STORIES OF TRIUMPH AND PROGRESS FROM CASA COLINA CENTERS FOR REHABILITATION

2010

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So many ways to make a difference. Board of Directors Medical and Casa Colina, Inc. Rehabilitation Services Words of Thanks and Affiliates of Casa Colina Contents Our Board of Directors Programs and services for Letter from the President & CEO 2 provides a special kind of the treatment of conditions asa Colina was founded in the 1930s, during a time of great economic crisis. Yet leadership. Their responsible that include: Casa Colina Hospital – A Rare Example in California 2 the people who worked with Frances Eleanor Smith to create this institution were oversight coupled with their ◆ Amputation Cnot deterred because they knew they were doing something that would positively affect The Tanesha Jones Story 4 forward thinking has enabled ◆ Arthritis the lives of many people. It turned out to be more than 196,000 Casa Colina to continue to ◆ Audiology & Hearing A Team Stands Behind Every Spinal Cord Injury Patient 8 individuals since the first patient in 1938. grow in infinite ways and Disorders evolve into one of the Our motivation and our goals remain remarkably the same ◆ Autism Spectrum Sports Medicine Center Covers All the Bases 10 today as we address the changing needs of our patients and country's top rehabilitation Related Disorders facilities. They are comprised News from the Foundation 12 challenges from the healthcare marketplace and the economy. ◆ Brain Injury of physicians, community Like our patients, we need to embrace change and find new ways ◆ Burns Donors Make Casa Colina Strong 14 leaders and previous patients. to fulfill our mission while we prepare our organization for the ◆ Congenital Deformity Events Raise Awareness and Funds 18 patients who will need us in the future. Chairman ◆ Developmental Delay Two Grand Openings to Celebrate 20 We’ve restructured our Board of Directors to help meet these challenges. The purpose Samuel P. Crowe, Esq. ◆ Fibromyalgia of this reformulation is to ensure that all board members have the same in-depth Vice Chairman ◆ Geriatric Assessment News from the Centers 22 Steve Norin information, which will help us attract and retain the most highly qualified and effective ◆ Hand Injury President Casa Colina’s Operational Performance 25 directors. In addition, we have authorized Casa Colina’s President and CEO to continue to ◆ Headaches Felice L. Loverso, Ph.D. explore financing options and planning for a 31-bed addition to Casa Colina Hospital and ◆ Infectious Disease Secretary a medical office building. These two projects will be critical for the continued clinical and Mary Lou Jensen ◆ Lymphedema in memoriam ◆   economic success of Casa Colina for decades to come. Treasurer Movement Disorders Stephen W. Graeber ◆ Multiple Sclerosis But even as we look ahead and work to make ourselves more efficient as an Casa Colina extends its warmest thoughts and condolences to the families and friends organization, there is one aspect of Casa Colina that is even more important: the individual Directors-At-Large ◆ Multiple Trauma of these cherished supporters who passed away in the last year. Their spirit, community patients that are being treated here today and tomorrow. For these people, we rely on our Frank S. Alvarez ◆ Neurological Disease involvement, and compassion for the needs of others will be remembered as a tribute to staff of professionals and support people – the front-line troops who do such remarkable Robert Balzer ◆ Orthopedic Injury their lives and an example for us all. Randy Blackman work every day. We can never say enough to thank them for their magnificent contributions ◆ Osteoporosis Rollyn Melvin Sam Maloof, a premier craftsman and friend of Casa Colina, in his shop in 2004, to the health and well-being of our community and beyond. With your continued support, ◆ Pain (Mel) Butler, M.D. with a table made for Edward Eckenhoff, honoree of Casa Colina’s Tribute to ◆ Parkinson’s Disease we will maintain the excellence of the services we provide in the years ahead. Gary E. Cripe Courage that year. The caring, warmth and integrity Maloof invested in the ◆ Donald A. Driftmier, CPA Plastic & Reconstructive furniture he made was equaled by his concern and commitment for the welfare Surgery of other people and charitable organizations in our community. William P. Dwyre ◆ Podiatry James Henwood Dr. Herbert Johnson was the medical director of Casa Colina through the 1970’s. ◆ Pulmonary Disease George E. Langley Respected as a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist, he was honored by Samuel P. Crowe, Esq. ◆ Casa Colina with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996. He will be remembered Gary Lastinger Sleep Disorders for his grace, spirit, intellectual curiosity, community involvement and compassion. Chairman, Board of Directors, Casa Colina, Inc. ◆ April M. Morris Spasticity Robb Quincey ◆ Spinal Cord Injury Cameron Nelson was always ready for the next exciting adventure, extending a helping hand to countless people in our community. He became a great supporter Thomas Reh ◆ Spine/Back Care of Casa Colina and was the driving force behind Casa Colina’s highly successful ◆ John Rountree Sports Injury Thunder in the House annual fundraiser. Cameron Saylor ◆ About the Cover: Stroke Gene E. Tanzey ◆ In May 2009, a professional photographer visited Urinary Dysfunction the Casa Colina campus in Pomona, CA. In one day, Joseph Unis, M.D. ◆ Vestibular & he captured Casa Colina’s medical and rehabilitation Acquanetta Warren Balance Disorders staff as they provided care and therapy to patients of Mark Warren ◆ Work-related Injury all ages and diagnostic groups. These images offer an Chief of ◆ Wounds A Publication of Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation Foundation inside glimpse of Casa Colina’s continuum of care. Medical Staff 255 East Bonita Avenue, P.O. Box 6001, Pomona, CA 91769-6001 Christopher Chalian, M.D. e-mail: [email protected] ◆ www.casacolina.org 909/596-7733 or toll-free 800/926-5462 ◆ TDD-TTY-Q 909/596-3646 Letter from the President & CEO Casa Colina Hospital – A Rare Example in California People who visit Casa Colina frequently tell me that this is a house of miracles. We know the results that people achieve in treatment here are not miracles, but the product of hard work by patients and their families, clinical team coordination and the expertise asa Colina Hospital has a long-standing reputation of of highly qualified professionals and support staff. providing exceptional acute rehabilitation services for What is extraordinary is the environment we’ve created C more than 70 years. Today, it is the last independent, that consistently brings this level of freestanding, not-for-profit rehabilitation hospital remaining in care to so many people – now more California and one of only seven than 10,000 patients a year. left in the country. The bedrock is the leadership of In fact, there are only 224 our medical staff, which has increased acute rehabilitation hospitals in by 255% in the last decade. These the United States, including just physicians are critical because of their six remaining in California. clinical expertise and the support they Yet most of these facilities are for-profit or part of a healthcare offer within this professional or hospital group. Because Casa Colina is unwavering in its community. Working with them, we have attracted a therapy and support staff of more than 600 people, each person commitment to patient care, it remains a non-profit, chosen for the skill and dedication they bring. These are independent organization governed by a Board that resides gifted therapists, nurses, aides and technicians who work locally. So there is always a strong focus on what the one-on-one with patients every day, using evidence-based community needs – the highest level of rehabilitation care clinical pathways to guide patients toward practical results possible after unexpected injuries and illnesses. that literally change lives. They can happen to anyone at anytime. They may be But that is not all we have done in the last decade. complex in nature such as a brain