD BE USEFUL.
>> >>: THE COMMISSIONERS LEFT OPEN THE POSSIBILITY THE PROJECTS COULD COME BACK IN A COUPLE OF
YEARS. THERE IS A NEED FOR LOCALLY GENERATED POWER.
>> >>: SAN DIEGO HAS A TREMENDOUS RECORD WITH SUPPORTING SOLAR ENERGY, AND ADOPTING SOLAR
ENERGY. AND WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THAT.
BUT EVERY DAY WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, THE SUN SETS.
AND THE PRODUCTION OF PHOTO VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY DROPS OFF.
>> >>: ERIK ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS. >> >>DWANE: AN ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP SAYS RESTARTING
THE SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR PLANT WOULD COST MORE THAN BUYING REPLACEMENT POWER FROM OTHER SOURCES.
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH SAYS RUNNING ONE REACTOR AT PARTIAL POWER WOULD COST 214ÊMILLION DOLLARS,
WHILE POWER ON THE OPEN MARKET WOULD COST 66ÊMILLION THE GROUP SAYS THE NUMBERS COME
FROM INFORMATION SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON PROVIDED THE PUC. EDISON SAYS THE ANALYSIS
IS MISLEADING WITHOUT RATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE COSTS INVOLVED.
COULD SPRINTER TRAINS BE RUNNING AGAIN BY JUNE? COUNTY SUPERVISOR BILL HORN IS HINTING
IT MIGHT. NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DIRECTOR GOT A BIG CUT ON REPAIRS ON THE COMMUTER LINE.
THE PARTS COME FROM GERMANY, ENGINEERS SAY THEY'LL BE TESTING TWO TYPES OF BRAKES.
A NEW POLL OUT TONIGHT FINDS FALLING SUPPORT FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL IN CALIFORNIA, THE PROBLEM
APPARENTLY THE 68ÊBILLION DOLLAR PRICE TAG. PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA FOUND
54% OF THOSE POLLED WERE AGAINST THE ESCALATING COST OF THE PROJECT.
IF THE COST WENT DOWN, SUPPORT WENT UP. >> >>: CONGRATULATIONS SENATOR.
>> >>DWANE: BEN WASSO SWORN INTO THE CALIFORNIA SENATE TODAY, A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK AFTER
WINNING A SPECIAL ELECTION. HE'LL REPRESENT PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
DEMOCRATS HAVE REGAINED THEIR SUPERMAJORITY IN THE STATE SENATE.
A NEW STUDY ESTIMATES A QUARTER OF A MILLION GUNS ARE SMUGGLED FROM THE U.S. INTO MEXICO
EVERY YEAR. PEGGY PICO EXPLAINS HOW THE SURGE IS LINKED TO DRUG TRAFFICKERS AND THE IMPACT
ON LOCAL GUN RETAILERS. >> >>PEGGY: THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO'S
TRANSBORDER INSTITUTE'S NEW REPORT FOUND CROSS BORDER ARMS TRAFFICKING IS WORSE THAN PREVIOUSLY
THOUGHT. JOINING ME WITH DETAILS IS THE LEAD RESEARCHER ON THE STUDY, ASSIST PT PROFESSOR
AT THE JOAN CROCK SCHOOL OF P STUDIES, TOPHER MCDOUGAL. WHAT WERE SOME OF THE KEY FINDING
OF THIS REPORT? >> >>TOPHER MCDOUGAL: WE FOUND THAT ABOUT
2.2% OF DEMAND IS TO DEMAND RISING SOUTH OF THE BORDER, MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA.
THAT TRANSLATES INTO ROUGHLY 250,000 FIRE ARMS PER YEAR PURCHASE WITH THAT INTENTION.
AND PROBABLY AROUND 127ÊMILLION DOLLARS. >> >>PEGGY: HOW MUCH OF THOSE TRAFFIC OF 250,000
ARE SEIZED BY AUTHORITIES ON THIS SIDE OR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BORDER?
>> >>TOPHER MCDOUGAL: AT LAST COUNT AROUND 2009 IT WAS ABOUT 37,000.
SO ABOUT 5,000 OF THOSE WERE SEIZED BY U.S. AUTHORITIES, REVENUEING ABOUT 2% OF THE TOTAL.
