{"id":545,"date":"2023-02-05T21:01:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T21:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/preserving-assisted-living-in-boulder-an-important-task-for-our-community\/"},"modified":"2023-02-05T21:01:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T21:01:16","slug":"preserving-assisted-living-in-boulder-an-important-task-for-our-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/preserving-assisted-living-in-boulder-an-important-task-for-our-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Preserving Assisted Living in Boulder: An Important Task for Our Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Assisted living is a critical service for members of our community who are independent, yet require help with daily living tasks.<sup id=\"cite_ref1-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note1-0\">[0]<\/a><\/sup> Unfortunately, with the closure of the Mezzanine at Golden West, many may not be able to find a suitable and affordable assisted living placement, and may be forced to enter a nursing home and give up a high degree of independence.<sup id=\"cite_ref1-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note1-0\">[0]<\/a><\/sup> We must act now to preserve assisted living in Boulder, in order to ensure that this community remains an enduring home for all of its members.<sup id=\"cite_ref1-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note1-0\">[0]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The Association for Community Living (ACL), the Arc serving Boulder and Broomfield Counties, is an independent advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.<sup id=\"cite_ref1-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note1-0\">[0]<\/a><\/sup> To learn more about the ACL and its mission, please visit www.aclboulder.org.<sup id=\"cite_ref1-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note1-0\">[0]<\/a><\/sup> This opinion piece was originally printed in the Boulder Daily Camera.<sup id=\"cite_ref1-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note1-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"cite_note1-0\">0. <\/span>&#8220;Guest opinion: Ailsa Wonnacott: After Mezzanine\u2019s closure, Boulder must work to preserve assisted living communities&#8221; Boulder Daily Camera, 3 Feb. 2023, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailycamera.com\/2023\/02\/03\/guest-opinion-ailsa-wonnacott-after-mezzanines-closure-boulder-must-work-to-preserve-assisted-living-communities\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.dailycamera.com\/2023\/02\/03\/guest-opinion-ailsa-wonnacott-after-mezzanines-closure-boulder-must-work-to-preserve-assisted-living-communities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"cite_note1-1\">1. <\/span>&#8220;Opinion: Colorado adult care facilities are ousting Medicaid patients. It\u2019s a dangerous trend.&#8221; The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2023, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2023\/02\/05\/boulder-assisted-living-medicaid-mezzanine-golden-west\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2023\/02\/05\/boulder-assisted-living-medicaid-mezzanine-golden-west\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assisted living is a critical service for members of our community who are independent, yet require help with daily living tasks.[0] Unfortunately, with the closure of the Mezzanine at Golden West, many may not be able to find a suitable and affordable assisted living placement, and may be forced to enter a nursing home and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}