injury, spinal cord injury, We have also created the structures that will take this Center stroke, or amputation – and can severely limit one’s mobility of Excellence forward: the Physician Clinics, Azusa Center, and independence. Patients with these injuries require Kittell Imaging Center, Outpatient Services, Transitional inpatient rehabilitation. Living Center, Casa Colina Hospital and so much more. At Casa Colina Hospital, These medical and rehabilitation facilities have succeeded patients receive medical care that beyond our expectations, and we are now planning the final orthopedic, neurological, and sports gyms as well as aquatic individual and group therapy each day. A day treatment and stage of construction on the Pomona Campus: an additional is supervised by a physician who 31 beds for Casa Colina Hospital, with complete operating is board-certified in physical therapy pools. They also use innovative new technologies found home and community programs are also offered. facilities and a medical office building. medicine and rehabilitation. at only a handful of facilities in The doctors, staff, and therapists are not only dedicated to Casa Colina has also taken a leadership role by working They lead a multi-disciplinary team of licensed nurses, the country, such as Bioness™ their patients, but the patients’ families and loved ones as well. with other institutions and educating our legislators about physical, occupational and speech therapists, psychologists, technology to improve mobility, So a case manager works closely with a patient’s caregivers to rehabilitation and the needs of persons with disabilities. neuropsychologists, and case managers who follow their and Neurocom™ equipment to coordinate a timely and successful discharge, including follow- We have had some notable successes that have enabled us patients’ progress closely to improve outcomes. improve balance. up care and home modifications, if necessary. They are also a to serve more people. And it appears that the time is right Unlike skilled nursing facilities, long-term or transitional What makes Casa Colina tremendous resource for education and referrals to community in Washington and across the country for healthcare reform care units, Casa Colina provides round-the-clock physician such an ideal environment for recovery is the fact it offers a agencies for additional support. to come to the United States. and nursing care, and three hours of intensive therapy at least comprehensive continuum of care on its 20-acre campus. This It’s no wonder that Casa Colina Hospital has been Whatever the outcome of reform, Casa Colina will five days a week. It also uses proven clinical pathways for its means a wide range of hospital-based programs for inpatient recognized on regional and national television news programs continue to take responsibility for the care it provides to its renowned stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, and and outpatient care that are accredited by the Joint Commission for its advanced therapies, evidence-based techniques, patients. Your commitment to the idea that our community leading-edge technologies and needs access to excellence in rehabilitation services has been orthopedic programs. under a rehabilitation hospital the support of Casa Colina since its founding. What we have It may sound like too much for people license. This also means highly rehabilitation research. All are accomplished is a uniquely effective and stable organization. who have experienced these serious specialized physician’s clinics, carefully implemented to get With your support, we will be able to address the challenges injuries or illnesses. However, research laboratory, diagnostic imaging, people of all walks of life back many of our patients face now and in the future. shows that this type of aggressive outpatient surgery, and sleep to their families, communities, intervention is exactly what patients need disorders evaluation and treatment. work, school and play. to return home again and achieve After being discharged from the hospital, some individuals In a world where acute rehabilitation is becoming maximum function and independence. may require more therapy before returning home. So, Casa Colina increasingly rare, Casa Colina continues to deliver this Felice L. Loverso, Ph.D. At Casa Colina, patients have access to state-of-the-art offers the Transitional Living Center, a CARF-accredited facility, specialized level of care with exceptional results. President & CEO, Casa Colina, Inc. therapeutic exercise facilities. Licensed therapists utilize where individuals can continue their progress with six hours of

2 ◆ casacolina.org casacolina.org ◆ 3 ò Unraveling the mystery of her illness. gravely life-threatening to proceed with surgery. Every day they wondered if she would survive. How Could In the emergency room, doctors and nurses acted Twenty-one long days passed before she turned the quickly to set up an IV and perform tests. They realized she corner. Her heart got a little stronger. Her lungs got a little had a medical history of campylobacter gastroenteritis six stronger. After a few weeks, she emerged from the coma. months earlier. Though she wasn’t able to speak or write, she could express She Live There was an added sense of urgency when Tanesha’s herself with gestures and grimaces. Tanesha later described breathing became rapid. She explained to the medical team, how she felt, “My hands looked like they had been scorched “I can’t catch my breath! I can’t catch my breath!” They put or burned. My fingers started to crumble,” She recalled, Without her on supplemental oxygen and scrambled to find out “I did have pain. It was a muscular pain. The palms of my why this otherwise healthy young woman’s vital signs were hands were dark and it felt like a bruise.” deteriorating so quickly. They continued to treat her, giving Her Hands her a cocktail of strong antibiotics intravenously and blood ò Prepping her for surgery. transfusions. Tanesha’s mother, a registered nurse, rushed to the ER to Dr. Lilley recalled, “Although the rest of her body got be by her side. Her daughter told her, “I just don’t want to healthier over time, her hands and feet didn’t. They acted like and Feet? die. Whatever happens, I don’t want to die. Promise me, a drag on the rest of her and she started to get sick again. If they won’t let me die.” we didn’t act now, she simply wasn’t going to make it. And The doctors performed exploratory surgery to see if the there were still no guarantees, even then, that she would.” food she ate the night before had caused an infection in her Tanesha was prepared for surgery. Her family prayed Beautifully intestines, but discovered this was not the source of what and waited. made her so terribly ill. Like the common cold, she picked In order to save her life, the doctors had to cut away up this infection from being out in public. They had found any tissue that was obviously dead or might be a source of ò • ô her immune system was weak and certain “bugs” had the infection later. They amputated her hands and lower legs. opportunity to get through its natural defenses. The procedure took four hours. Her illness triggered sepsis – a serious medical condition In the recovery room, Tanesha vividly recalled waking where the whole body enters an inflammatory state due to up from the surgery and being hit by the stark reality of not the presence of an infection derived from the pneumococcal having any hands or lower legs. She said, “My first thought n the summer of 2008, Tanesha Jones from Ontario, didn’t appeal to her. She was beyond exhausted and assumed pneumonia family. Published studies have documented that was ‘Oh my God, how am I supposed to function?’” Her California, came down with a bad case of food poisoning. a good night’s rest wouldn’t hurt her. “No, I just want to sleep for every hour delay in the administration of appropriate mind raced as she thought of all those everyday tasks that IThe campylobacter gastroenteritis caused by undercooked it off. We can go first thing in the morning if I don’t feel any antibiotic therapy for sepsis, there is an associated 7% rise would be difficult, if not