>> >>PEGGY: JUST 2% OF THE GUNS LEGAL TRAFFICKING OF THE GUNS ARE BEINGÊ
>> >>TOPHER MCDOUGAL: SEIZED BY U.S. AUTHORITIES, AND THEN ANOTHER 2 AND A HALF PERCENT OR SO
ARE BEING SEIZED BY MEXICAN AUTHORITIES. >> >>PEGGY: SOME OF THE GUN SHOPS HERE ESPECIALLY
ALONG THE BORDER CAN MAYBE OR ARE PROFITING FROM THE SMUGGLING? TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
>> >>TOPHER MCDOUGAL: YES, WELL, BECAUSE WE WERE JUST ESTIMATING DEMAND IN TOTAL, WE CAN'T
SAY WHERE THESEÊ WHERE THE PURCHASES ARE ACTUALLY BEING MADE. WE DON'T HAVE THAT DATA.
BUT WHAT WE CAN SAY IS THAT THAT 2.2% DEMAND REPRESENTS PROBABLY ABOUT 45 TO 47% OF U.S.
GUN STORES WHO ARE IN SOME WAY ECONOMICALLY DEPENDENT UPON THAT.
>> >>PEGGY: FOR THE DEMAND, SELLING IT TO WHOMEVER. THESE ARE LEGITIMATE GUN STORES
OR LEGITIMATE RETAILERS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
>> >>TOPHER MCDOUGAL: ABSOLUTELY. THEY HAVE A FEDERAL FIRE ARMS LICENSE TO RETAIL.
>> >>PEGGY: CALIFORNIA IS JUST ONE LEGAL GUN SHOP FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY. DO YOU THINK THAT
THIS INCREASED DEMAND FOR WEAPONS COULD HAVE SOME LEGITIMATE BASICALLY REASONS NOT JUST
FOR THE DRUG CARTELS? COULD IT BE THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS, THERE'S ONLY ONE SHOP.
THEY HAVE TO GO MAYBE THE NON REGULAR ROUTE. >> >>TOPHER MCDOUGAL: ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THAT THERE'S PROBABLY A LARGE PENT UP DEMAND IN MEXICO SIMPLY FOR PRIVATE SECURITY
REASONS. I'VE GOTTEN IN THE PAST FEW DAYS SOME E MAILS
FROM PEOPLE LIVING IN MEXICO SAYING THEY HAVE BOUGHT ILLEGAL FIRE ARMS THERE, THEY CONTRIBUTE
TO THIS DEMAND THEMSELVES SIMPLY BECAUSE AS WE'VE SEEN AFTER A DECADE LONG DECLINE IN
THE HOMICIDE RATE IN MEXICO SINCE 2006, THERE'S A SPIKEÊ ROUGHLY 120,000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED
AS A RESULT OF DRUG VIOLENCE THERE IN THE PAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
>> >>PEGGY: PEOPLE MIGHT BE BUYING THESE TO PROTECT THEIR FAMILIES OR THEMSELVES FROM
THE CRIME THAT'S GOING ON THERE. >> >>TOPHER MCDOUGAL: ABSOLUTELY.
>> >>PEGGY: I CAN'T IMAGINE THIS WAS EASY DATA TO GET AFTER ALL THESE ARE ILLEGAL OPERATIONS.
>> >>TOPHER MCDOUGAL: WE DON'T HAVE DATA ON ACTUAL PURPOSES. THE SEGREGATED DATA ON PURCHASES
IS PROHIBITED FOR THE ATF TO COLLECT THAT. WHAT WE DID WAS LOOK AT COUNTY LEVEL STATS
PROVIDED BY THE ATF ON GUN STORES, ON THESE FEDERAL FIRE ARMS LICENSES AND TRIED TO PREDICT
THE NUMBER OF SSL'S IN EACH COUNTY AS A FUNCTION FROM THE DISTANCE OF THE BORDER. WHERE THIS
DISTANCE SE EFFECTIVELY A PRICE YOU ARE INTERRING THROUGH FUEL COSTS AND TIME SPENT GETTING
THERE. >> >>PEGGY: SO LOOKING AT SORT OF THE GEOGRAPHY
OF IT. CERTAINLY THERE'S SOME LIMITATIONS ON THE DATA THAT YOU GOT. I'M SURE BECAUSE
OF THIS. YOUR REPORT LAID OUT SOME POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
TO THIS SORT OF RISING TREND. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE?
