By Scott Okamoto From 1909 until 2010 the Courtland Library operated out of personal homes and living rooms in the community of Courtland. The Courtland Library was 100 years old in 2010 and for the last 67 years, the library had been run by volunteer ...
A Volunteer’s Life at ACC
By Lori Lee I have been a volunteer with ACC for as long as I can remember. I’m talking before there was even a Nursing Home/Care Center. I attribute my volunteering to my parents, Wil and Frances Lee. They got involved when ACC was a small g ...
Drivers from ACC and Meals on Wheels Save a Man’s Life
They were at the right place at the right time. ACC Rides driver Hoa Tran was following Meals on Wheels driver George Spatta in early May, assisting in meal deliveries. On that day, a senior did not answer his door. Following the “welfare check” protocol ...
Census 2020: Deadline Moved, Watch Out for Scammers
This year, 2020, is the year of the Census in the United States. Every person living in the United States is counted. The number of people living in each state, county and city determines the distribution of Federal resources and funding for ...
ACC Care Center Hosts Family Drive-through Parades
By Yee Moua, Social Services Manager, ACC Care Center Despite the stress that COVID-19 put on ACC, the ACC Care Center brought laughter and high spirits to their residents and their family members by holding a series of parades around Mother’s Day. Th ...
What Will Summer Look Like at ACC Programs?
The answer is: We will continue to provide services. While at this writing we do not have in-person services, we are working on how to make that happen. All departments are consulting Department of Public Health guidelines and developing new polici ...
Stanford Students Close the Gap that Keeps Us Apart
By Debbie Williams and Dan Guo Nursing homes across the country are taking extra precautions during the COVID-19 pandemic. ACC Care Center is no different, implementing mandatory face masks for staff members, temperature screenings, limited group soci ...
ACC Care Center Update
The year 2020 will forever be embedded in our history due to COVID-19 pandemic. Our primary goal during this pandemic is to keep COVID-19 out of our facility. On April 9, 2020, we learned about an ancillary employee who had tested positive for t ...
Seniors Are Isolated and Need Help
ACC Director of Programs Linda Revilla talks candidly about how seniors are coping with the quarantine and how her staff is adjusting to the ever-changing situation.
ACC Raises $150,000 on the Big Day of Giving
The first-ever ACC Telethon took place on the Big Day of Giving, Thursday, May 7, 2020. ACC joined more than 600 nonprofits in the Sacramento region raising money for their respective causes. According to the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, the to ...