impossible. chicken left her so ill that she was hospitalized for three weeks. better,” Tanesha told her concerned husband. in mortality. How would she help her young son? How would she live This second-grade teacher at Montera Elementary School When she awoke the next morning, she could barely Tanesha’s internal organs were shutting down. She was a normal functioning life with her husband? How would she hoped she would never feel that sick again. Six months later, move her limbs. She just wanted to roll over and go back to suddenly at death’s door. Her heart stopped working write? How would she drive? She would have to learn. And on January 20, 2009, she felt under the weather. At first, she sleep. Her husband pleaded with her, “Babe, come on, we’ve efficiently. She could no longer breathe on her own. They had she was ready. thought she was just worn out from a full day got to get going. I’ve got to get you to the to intubate her and put her on a ventilator. Her kidneys shut This will to overcome her new challenges is why her of teaching the little ones. emergency room.” Tanesha tried to get up. doctors felt so strongly that she would benefit from the “Most people would down. They put her on dialysis. Her lungs filled with fluids Instead of cooking that night, she decided When she sat up at the edge of the bed, her from the pneumonia. Tanesha slipped into a coma. intensive rehabilitation available at Casa Colina Hospital have been crushed by to take her four-year old son out to dinner. world went dark. “I can’t see. I can’t see,” Then the doctors noticed something they rarely see in rather than a nursing home. just the emotional They went to the mall and ate at the food she said. “What do you mean you can’t see?” young adults. Her limbs were not getting an adequate supply They wondered if she would court. By the time she was ready for bed that weight of what had he replied. “I can’t see anything!” she of blood – a sign that the tissue was dying off and gangrene be strong enough to tolerate evening, Tanesha assumed she had contracted happened. She was an explained. Gradually, her vision returned, began to set in. Over the next two weeks, the gangrene it in her frail medical another case of food poisoning. Her symptoms inspiration to everyone but it flickered in and out like a power spread throughout her hands and feet. condition. Dr. David were eerily familiar. She was violently ill. She involved in her care,” outage or a worn fuse. “Her hands and feet became more mummified as each day Patterson, Casa Colina’s had a high fever and high heart rate. stated Dr. James Lilly. Rodney acted quickly. He dressed passed. She was too sick to do any more surgery right away,” Medical Director, visited her Her husband, Rodney, noticed the Tanesha and carried her out to the car. Dr. James Lilley, an orthopedic surgeon from Garey at San Antonio Community similarities as well and said, “Babe, you know When her vision blurred again, he said, Orthopedic Medical Group in Pomona explained, “We made Hospital upon her doctors’ these seem like the same symptoms you had before. Do you “That’s it. I’m calling an ambulance.” The paramedics on the lots of calls to colleagues and mentors to see if there was request. He followed her care want me to take you to the emergency room?” The thought scene discovered her blood sugar was very low. They gave anything more we could do to save what was partially living for a week, and determined Tanesha Jones at Casa Colina of dragging her four-year old son and husband off to the her two pints of sugar as they rushed her to San Antonio on her hands and feet.” that she was indeed strong Hospital, pictured with hospital to wait for several hours in the middle of the night Community Hospital in nearby Upland. enough to receive intensive President and CEO, The consensus was that the doctors had to wait for her Felice L. Loverso, Ph.D. to improve and gain strength because it would have been acute rehabilitation. 4 ◆ casacolina.org casacolina.org ◆ 5 ò Preparing her for a new life. One month after her surgery, her wounds had healed well ò Getting back to being a wife Rodney is doing the lion’s share of the cooking and cleaning, On March 31st, she was admitted to Casa Colina Hospital with the help of Casa Colina’s wound care team. However, and mom again. while Tanesha takes on more and more each day. where she received continuous medical and nursing care as she had a tender lump of nerves on her left arm that was On May 29th, just over five months after her emergency visit “I’m not going to sugarcoat it. I still need a lot of well as three hours of occupational and physical therapy quite painful. Doctors performed an additional operation at to San Antonio Community Hospital and after two months assistance right now, but I know that will improve by nearly every day. Dr. Patterson directed the clinical team that the Casa Colina Surgery Center to tie a thread around the of acute rehabilitation, Tanesha was discharged from Casa practicing what I learned at Casa Colina.” Indeed, it has with took care of Tanesha 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. nerve to make it numb and stop the pain. Colina Hospital to return home to her family. She continued each passing week. Joe taught her how to approach things As a result of the amputations, her arms were initially Her family and her spirituality helped her get past a lot of to receive physical and occupational therapy at Casa Colina’s differently and improved her problem-solving abilities. He very swollen and tender. Casa Colina nurses used ice baths difficult things. Dr. Patterson noted, “She’s a very motivated Tamkin Outpatient Center for three months. explained to her, “You can still do things. You just have to to reduce the pain and irritation. Her physical therapist, patient. She was constantly wondering ‘When can I get back Her parents, in-laws, and husband took turns driving her do them differently. There are no boundaries.” So instead of Christine Rossi, rubbed different materials on them, such as home to my family? When can I get back to my classroom?’ to Casa Colina for therapy appointments. Here she worked worrying about whether she can crack an egg, she buys a a terry cloth towel or cotton, to help make them less sensitive Nothing holds her back. The first time Tanesha put those hard to master the use of her prosthetics. carton of Eggbeaters. She squeezes the toothpaste into her to touch. This was essential in order to get her ready to artificial devices on her legs, she simply stood up and took Her occupational therapist, Joe Ponce, used a number of mouth because it’s too difficult to squeeze onto the wear prosthetics. her first steps. I’m still amazed at how she handled it so creative ways to help Tanesha, including martial arts, soccer, toothbrush. These simple tips have made her feel less At her bedside, Christine used a sliding board to help well,” he explained. and even the limbo dance under a pole. These exercises gave frustrated and more empowered. Tanesha practice the transferring skills she needed to get in Her physical therapist, Christine, recalled, “She could her more awareness about how her body moved and helped The strides she made at Casa Colina were remarkable. and out of her bed, wheelchair or the bathroom. She worked walk with her arms on her hips right away. She walked 500 protect her from falling if someone bumped her in the She walked with her prosthetics up a mat diagonally and

From left to right: Tanesha visited with a friend in one of Casa Colina’s several garden courtyards; Occupational therapy with Joseph Ponce, OT and Guadalupe From left to right: Tanesha worked hard on adjusting to her new prosthetics; Regaining mobility and balance during physical therapy with George Kopiloff, PT Garcia, OT student from USC, which strengthened her core muscles and helped her develop a better sense of body awareness and Doyle Lee, PT student from USC; Loara Paik, OT and Lisa Ewan, PTA, planned a trip to Tanesha’s home to practice the “real life” skills she needed before being discharged from the hospital