>> >>TOPHER MCDOUGAL: ONE REALLY OBVIOUS ONE IS TO START A MORE ROBUST KIND OF BACKGROUND
CHECK WHERE YOU WOULD BE LOOKING FOR PROFILES. RIGHT NOW, EVEN IF THE LEGISLATION THAT IS
CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IS PASSED AND PURCHASES ARE MADE ILLEGAL,
WE HAVE NO WAY OF TELLING WHO IS A STRAW PURCHASER AND WHO IS IT. TYPICALLY THEY DO NOT HAVE
THE TYPES OF BACKGROUNDSÊ >> >>PEGGY: TELL US WHAT YOU MEAN WHEN YOU
SAY STRAW PURCHASES. >> >>TOPHER MCDOUGAL: THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO'S
HIRED BY SOMEBODY ELSE WHO HAS A CLEAN RECORD, TO GO INTO A STORE, AND MAKE A PURCHASE ON
BEHALF OF THIS OTHER PERSON AND THEN PASS THE GUNS ALONG TO THEM.
THEN THESE GUNS WILL BE TRAFFICKED SOUTH OF THE BORDER.
>> >>PEGGY: IS THERE A WAY TO TRACK THEM, YOU THINK?
>> >>TOPHER MCDOUGAL: I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY A WAY OF FINDING A PROBABILISTIC MODEL THAT
WOULD SAY HOW LIKELY IS IT THAT YOU ARE A STRAW PURCHASES. I THINK OTHER WAYS WE COULD
GET AT THIS PROBLEM WILL JUST BE TO COLLECT AND DISSEMINATE SEGREGATED DAD DATA ON PURCHASES.
>> >>PEGGY: WE ARE OUT OF TIME. I WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW THEY CAN SEE THE ENTIRE GUN
TRAFFICKING REPORT ON OUR WEBSITE KPBS.ORG. >> >>DWANE: THIS MONTH FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN MORE THAN 30 YEARS SAN DIEGO HOSPICE WILL NO LONGER CARE FOR DYING PATIENTS, A SERIES
OF TROUBLES INCLUDING A MEDICARE AUDIT AND BANKRUPTCY ARE CLOSING THE HOSPICE TONIGHT.
A LOOK AT AGING AND DYING IN SAN DIEGO. OUR COVERAGE BEGINS WITH JOANNE FARYON, FROM OUR
KPBS INEWS SOURCE AND INVESTIGATIONS DESK. SHE INTRODUCES US TO A HUSBAND AND WIFE IMPACTED
BY THE TROUBLES AT SAN DIEGO HOSPICE. >> >>JOANNE: LAST NOVEMBER ADAM RECEIVED AN
UNEXPECTED LETTER. IT WAS ABOUT HIS WIFE, CHRISTINA.
CHRISTINA HAS LATE STAGE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, SHE CAN'T WALK OR TALK, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR
HER TO EAT OR SIP JUICE WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. THE LETTER WAS FROM SAN DIEGO HOSPICE.
IT WAS NOTIFICATION THAT AFTER RECEIVING HOSPICE CARE FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS CHRISTINA WAS
BEING DISCHARGED BECAUSE SHE WAS NO LONGER DYING.
>> >>: IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FUNNY IF IT WERE NOT SO
DRAMATIC. >> >>JOANNE: NINE DAYS PRIOR TO RECEIVING
THAT LETTER CHRISTINA LOST HER ABILITY TO WALK. THE DISEASE WAS FORGING AHEAD. THE IRONY
OF THE LETTER WAS NOT LAST ON ADAM. HE WITNESSED HIS WIFE SLOW DECLINE FROM A
STRONG AND VITAL WOMAN TO A WHISPER OF HER PAST SELF.
>> >>: THE HOSPICE SAID ESSENTIALLY THAT SHE IS NO LONGER TERMINAL.
I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE ONCE A PERSON IS TERMINAL, IT'S TERMINAL UNTIL THE
END. >> >>JOANNE: AFTER SIX YEARS OF RECEIVING
WEEKLY VISITS FROM A TEAM OF NURSES AND HEALTH AIDS, CHRISTINA WAS CUT OFF FROM THE GOVERNMENT
PAID SERVICE AS SAN DIEGO HOSPICE, ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST RESPECTED HOSPICES IN
THE COUNTRY, SCRAMBLED TO DISCHARGING PATIENTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR CARE.
