Ad Hoc Group to Hold Meeting on Keiro Sale
The Ad Hoc Committee to Save Keiro, a group consisting of concerned members of the community, will hold a public forum on the pending sale of Keiro’s four facilities on Tuesday, Sept. 29, from 6 to 8...
View ArticleKeiro CEO Explains Sale of Facilities
日本語の記事はこちらをクリック By Mia Nakaji Monnier and Nao Nakanishi Rafu Staff Writers On September 23, The Rafu Shimpo interviewed Keiro CEO Shawn Miyake. Following are selected quotes from that interview that...
View ArticleCommunication an Issue in Keiro Sale
日本語の記事はこちらをクリック By MIA NAKAJI MONNIER and NAO NAKANISHI Rafu Staff Writers As Keiro moves forward with the sale of its facilities, members of the community are asking for answers. Most vocal among them...
View ArticleESSAY: Postscript to ‘Death Is a Sure Thing #4: Long-Term Care, Hospice and...
By IKU KIRIYAMA On Sunday, Sept. 20, I presented a forum on long-term care, hospice and caregivers at the Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute with panelists Mike Umamoto, Umamoto &...
View ArticleCommunity Demands Meeting with Keiro Board
日本語の記事はこちらをクリック By MIA NAKAJI MONNIER and NAO NAKANISHI Rafu Staff Writers Cars overflowed from the Centenary United Methodist Church parking lot Tuesday night for the first public forum of the Ad Hoc...
View ArticleKeiro Releases Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Note: Because The Rafu Shimpo has run several letters to the editor criticizing Keiro Senior HealthCare’s decision to sell its facilities, we reached out to Keiro representatives to offer to run an...
View ArticleLITTLE TOKYO, INC: The Sale of Keiro — Oyasute no Hi?
By JONATHAN KAJI In Japan, Sept. 21 was “Keiro no Hi,” or “Respect the Elderly Day.” It seems ironic that the details of the pending sale of the Keiro Senior HealthCare facilities were divulged last...
View ArticleKeiro Agrees to Hold Open Meeting on Oct. 15
日本語の記事はこちらをクリック By MIA NAKAJI MONNIER and NAO NAKANISHI Rafu Staff writers Protest continues to escalate in Little Tokyo in response to Keiro Senior HealthCare’s decision to sell its retirement and...
View ArticleKeiro Founder Speaks Out Against Sale
By MIA NAKAJI MONNIER Rafu Staff Writer The Ad Hoc Committee to Save Keiro held its second public meeting on Tuesday. In the audience was Frank Omatsu, the only one of Keiro’s eight cofounders still...
View ArticleKeiro Addresses Community at Open Meeting
By Mia Nakaji Monnier and Nao Nakanishi Rafu Staff Writers Each July during Obon, Japanese Americans gather in the Nishi Hongwanji Temple gym to buy udon. Under the basketball hoops, they slurp noodles...
View ArticleOCHAZUKE: A Word About Our Keiro Coverage
By Mia Nakaji Monnier It’s been a while since we at The Rafu Shimpo have given as much coverage to an event as we have to Keiro’s proposed sale of its facilities. Since my partner from the Japanese...
View ArticleAd Hoc Committee to Save Keiro Submits Petition to Attorney General
By MIA NAKAJI MONNIER and NAO NAKANISHI, Rafu Staff Writers 日本語の記事はこちらをクリック This past Monday, Jonathan Kaji, a representative of the Ad Hoc Committee to Save Keiro, delivered a petition to the Los...
View Article43rd Little Tokyo Community Health Fair
This year’s Little Tokyo Community Health Fair will be held on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon at Union Church of Los Angeles in Little Tokyo, located at 401 E. Third St. at San Pedro...
View ArticleAd Hoc Committee to Save Keiro Meets with Consul General of Japan
By MIA NAKAJI MONNIER and NAO NAKANISHI Rafu Staff Writers 日本語の記事はこちらをクリック Note: This story was updated on Friday, Oct. 29 at 5:05 p.m. Harry Horinouchi, the Consul General of Japan in Los Angeles, met...
View ArticleGardena Pioneer Project Presents Seminar on Medicare, Medi-Cal
GARDENA — On Sunday, Nov. 15, from 1 to 3 p.m., the Gardena Pioneer Project will sponsor a legal educational seminar on Medicare and Medi-Cal at the Ken Nakaoka Community Center, 1670 W. 162nd St.,...
View ArticleKeiro Resident and Board Member Opposes Sale of Facilities
By MIA NAKAJI MONNIER and NAO NAKANISHI, Rafu Staff Writers 日本語の記事はこちらをクリック A Keiro Retirement Home resident and board member, Hayahiko Takase, 85, announced his opposition to Keiro Senior HealthCare’s...
View ArticleKeiro Taking Applications for Community Advisory Board
Keiro Senior HealthCare has announced that it is now taking applications for positions on the Community Advisory Board (CAB), an advisory group that will work with the new facility operators. Keiro...
View ArticleAd Hoc Committee to Save Keiro Replies to Attorney General
By MIA NAKAJI MONNIER and NAO NAKANISHI Rafu Staff Writers 日本語の記事はこちらをクリック The Ad Hoc Committee to Save Keiro sent another letter to the Attorney General’s office on Monday. The group submitted a...
View ArticleKeiro Responds to Ad Hoc Group’s Request for Information
By MIA NAKAJI MONNIER and NAO NAKANISHI Rafu Staff Writers The CEO of Keiro Senior HealthCare, Shawn Miyake, has responded to a petition from the Ad Hoc Committee to Save Keiro. The petition, delivered...
View ArticleAd Hoc Committee to Save Keiro Gains Support of Politicians
By MIA NAKAJI MONNIER and NAO NAKANISHI, Rafu Staff Writers 日本語の記事はこちらをクリック When it began in September, the Ad Hoc Committee to Save Keiro was motley group of just four members, concerned about how...
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