We're opening beds as fast as we can in the physical space that we have now.
There ought to be a basic assumption that black people, Latinos, Asians, native Americans and women, for that matter, can do something other than carry bags, make beds and wash dishes,
Just set aside Downey's celebrity. The reality is there are just so many beds available in the California Department of Corrections. It doesn't make sense for us to send someone like Downey to prison. The ultimate goal is to help him overcome his addiction.
I usually have about four books on the go - a bedside book, a lavatory book, a downstairs book, and the book in my study that I read sneakily while I should be writing. Short stories for the lavatory, obviously.
Texas, in particular, has many great challenges and there is a severe need for beds for adolescents. People are beginning to recognize the value of mental health treatment and therefore they are beginning to access treatment more.
So she can have us both by her bedside at night.
I will propose more money so we have the same number of beds or maybe a few more. I believe I can promise that,
I have a large pile of novels on my bedside table, and I look at them frequently, promising myself that I will find the time to read them.
I always have several books on the go at any one moment, so it's no good you asking 'What's on the bedside table at the moment, Emma?' because often I can't even see the table!
Medicaid pays for about 70 percent of the nursing home beds in the state. We talk to the resident and their family and ask if the new place is someplace they would be willing to go.