THERE WERE MORE PATIENTS DISCHARGED IN HER NURSING HOME, HUNDREDS MORE ACROSS THE COUNTY.
IN TOTAL SAN DIEGO HOSPICE REDUCED ITS PATIENT POPULATION FROM 1,000 TO JUST 400 LATE LAST
YEAR, AS IT TRIED TO GET AHEAD OF A MEDICARE AUDIT AND FEDERAL INVESTIGATION QUESTIONING
WHETHER THE PEOPLE THEY WERE CARING FOR WERE ACTUALLY DYING.
WEATHER IT WAS A MATTER OF COMPLIANCE, FINANCES OR SOME COMBINATION OF THE TWO THAT LEAD TO
THE DEMISE OF THE SAN DIEGO HOSPICE IS STILL UNCLEAR.
THE EXPERIENCE HAS LEFT ADAM QUESTIONING THE RATIONALE OF THE SYSTEM AND THE INTEGRITY
OF THE INSTITUTION. BECAUSE WHAT IS CLEAR TO ADAM EACH DAY THAT
PASSES BRINGS HIM CLOSER TO SAYING GOODBYE TO CHRISTINA.
ADAM AND CHRISTINA FIRST MET AT A JUNIOR COLLEGE IN GERMANY, BOTH HAD BEEN BORN IN POLAND,
BOTH HAND LANDED IN GERMANY AS REFUGEES WITH THEIR FAMILY. ADAM DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER HE
STOOD A CHANCE WITH THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO ALREADY SEEMED SO POISED AND READY TO TAKE ON THE
WORLD. SCHOOL ENDED AND SO DID THEIR BRIEF ROMANCE,
BUT THEY WOULD MEET AGAIN, THIS TIME IN CHICAGO AS YOUNG IMMIGRANTS. ADAM FINALLY PROPOSED
AND THE TWO WERE MARRIED. THAT WAS IN DECEMBERÊ1956. THE NEXT SEVERAL DECADES BROUGHT WITH IT A
MOVE TO SAN DIEGO, NEW CAREERS AND A DOT DAUGHTER. >> >>: LIFE WAS VERY NICE IN CALIFORNIA.
>> >>JOANNE: UNTIL 2003, CHRISTINA WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.
>> >>: IT WAS ABSOLUTELY NO INDICATION THAT CHRISTINA WAS THREATENED BY A DISEASE. ESPECIALLY
A MENTAL DISEASE. SHE WASÊ HER MIND WAS VERY ACTIVE AND, UM,
SHE WAS RATHER BRILLIANT PERSON. CHRISTINA REMAINED IN HOSPICE UNTIL SHE WAS
DISCHARGED ALMOST EXACTLY SIX YEARS AFTER BEING ACCEPTED. WHETHER SHE WAS EVER ELIGIBLE
FOR CARE WHEN SHE WAS FIRST REFERRED BACK IN NOVEMBERÊ2006, AND WHETHER SAN DIEGO HOSPICE
EVER PROPERLY RECERTIFIED HER TO REMAIN IN CARE, IS AT THE HEART OF WHY THE HOSPICE IS
BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. >> >>: EVEN THEN SHE WAS NOT IN A BAD CONDITION.
>> >>JOANNE: HOSPICE IS UNDER SCRUTINY NATIONWIDE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTS TO KNOW WHAT'S
BEHIND ITS SORE S COST. 13ÊBILLION DOLLARS IN 2010, FOUR TIMES WHAT IT WAS A YEAR AGO.
ADD UP THE COST FOR CHRISTINA'S CARE TOTALS MORE THAN 300,000 DOLLARS.
THAT'S FOR ONE PERSON. DR.ÊDORIS HOWL FOUNDED THE HOSPICE IN THE
70S. SHE SAYS SHE KNEW TAKING ON TOO MANY ALZHEIMER'S
PATIENTS FOR TOO LONG WAS CAUSEINGA PROBLEM WITH MEDICARE.
