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

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. Cancino says the need is out there, but argues that bureaucratic delays, weak referral systems and looming Medi-…