on the flexibility of Tanesha’s hips to make it easier for her to 600 feet with a front-wheel walker and 200 feet without hallway at school or the mall. Joe explained, “We had to vertically. She walked up stairs and sideways on a balance to walk with prosthetics. a walker. It was amazing.” integrate what she needed clinically – the cardio, the beam. She developed greater balance through the use of foam In the therapy gym, Tanesha learned how to maneuver Every step of the way, Tanesha’s family was by her side endurance, and the pain management – with the real-life mats and Neurocom equipment. All of this practice made her on the floor with her knees and elbows, a skill she would offering moral support. In the physical therapy sessions, issues that she faced away from Casa Colina.” capable of doing more at home. use a lot when playing with her son later. She learned how you could hear her At home, her son tried to feed her himself. Tanesha Her entire family is grateful for the care Tanesha received, to get up from the floor into a wheelchair. She practiced husband, Rodney, in the explained to her little helper, “I know you want to help feed from the emergency room to her inpatient and outpatient turning her arms in (pronate) and out (suponate) with background cheering mommy, but this is something mommy needs to learn how to rehabilitation at Casa Colina. devices, so she could learn to feed and dress herself. In fact, her on, “Keep trying. I do herself with the prosthetics.” There were other times when “We had, and still have, a great her occupational therapist, Loara Paik, stated, “I instructed love you. You can do it!” she gladly accepted his assistance. “When I’m trying to get up crew,” Rodney noted, “They still her to not allow the nurses to help her get dressed.” On the weekends, her on the bed, he’ll try to push me up so I can get up and sit on keep in contact with her and She worked on becoming as independent as possible. In parents parked their top of it. He’s been a good guy and pretty understanding,” visit. Some call just because they occupational therapy, she practiced daily living skills. Loara motor home in the she stated. want to see how she’s doing.” gave Tanesha specially fitted cuffs for different activities that hospital parking lot and Her husband, Rodney, added, “To him it doesn’t matter Her physicians, nurses and she could slip around her arm by herself. She had a cuff with served barbecue dinners as long as mommy is at home. That’s all he cares about. He therapists have no doubt that a toothbrush attached for brushing her teeth. She had a cuff to Tanesha and the staff. doesn’t really look at her without hands and feet. He still says, Tanesha will return to the with a pen attached to practice her handwriting. “She has ‘Come on, mommy. Let’s play trucks. Let’s go swimming.’ classroom where she will give beautiful handwriting,” Loara commented, “She just needs to Tanesha with visiting parents, To him it’s almost like business as usual.” her students the ultimate gift – use smaller arm movements to make the print smaller, which Harold and Joan Tucker At home, this happily married couple is forging ahead the lesson that it’s possible to Tanesha back home in Ontario will come with practice.” and learning to share more of the household duties. persevere through anything. with husband, Rodney

6 ◆ casacolina.org casacolina.org ◆ 7 A Team Stands Behind Every Pomona campus directly across from the hospital. Though it “KAFOs” or knee ankle foot orthosis) from the Tamkin feels more like a home, the patients work hard here to Outpatient Center up the walkway to Casa Colina’s dining achieve even more amazing progress. They receive up to six hall. He used to take three or four breaks between steps. Spinal Cord Injury Patient hours of individual and group therapy from a team of Now he only needs one. licensed therapy specialists, six days a week. On July 11, 2009, Craig kept his promise. His friends Other individuals may progress well with the new Home witnessed him walk down the aisle. And he witnessed them & Community Program, where Casa Colina therapists make take their vows. Now Craig is back at Casa Colina, working house calls. The goal is to help individuals feel more confident out in the indoor and outdoor gyms almost every day. His in their everyday surroundings by practicing real-life tasks. next goal is to stand up on his own and walk without leg Casa Colina’s Spinal Cord Injury Program is completely braces. His therapists, Erin, Ruben, and Joe, will be standing customized to the individual’s lifestyle, priorities and goals. by him every step of the way. While some patients benefit from all the spinal cord injury services that Casa Colina has to offer, others don’t require an inpatient stay at all. Casa Colina’s Spinal Cord Injury Program

How do you help someone who has suffered from a spinal ives can be forever altered in an instant. For Craig Dembo, motor function in state-of-the-art rehabilitation facilities cord injury? You offer them anything that might help them it was Christmas Eve, 2005. A drunk driver ran a red light designed especially for their neurological disabilities. These regain their mobility, function and independence. This is L and slammed into his car, leaving him a quadriplegic. include indoor and outdoor therapy gymnasiums with why Casa Colina offers such a wide range of specialized When spinal cord injury patients like Craig are transferred wheelchair-accessible equipment, electrical-stimulation care, services and equipment. to its patients with spinal to Casa Colina Hospital, they receive top-notch care guided cycles, treadmills designed to support people with little to cord injuries, including: by a proven clinical pathway – the rehabilitation equivalent no mobility, parallel bars, tilt tables, upper-body weight ◆ Inpatient, transitional living, of the yellow brick road. machines, activities-of-daily-living suites, assistive technology outpatient and home and A physician specializing in physical medicine and center, stairs, ramps, and aquatic therapy pools. community care rehabilitation oversees Casa Colina’s Spinal Cord Injury ◆ Physicians and licensed nurses Program and directs a team of spinal cord injury specialists. specializing in rehabilitation It’s an impressive display of teamwork. Doctors, licensed ◆ Physical and occupational therapy nurses, neuropsychologists, Craig Dembo, a spinal cord injury patient from Rancho Cucamonga, ◆ Aquatic therapy enrolled in Casa Colina's Neuro Fitness program and works out regularly physical therapists, ◆ Neuropsychology in addition to his scheduled outpatient therapy sessions. occupational therapists, ◆ Physician specialty clinics respiratory therapists, Craig Dembo, for example, started his therapy at Casa ◆ Diagnostic imaging and speech pathologists, Colina’s Tamkin Outpatient Center after being discharged laboratory services dieticians, and other from Loma Linda University Medical Center. “When I started ◆ Indoor and outdoor specialists work together out, I couldn’t feel my legs, my hands, or anything,” he therapy gymnasiums with one goal in mind – to recalled. He worked with physical therapist Erin Yamazaki, ◆ RTI “E-Stim” exercise cycles help each patient achieve physical therapy assistant Ruben Sanchez and occupational ◆ Assistive technology center Therapy at the Transitional Living Center may include community the best possible outcome. therapist Joe Ponce for two hours, three times a week. ◆ outings to practice mobility and daily living skills Adaptive driving program Many patients begin Then he worked out another two hours a day when he ◆ Wheelchair and seating evaluation their journey with inpatient The healing process may be long for people with spinal didn’t have therapy by enrolling in Casa Colina’s Neuro ◆ Dedicated Neuro Fitness program rehabilitation at Casa cord injuries. Even after weeks of acute rehabilitation, some Fitness program, designed specifically for individuals with at Casa Colina Colina Hospital to take patients may not be ready to safely return to their homes or neurological disabilities. ◆ Direct access to SCI health Clinical pathways are followed advantage of that early maneuver around in their normal work, school or community Craig was a man on a mission. Or perhaps we should say, and wellness program at the closely at Casa Colina Hospital to window of opportunity settings. Their loved ones often need to make adjustments to a best man on a mission. “My friend’s fiancé has been putting Claremont Club, in collaboration ensure optimum patient outcomes for recovery. This means their living environments, organize a support system, and the pressure on me because he said he wouldn’t get married with Casa Colina round-the-clock medical care by doctors and licensed nurses, learn how to help – without doing too much. until I could walk down the aisle,” he admitted with a ◆ Education and support groups and at least three hours of therapy, five days or more a week. So after being discharged from the inpatient hospital, chuckle, “She kept saying ‘You’re doing it in July!’” He knew ◆ Outdoor recreation program It’s a testament to the human spirit to see these patients some patients may benefit from Casa Colina’s innovative they were counting on him, so four or five days a week, ◆ Outpatient surgery work with therapists to regain their strength, balance, and Transitional Living Center (TLC), located on the Casa Colina Craig practiced walking with his leg braces (also known as