>> >>: I'M SURE WE ADMITTED ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS THAT HAD OTHER DISEASES WE COULD TREAT AND
MAKE THEIR LIFE MORE COMFORTABLE. BUT IT'S HARD TO THROW THEM OUT.
>> >>JOANNE: SHE SAYS MEDICARE WARNED THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM BEFORE.
>> >>: WE LOOKED AT THEM AND SAID DO YOU WANT US TO AT 12:00ÊP.M. ON SIX MONTHS SAY TO
THE PATIENT YOUR NO LONGER ELIGIBLE? >> >>JOANNE: FORM EMPLOYEES WHO SPOKE TO THE
KPBS AND INEWS SOURCE INVESTIGATIONS DESK SAY THE HOSPICE ACCEPTED ALMOST ALL PATIENTS
WHO CAME TO THEM FOR HELP, AT TIMES STRETCHING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. THEY DIDN'T WANT
TO BE NAMED FOR FEAR OF PROSECUTION FOR MEDICARE FRAUD, BUT THEY SAY THERE WAS AN UNWRITTEN
POLICY TO FIND A WAY TO SAY YES. ONE DOCTOR TOLD US THE INTENTIONS WERE REALLY
GOOD. WE SAW ALL THE SUFFERING AND PAIN.
PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T GET INTO COMMUNITY RESOURCES, IT COULD HAVE BEEN OVER REACHED.
ADAM SPENDS FOUR AFTERNOONS EVERY WEEK WITH HIS WIFE IN THE NURSING HOME.
HE SPEAKS SOFTLY TO HER IN POLISH. SHE IS LOSING THE ABILITY TO SWALLOW, THE FINAL STAGE
OF ALZHEIMER'S. HER DOCTOR ONCE AGAIN RECOMMENDED HOSPICE
CARE. CHRISTINA WAS ACCEPTED INTO CARE BY ANOTHER
HOSPICE PROVIDER. >> >>: SHE MAY DIE WITHIN WEEKS.
OR SHE MAY LIVE MORE THAN SIX MONTHS. THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL.
>> >>JOANNE: ADAM IS WRITING CHRISTINA'S BIOGRAPHY AND COMPILING HER MANY ESSAYS AND POEMS INTO
A BOOK. HE WANTS PEOPLE TO KNOW WHO HIS WIFE WAS.
SURVIVER OF WAR, ACTIVIST IN THE POLISH AMERICAN COMMUNITY, STUDENT OF HISTORY, SOMEONE WHO
LIKED TO TAKE LONG WALKS AROUND MIRAMAR LAKE BUT WAS COMFORTABLE TRAVELING TO TURKEY ON
AN ALONE MISSION TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HER FATHER, MOTHER, AND GRAND MOTHER COMMITTED TO RAISING
STRONG WOMEN. >> >>: IF NOTHING ELSE, I WOULD LIKE OUR FRIENDS
IN THE COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER HER. >> >>PEGGY: THE STORY IS ONE THAT'S FAMILIAR
TO A GROWING NUMBER OF SAN DIEGANS COPING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE AWLZ HIEMERS
AND OTHER AGE RELATED CONDITIONS. JOINING ME WITH MORE ON THE SITUATION ARE MY GUESTS
SPECIALIST AND PROFESSOR AT SDSU'S SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK MARIO GARRET AND MARY BALL,
CEO OF THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION OF SAN DIEGO AND IMPERIAL COUNTIES.
MARIO, PAIPT US A PICTURE OF THE AGING POPULATION HERE IN SAN DIEGO.
>> >>MARIO GARRET: EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT THE BABY BOOMERS. WHAT PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WE HAVE
ABOUT HALF A MILLION OLDER ADULTS RIGHT NOW THAT WILL MULTIPLY BY FOUR BY 2030. WE'LL
HAVE ABOUT TWO MILLION, 60 AND OVER POPULATION. BUT WHRAWT IS UNIQUE ABOUT SAN DIEGO IS WE
HAVE DIFFERENT CITIES WITH DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF AGING.
SO FOR EXAMPLE YOU GO TO LA JOLLA, DEL MAR, CORONADO, WHERE WE GET MORE THAN A THIRD OF
THE POPULATION ARE OLDER ADULTS. SO WE GET PATCHES IN SAN DIEGO OF AGING.
BUT ALSO, WHAT IS UNIQUE IN SAN DIEGO IS THE LATINO POPULATION, 37% ARE LATINO AND ALSOÊ
>> >>PEGGY: LET'S COME BACK TO THAT. I WANT TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS
AND THOSE GROUPS. MARY, I DID WANT TO TALK TO YOU BOWLT THIS GROWING POPULATION HERE.
I KNOW RESEARCH SAYS ABOUT FIVE MILLION AMERICANS THAT HAVE ALZHEIMER'S, AND THAT IT'S THE SIXTH
LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH EN THE COUNTRY, AND THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN SAN DIEGO.
WHAT SERVICE IS SPECIFIC TO AWLZ IEM ALZHEIMER'S IS SPECIFIC HERE IN TOWN?
>> >>MARY BALL: ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DO IS WE OFFER A HELP LINE, IT'S 182 72 3900,
PEOPLE CAN CALL IT 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAY AS WEEK, AND TALK TO TRAINED TECH NIGS.
>> >>PEGGY: WILL THESE PEOPLE BE ABLE TO HELP THEM FIND SERVICES, LET'S SAY THEY DIDN'T
HAVE MEDICARE? >> >>MARIO GARRET: ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE STAFF
THAT WILL FOLLOW UP WITH PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR JOURNEY AND ASK THEM WHAT ARE THE SERVICES
THEY NEED, HOW ARE THINGS GOING, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?
THE ASSOCIATION IS HERE TO HELP THEM THROUGH WHAT IS MOST LIKELY A 10 YEAR JOURNEY WITH
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. >> >>PEGGY: TALKING ABOUT THIS LONG TERM JOURNEY,
LET'S GO BACK TO THESE PATCHES AND GROUPS. ESPECIALLY NOT GEOGRAPHICALLY, BUT AMONG ETHNIC
GROUPS YOUR STUDIES HAVE FOUND THAT LATINOS ARE AT RISK OF REALLY GROWING.
>> >>MARIO GARRET: NOT JUST THE LATINOS. WE SPECIFICALLY LOOKED AT LATINOS BECAUSE IT'S
SUCH A LARGE MINORITY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. BUT ALSO ASIANS IN THE MIX HERE, WITH PROFESSOR
JUST PUBLISH AD PAPER TODAY THE POPULATION OF AGING, ANDÊ
>> >>PEGGY: GO AHEAD. >> >>MARIO GARRET: WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT EVEN
THOUGH THE LATINO POPULATION WILL INCREASE SIX FOLD, SIX TIMES, BY 2050, THE AWLSZ ALZHEIMER'S
RATE WILL GO ELEVEN TIMES HIGHER. >> >>PEGGY: SO SIX TIMES IN POPULATION GREAT,
SO DISPROPORTIONALLY. >> >>MARIO GARRET: THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S
SOME PRE CONDITIONS LATINOS SUFFER MORE THAN OTHER POPULATIONS.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO ISÊ WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS BY 205,095,000 CARE GIVERS BEING
IMPACTEDDED, 95,000. THAT'S JUST IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
SO WE'LL NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE, WHICH WE ARE NOT VERY GOOD AT.
EVEN THOUGH IN SAN DIEGO WE HAVE A LOT OF VERY GOOD SERVICES.
>> >>PEGGY: LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. MARY, HOW ARE YOU PREPARING HERE, AS FAR AS WHAT I'M
SPECIFICALLY THINKING ABOUT, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT STORY WE SAW IN THE GAP
AREA, RIGHT, THAT MAYBE THEIR INSURANCE DOESN'T COVER IT, THEY'RE NOT RED FREA HOSPICE.
HOW IS YOUR ORGANIZATION AND OTHERS LIKE YOU PREPARING FOR THIS CHANGE?
>> >>MARY BALL: WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO BUILD ADDITIONAL CAPACITY. THE NUMBERS ARE SKY ROCKETING,
THERE'S 60,000 PEOPLE TODAY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.
ESTIMATES ARE IN THE NEXT 15 YEARS THAT NUMBER'S GOING TO DOUBLE. FIFTEEN YEARS OVER A HUNDRED
THOUSAND PEOPLE LIVING WITH THIS DISEASE. SO WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD MORE RESOURCES,
TO A HELP LINE WE'RE GETTING OVER 500 CALLS A MONTH.