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ost professional athletes do everything they can to GAME COVERAGE Casa Colina has also brought in legendary baseball great, improvement. A video system is used to accurately assess prepare themselves for competition. They understand For many athletes, getting the right treatment means getting Tommy Davis, as a hitting coach. Players can have private and how they’re doing and spot any weaknesses or changes in M that taking a break from competitive play helps to semi-private sessions at Casa Colina with the form that could result in another injury. They are given it right on the field. So Casa Colina contracts with local high facilitate better recovery. And they incorporate cross training, schools, colleges, universities, and club sports teams in the former Dodger to develop a smoother and more rehabilitation exercises and sent home with pictures to stretching, and strengthening into their workouts to prevent area to have its staff go to their games and tend to their athletes powerful swing. These sessions, which may be remind them how to do their workouts correctly. And when injuries and improve performance. on the sidelines and in the locker rooms. They also attend videotaped, are done in conjunction with a they’re ready to return to play, a performance video may be The medical and rehabilitation professionals at Casa martial arts events and boxing matches in the community. physical therapist and athletic trainer, who then sent to their team’s medical director or coach. Colina’s Sports Medicine Center believe all athletes would “Athletes are very good actors and will brush off an recommend the appropriate strengthening and injury just to get back in the game,” stated Roberts, “In some stretching exercises to help avoid injury. HOW TO REACH US instances, it could be at the risk of the athlete’s career, DIAGNOSIS & INJURY TREATMENT Pomona Campus – 909/596-7733, ext. 3500 teammates, or even his or her life.” Free Sports Injury Screenings every The Sports Medicine Center provides a wide range of on-site Sunday from 9 am to noon INJURY PREVENTION diagnostic services and medical and rehabilitation treatment. Azusa Center – 626/334-8735 A board certified orthopedic surgeon may use injections or This is exactly why Casa Colina’s Sports Medicine Center has Free Sports Injury Screenings every medication for pain, aspiration to relieve swelling caused by instituted a groundbreaking new concussion management Wednesday from 4 to 6 pm program called ImPACT, a tool developed to help protect excess fluids, and cast or splint to stabilize an injury and prevent further damage. Licensed physical therapists, athletes. This simple 20-minute online screening Casa Colina’s Sports Medicine facilities offer a wide orthopedic clinical specialists and certified athletic trainers Athletes regain strength and mobility at Casa Colina's outdoor running tool is used as a baseline to measure athletes’ variety of state-of-the-art cardiovascular, strength and provide innovative therapy programs designed for optimum track, batting cage, and all-purpose practice net neurocognitive skills and reaction time in the rehabilitation equipment, including: pre-season. Then, if an athlete suffers a blow to recovery and performance after an injury. State-of-the-art ◆ Golf and soccer practice nets benefit from this approach. As a certified athletic trainer and the head during play, a follow-up comparative test equipment is used as needed, and includes electrical ◆ exercise physiologist for more than twenty-five years, Brian can be administered so doctors can assess the level of head stimulation, ultrasound and laser / light therapy. Here you’ll Batting cage Roberts, the Manager of Athletic Programs at Casa Colina, injury and offer the most appropriate medical treatment. find every tool available to discover the source of athletic ◆ Portable pitching mound has noted an upward trend in injuries in young athletes in ImPACT is currently being used by the National Football injury and to promote healing and recovery. ◆ Outdoor practice track particular. “One of the luxuries of Southern California is the “I love working with athletes,” stated Dr. Chalian, “We like League, Major League Baseball, National Hockey League, US ◆ Two indoor aquatic therapy pools ability to participate in year-round athletics. As a result, we’re fixing them without having to do surgery whenever we can.” Soccer Federation, and many other national athletic organizations. ◆ Indoor and outdoor therapy gyms seeing overuse-related injuries that were commonplace with In cases where surgery is required, the Casa Colina Surgery ◆ professional players ten years ago.” “What I love is the one-on-one Center is conveniently located on the Pomona campus. Power Plate vibration technology Though the Sports Medicine Center sees many scholar treatment that the patients get here. ◆ Elliptical cross trainers athletes, it attracts athletes of all ages and levels of play – The therapists and athletic trainers RETURN-TO-PLAY ◆ Treadmills are the secret to our success.” from weekend warriors to elite competitors. It offers a full Another component of Casa Colina’s Sports Medicine Center ◆ Stationary upright bikes – Dr. Christopher Chalian, board-certified scope of services tailored for athletes that includes medical involves Return-to-Play, an affordable program that allows ◆ orthopedic surgeon and Program Medical Director Recumbent bikes care, diagnostic imaging, injury rehabilitation, injury patients to continue with the progress they’ve made in ◆ NeuroCom® Balance Master prevention, performance improvement, and even outpatient therapy after their medical coverage has reached its limit. In addition, the Sports Medicine Center has initiated two ◆ Some athletes simply need more time to work on the Pilates Studio Reformer surgery when necessary. “We have a completely different other injury prevention programs. “We’re very excited about weaknesses that have resulted from their injuries before they ◆ Plyometrics orientation clinically,” explained Dr. Christopher Chalian, the Knee Injury Prevention Program and Overhead Throwing can compete again. “We work so hard to get the athletes ◆ FreeMotion and board-certified orthopedic surgeon and the program’s medical Program,” explained Phil Putignano, DPT, OCS, CSCS and healthy again. We understand what they need to return to Life Fitness equipment director, “What I love is the one-on-one treatment that the the Clinical Director of Outpatient Physical Therapy, “If we their sport and prevent further injury better than anyone,” ◆ patients get here. The therapists and athletic trainers are the can point out any weaknesses or flaws in their form, we can Free weights, Swiss, Bosu and stated Roberts. secret to our success. They look at the whole person in order prevent a lot of injuries, medical expenses, and downtime in medicine balls The Return-to-Play Program pushes athletes to continue to help the athlete perform a specific sport well.” their training.”

10 ◆ casacolina.org casacolina.org ◆ 11 Donor Charity Grants for Research Deliver Impressive Results Below are four major grant projects now underway at Casa Colina  leads to to test innovative programs or provide support for ongoing The Casa Colina rehabilitation activities. In each case, the evaluation and research Patient Dignity has revealed important information about effectiveness and Legacy Leadership Society outcomes of these new services. Casa Colina Physician Clinics A New Way to Show Commitment to the Mission of Casa Colina hen you make a contribution to Casa Colina “Specialist Physicians in the Rehabilitation Continuum,” a grant Many people support Casa Colina’s mission through a planned For this reason, we are pleased to introduce the Casa WFoundation, you may not realize just how significant from the UniHealth Foundation, continues to an impact your money will make on patients’ lives. They are investigate the effectiveness of the physician gift or bequest. It is a powerful way to help ensure that we Colina Legacy Leadership Society. This is a voluntary group people like you who are coping with an unexpected specialty clinics at Casa Colina. Preliminary deliver excellence in rehabilitation for years to come. On the of people who intend to support Casa Colina through a catastrophic injury or illness. data shows that for those patients who saw next pages, we gratefully recognize a few of the people who bequest in a will or a planned gift, and wish to make that They turn to Casa Colina to find new strength, stamina, their physician in the community clinic, only have made such donations. On behalf of the patients who will gesture public. By joining our new society, you help us in and balance in life. More than anything, they want to regain 31% completed their recommended therapy benefit from these gifts, we thank these generous individuals three ways. First, it enables us to project our services into the their sense of independence. They want to return to a normal sessions while, for patients who saw their and their families for future and, second, your membership allows us to make your life – enjoying their loved ones, interacting in the community, physician at Casa Colina under the same roof sharing their legacies intentions known, and thereby encourage more people to and earning a living. A lot of the simple things we often take as outpatient therapy services, 79% completed their prescribed with Casa Colina. make similar decisions. Most importantly, you give us an for granted are made possible again with your donation. course of therapy. Sometimes, we opportunity to recognize your intention and thank you for it. Katherine Wolf, a 27-year-old wife and mother, at Casa Colina There are no obligations to become a member of the experienced a major Arterio Venous Malformation (AVM) Teenagers with Autism Foundation are Legacy Leadership Society and you do not need to state the rupture that caused complications The “Teen Autism Spectrum Disorders Program” grant from the completely surprised amount of your intended gift. similar to a stroke and left her unable Henry L. Guenther Foundation is also continuing at Casa Colina’s by these wonderful to eat for several months. After being Children’s Services. Known as “Teen Scene,” the goal of the admitted to Casa Colina’s Transitional program is for participants to gestures of support. We If you would like more Living Center, she recalled,“On March improve their ability to be more would like to be able to information about the 25, I passed my swallowing test. It is a major accomplishment independent with social skills. In thank all people who Legacy Leadership Society to be able to eat by mouth without a feeding tube.” the first two sessions, there was a make these heartfelt When Carmen Mexia was admitted to Casa Colina 31.4% overall improvement in participants achieving their behavior decisions and recognize or Commemorative Bricks, Hospital with a spinal cord injury, she was completely goals and some participants saw up to a 79% improvement. their intentions to please contact the paralyzed. After two months of support Casa Colina. Casa Colina Foundation intensive rehabilitation therapy, this Survive & Thrive Veterans & Families Project Casa Colina Founder Frances Eleanor Smith by using the return envelope mother of five children was able to The McCormick Foundation, which had previously made a grant and actor Henry Fonda in the early 1940’s on this page, visiting our walk with the use of a cane. She of $100,000 to support Casa Colina’s work with armed services Foundation web page at happily reported, “I was able to walk members with traumatic brain injury (TBI), made a second grant www.casacolina.org, on my second honeymoon in New York.” of $250,000 for what is now called the “Survive & Thrive Brett Graham landed head first off a jump while Veterans & Families Project.” Working with Casa Colina’s or calling the Foundation Office at snowboarding with his big brother. The teenager couldn’t Outdoor Adventures, physicians 909/596 7733, ext. 2222. move when he was admitted to and neuropsychologists, 12 COMMEMORATIVECOMMEMORATIVE BRICKSBRICKS Casa Colina Hospital with a traumatic families will be invited for a brain injury. Brett said, “The doctors four-day getaway, with the goals Another enduring way to demonstrate your support of Casa These Bricks are a thoughtful way to acknowledge special saved my life. Casa Colina gave me a of helping them find ways to Colina and help build its future is through a Commemorative occasions and honor family members and friends life after my brain injury. They never solve the problems of living with TBI, establishing a network of Brick purchase. with the inscription of your choice professionally gave up on me.” Today, Brett is working and raising a young other families for mutual support, and reaffirming hope that engraved on each brick and placed in one of daughter with his wife. family life can work to embrace a TBI survivor. The first session Casa Colina’s many beautiful pathways. Your For so many patients and their loved ones, Casa Colina is scheduled for October 2009 with additional sessions for more custom brick will be a testament of how much represents the next step in recovery. Thank you for the families scheduled for Spring and Autumn, 2010. you care and/or honor those you love. It will support you show by sponsoring or attending a fundraising Promoting Healthy Aging not only be a permanent tribute on the Casa event, making a direct gift or planned gift arrangement, or Colina campus, it will also help us continue by responding to one of Casa Colina’s direct mail campaigns. The UniHealth Foundation-funded project, “Healthy Aging with to provide the best rehabilitation possible The support of donors like you is critical for the Casa Colina an Intellectual/Developmental Disability” is now in its second for patients now and in the future. The patients we see now, and the thousands we will serve in year. It continues to collect data from participants across Los contribution for each brick is $250 which the future. Angeles County as well as support the targeted health promotion initiatives at Casa Colina’s Padua Village Homes. can be paid at one time or installments.