OUR CALLS TO OUR HEALTH LINE ARE UP DISAIGHT 68% OVER LAST YEAR.
>> >>PEGGY: SO IT'S DEFINITELY GOING UP. >> >>MARY BALL: IT'S A QUIET EPIDEMIC IN SAN
DIEGO AND ACROSS THE NATION, THAT AS A COMMUNITY, WE'VE REALLY GOT TO PUT RESOURCES IN AND PUT
MORE PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO HELP PEOPLE. >> >>MARIO GARRET: THE PROBLEM WITH OLDER
ADULTS, IT'S NOT JUST ALZHEIMER'S, OTHER ISSUES, AND MEDICAL ISSUES, TRANSPORTATION ISSUES,
INCOME ISSUES, HOUSING ISSUES. >> >>PEGGY: RIGHT.
>> >>MARIO GARRET: SO THEY'RE ALL COMBINED AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING IS ADDRESSING
THEM PURELY AS A SINGLEÊ >> >>PEGGY: INSTEAD OF TOGETHER.
>> >>MARIO GARRET: RATHER THAN A TRANSFORMATION OF ISSUE.
>> >>PEGGY: UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE OUT OF TIME. I WANT TO SEND PEOPLE TO OUR WEBSITE RK KPBS.ORG,
THEY CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT YOUR RESEARCH SO THAT'S KPBS.ORG.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US. >> >>MARY BALL: THANK YOU.
>> >>MARIO GARRET: THANK YOU. >> >>: ON THE NEXT NEWS HOUR, A STORY OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT IN TENNESSEE, THE CITY WITH THE FASTEST INTERNET AXIS IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
THAT'S THURSDAY ON THE PBS NEWS HOUR. >> >>DWANE: CLOUDS ARE STILL HANGING ROUND
SAN DIEGO. WE'LL SEE MORE OF THEM ALONG THE COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE INLAND VALLEYS
MIGHT GET SOME PARTIAL CLEARING BY SATURDAY. PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MOUNTAINS TOO, EXPIN
THE DESERT LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S. DID YOU KNOW THERE'S A PLACE IN SAN DIEGO
COUNTY WHERE WHATEVER YOU SAY MAY COME BACK TO YOU? IT ALL HAS TO DO WITH THE PECULIAR
GEOGRAPHY OF THE PARTICULAR SPOT AS KEN KRAMER SHOWS US IN TONIGHT'S STORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO.
>> >>KEN: I WANT TO TAKE YOU TO A BEAUTIFUL VALLEY HERE, A LITTLE BIT SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
94 IN JAMUL, WHERE THE STORY IS THAT AT CERTAIN TIMES WHEN THE WIND IS BLOWING JUST SO THAT
WIND MIGHT CARRY YOUR VOICE TO THE HILLS BEYOND AND BACK AGAIN SO YOU COULD HEAR AN ECHO.
LET'S SEE. >> >>: IT COMES FROM THAT WAY.
>> >>KEN: ALL THE WAY FROM THAT MOUNT EXPN ALL THE WAY BACK? I DON'T THINK SO.
DID YOU HEAR IT? IT SEEMS TO BOUNCE OFF SOME OF THE CLOSER
IN HILLS OR MAYBE RICOCHET OFF NEARBY ROCKS. HIS DOG BARKS ONCE IN AWHILE, WE LISTEN BUT
NO DOG ECHO. IF THE DOG WANTS AN ECHO, HE MAKES HIS OWN.
NOBODY ACTUALLY COMES AROUND AND YELLS. >> >>: I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY UNTIL TODAY.
>> >>KEN: AND I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED IF PEOPLE STARTED SHOWING UP DOING
IT ALL THE TIME. ANYWAY, I GUESS THE SOUND BOUNCES AROUND HERE,
IF YOU THINK IT DOES, AND YOU LISTEN FOR IT. HOW ELSE WOULD THIS JAMUL PLACE GOTTEN ITS
NAME ECHO VALLEY? WE HAD TO SEE IF IT WAS A TRUE STORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO.
>> >>DWANE: YOU CAN FIND ALL THE DAY'S NEWS ON OUR WEBSITE KPBS.ORG/EVENINGEDITION.
THANKS FOR JOINING US. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
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