12 ◆ casacolina.org casacolina.org ◆ 13 LeavingLeaving aa LegacyLegacy PPeopleeople WhoWho MadeMade aa DifferenceDifference onors Make Casa Colina Strong Gladys Figueroa John Hughes Britton McConnell Mr. and Mrs. James S. Pignatelli D onors Make Casa Colina Strong Shawn Firebaugh George Hulbert Barbara McCormick Mr. and Mrs. John J. Piper D Jeanne Fleischman Dorothy Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Bill McDonald Mr. and Ms. Donald Plyley Casa Colina Foundation is grateful to the individuals, families, foundations, and corporations who understand our mission and have Deborah Flores David Hymel Dr. and Mrs. McGwire Raymond Podesta Joanne Floyd Nour El Hayat G. Ibrahim Ken McKay Mr. and Mrs. Howell L. Poe, Jr. chosen to support the needs of our patients and help give them the opportunity to receive rehabilitative care. Some donate time to help Kenneth Fowlkes Mr. and Mrs. Josef Inkrott Gary McKimmey Isabel Ponce bring a more personal touch to the challenges of rehabilitation. In the last year, 664 volunteers contributed more than 27,700 hours of Beth Fox Mr. and Mrs. Walter Irion Kelli McSwan Mr. and Mrs. James S. Porter Jan Fox Mr. and Mrs. Chester Jaeger Orin Mead Michelle Potter service to Casa Colina’s programs. Many others have made financial contributions. Through these gifts received between April 2008 Lloyd F. Fox (Trust) Dean Jaeger Raymond Medina Shelye Potter and March 2009, you have shown that Casa Colina has a dynamic support system to meet its commitment to excellence for our Margaret Fox Edward Jahn Aaron Meiojas Patricia Pritchard John Franklin Jeff and Lola James Barbara Melroy Robb Quincey community’s present and future rehabilitation needs. Your generosity has helped us expand our services, pursue innovative treatments, Camilla Frost Bradley Jaques Mark Mendoza Catherine Quino continue signature programs and provide charity care. Thank you for your caring and support. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fujimoto Mr. and Mrs. Lowell W. Jelden Dr. and Mrs. James Meriwether Sue Rector Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Fujimoto Mary Lou Jensen Debra Meyers David Reed Lloyd and Judith Gain Curtis Johns Debra Lynn Meymarian Carl Reese Margaret Fox Corporations, Foothill Autism Alliance, Inc. Pat & Mark Warren Individuals Dusty Carroll Jerry Galipeau Erik Johnson Jack Miller William Regan Fuller Foundation Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Gary Carroll Mary Gammons Thomas Johnson Richard Miller Rose Reh Foundations, Casa Colina appreciates every Petronix Casey Cecala Amelia Garcia Brad Jordan Dan Mindrum Thomas Reh Businesses, Clubs G.O.A. Media Services gift, large or small. The following GE Foundation PFF Bank & Trust J. C. Chadman Daniel Garcia Dr. and Mrs. Crawford Judge Roy Misenhimer Donald Rhoades Lloyd and Margaret Fox and Organizations individuals made donations of Andrea Chau G-E-M Plumbing Pomona Blvd. Industrial Park Jorge Garcia Stephanie Kaplan Mike Molinari Elizabeth Richard lived modestly, but liked A. Gary Anderson $25 or more in the year April John Cherry Amelia Garcia-DeTrinidad D. R. Kasper Jennifer Monson Jan Richer Golden State Foods Corporation Pomona Rotary Club Family Foundation 2008 to March 2009. More John Choi Charles Gardenhire Mark Kaufman Richard Monson David Robertson to travel – especially to Haaker Equipment Company Pomona Valley Division Alan M. Zusman Accountancy C.R.T.A. NO. 13 than 600 others participated Carolyn Chong-Cherico Peter Gasperoni Nanette Keith Stephen Montgomery Malisa Robles Hidden Villa Ranch Suzanne Christian Las Vegas. Lloyd was a All-Pro Enterprises Inc. Pomona Valley Hospital by purchasing raffle tickets Richard Geary Sharon Keith Donna Moore John Robinson Hiller Family Foundation A-Med Health Care Center Medical Center or making donations of less Janet Chung Daniel Geddes Scott Keller Ken Morelli Jose Rodriguez chemist-bacteriologist Holliday Rock Company Cheryl Clark American Business Bank PTL Insurance Brokers, Inc. than $25. Celina Gillette Helen Kellner Robert Moreno Memo Rodriguez Hot Dog on a Stick Robert Clark Linda Gish Joseph Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Enrique Romero and a graduate of Eureka Anheuser-Busch Sales of Pomona PVCH Clinical Laboratory Joseph Abe Inland Empire United Way – San Patricia Cofield Judy Givigliano Mary Lee Kiggins Morrissey Danna Rountree Anthony & Associates CPA Medical Group, Inc. Dr. and Ms. Marvin Abrams College in Illinois. He and Bernardino County Designation Adriana Colback Kathleen Glenn Myrna Kildare Mr. and Mrs. Jon Mortenson Mr. and Mrs. John E. Rountree Rancho Cucamonga Dental Care Mr. and Mrs. Peter Albrecht Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Carlos Collard Robert Moxley Margaret were married in Inland Envelope Company G. Michael Allison Robert Godinez Mary Lou Kimmel David Rubardt AT&T United Way Employee Rehabilitation Nurses Society Gary Conrad Michelle Moyer Intra Valley Health Plan Michael Allison Alexandria Golden Steve Kingston Aaron Rubin 1941. After moving to Giving Campaign Robert Brkich Construction Corp. Mike Conway Elia Muneton International Exchange Mike Allison Benjamin Gonzales Mr. and Mrs. Warren Kittell Gurbinder Sadana, M.D. Augustyn Foundation Robert and Beverly Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Starling J. Coppess Kay Munger California, he worked for Service, Inc. Frank S. Alvarez Lorena Gonzalez Edward Kler Michele Saint Bank of America Family Foundation Olga Cordova Daniel Munzer J & K Orthopedic Norm Anderson Jane Goodfellow Blanche Kline Cynthia Saldana Sunkist. They made their Matching Gifts Program Rogers, Clem & Company Robert E. Coulter Louis Goodwin Bernard Kloenne Kenneth Nakamoto, M.D. Dr. and Mrs. Charles Salemi Jensen Family Trust Michelle Andrade Bank of America S.A.B. Dental Lab, Inc. Jack Coxon Peter and Elfrieda Nardulli Gary Andreasen Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Graeber Michael Knutson Teresa Salerno home first in Pomona, and United Way Campaign Jewish Community Foundation Ruth A. Craddock (Trust) Dennis Necesito San Antonio Community Hospital Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Annett William Grant Nancy Kopp Raquel Sanchez Be Perfect SCI Foundation John Randolph Haynes and Mr. and Mrs. Gary E. Cripe Mr. and Ms. William Neelans then moved to Oceanside. San Manuel Tribal Administration Mr. and Mrs. Angelo C. Antonelli Charles Gray Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Kranzer Lyle Savage Dora Haynes Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Crowe Mr. and Mrs. Richard Newton Bioness, Inc. Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. Mr. and Dr. Frederick D. Thomas Greer Jan Krasner Leona Sawvell Although they had no JRS Company Mr. and Ms. Larry Dabbs Susan Newton Black Sheep VFW Post 11546 SEI Investments M. Aronow Joyce Greif Brad Kuhlin Charles Schultz Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Sandra Dahl Debbie Guarisco Tracey Kuhlin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nichols Debra Schultz children, they enjoyed Blue Shield of California Shannon Donnelly Photography Nora Aronow Norris Foundation Matthew Dalany Thomas Guss Mary LaBrucherie Jeanne Nicholson Nancy Scothorn Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Shearer & Associates Alan Arslan their nieces and nephews Law Enforcement of Ontario Pamala Daniels Mr. and Mrs. Bill Haaker Satish Lal Mr. and Ms. Sebastian Nola Bonnie Scudder Bob Wright Industrial Cecilia Baesa (L.E.O.) Southwest Inspection and Testing Peter Davis Mr. and Mrs. Steve Norin as well as their five beagles. Properties Inc. Kathleen Bailey Cindy Haaker Mr. and Mrs. Bryan K. Lamb Larry Sears Law Offices of Fornos Surgical Care America, LLC. Mark Baker Jay Davison R.M. Hackerd Mr. and Mrs. John Landherr Beth Nunn Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Sendor, II Buffalo Exchange, Ltd. #0211 & Associates They always did good Surina Construction Company, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Balzer Ileana Day James Hairston Leonard Lane Mr. and Mrs. Neil O’Dwyer Aries Serafin California Community Foundation Lexus Champions T & R Lumber Co., Inc. Elizabeth Bancroft Mario De Angelis Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Hamblin Mr. and Mrs. George Langley Roxanne Ojeda David Shankle things for others. Lloyd California Newspaper Partnership Charity Octagon Thoren Family Charitable Trust Paul and Emilie Baribault Paula De Pena Michelle Harrison-Islas Michael Laponis Larry Olin Robert Shearer Cal-Swim Aquatic Services, Inc. Main Street Fiber retired early, in 1972, TK Transport Services Elizabeth Barnard Mr. and Mrs. Aldo De Soto Kathleen Harrold-Hansen Mr. and Mrs. Gary Lastinger Lila Olson John Sherer Carl E. Wynn Foundation Majestic Realty Foundation Estate of Dorothy Decker Doris Hart Eileen Ormston Tomato Betty Barnes Christopher Lawhon Rocky & Karen Sherer for health reasons that Casa Colina Surgery Center Mangels and Associates Annissa Deshpande Alfred Hartley Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lawson Norma Ortiz Groswirt Christopher Sherman Toyota Logistics Services, Inc. Ursula Bartel eventually brought him to Charles Schwab & Co Mark and Al Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Dieterich Linda Healy George Lazenby Amelia Ostroff Muggins Shertzer UniHealth Foundation Iris Belding Chino Valley Medical Center Mastercare Protection James Bell Mr. and Mrs. Jack Doyle John Heil Dr. and Mrs. Scott Lederhaus Ruben Padua Tyson Shih, M.D. Casa Colina. Motivated Unisource Theodora Dresman Roger Palmer Citrus Motors Ontario, Inc. & Cleaning, Inc. Marian Bentley Mr. and Mrs. Frank Helgesen Anna Lee Mr. and Mrs. Billy Shirey United Pacific L.L.C. Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Bruce Henning Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. Lee Ms. and Mrs. Ronald Palmer Marissa Simpson by the quality of the City of Pomona McCormick Tribune Foundation Joan Bergman United Way California Driftmier, CPA Bill Henry Jeff Lee Mr. and Mrs. Gerald H. Parker Robert W. Smith Cohen Medical Center Mission Linen Supply Mitchel Bergman treatment he received, Capital Region Melissa Driftmier Jaime Hermosillo Yong Lee, M.D. Daniel Partelow Ms. Tiffany Smith and Mitchell, Silberberg Mr. and Mrs. James Bessant Credit Union United Way Corona-Norco Paul Druck Dr. and Mrs. David R. Patterson Mr. Andrew Ewing they included Casa Colina & Knupp Foundation Barbara Bevington Philip Hersh Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Lelewer of Southern California Doris Drucker United Way Special Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Blackman June Heyert Mr. and Mrs. Leming Lea-Ann Patton Bernie Smokowski in a Family Trust in 1989 Crown Printers Moss Adams, LLP Karen Du Pont Distribution Account Lisa Blanchard Richard Hidalgo Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lemly Lynda Patton Janis Snarr Cumbre, Inc. MWB Copy Products Albert Duim United Way, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Boand Kathleen High Ross Lesins Heather Peckerman Staby Stabile that benefitted them at National Philanthropic Trust Mr. and Mrs. William P. Dwyre Davis & Graeber Insurance Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co. Elsa M. Bocka Ralph Hiller Bob and Annette Liles Mr. and Mrs. Rick Pedevill Mary Ellen Stan Nestle Waters North America, Inc. Thomas Easter the time, and has now Gasperoni Healthcare Verizon Ron Bolding Richard Hirrel Rob E. Liles Deanna Peich Susan Stanley Consulting, Inc. Nova Steel Company Dale Eazell Mr. and Mrs. Mel Hodell Mr. and Mrs. John R. Pelton William Stead W. B. Starr, Inc. Deborah Booth Don Lloyd provided a wonderful Ms. Julie Ehlen Document Storage Corp. Oak Tree Charitable Foundation Stephanie Bradhurst Maria Hoge Charles Long Debra Perrin Ms. Steinbrugge Wasserman Foundation Ms. Patricia L. Ehlen donation to Casa Colina. Eclectic Associates, Inc. Ontario Community Foundation A. Brians Irene Hoggan Sandra Lopez Mr. and Mrs. John Perrine Mr. and Mrs. Larry Stewart Wells Fargo Bank Ruth Erwin Edison International Ontario Emblem Club #196 Lamonte Bryan Mr. and Ms. William P. Olin Lord Bonnie Peters Henry Stimson Wells Fargo Community Beatriz Espinoza Hollingsworth Eugene Peterson Richard Straight Edison International – Employee Orange County Gene Buchanan Dr. and Mrs. Louie Support Campaign Teresa E. Esquivias-Finocchio Contributions Campaign Community Foundation William Burke John Holmberg Dr. and Mrs. Felice L. Loverso Russell Peterson Krista Struve Western Allied Corporation Zulma Estrella Edward Horn Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pettit Jean Sullivan Engelsma Dairy Ornest Family Foundation Bryce Butcher Mr. and Mrs. George Luchansky Williams Sign Company Meliza Eusebio Dr. and Mrs. Mel Butler Melvin Hornbaker Peter Manahan Tom Pfleider Mr. and Mrs. Kaoruhiko Suzuki Exact Print Solutions Oticon Azadeh Famili Willis Insurance Services Wendy Carns Janis Housh Sadiq Mandilawi, M.D. Mr. and Ms. Tom Phelps Mr. and Mrs. Steve J. Swager Fairplex Pacific Rim Rehabilitation of California Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Feghali Richard Carr Beverly Hoyos Dennis Mari James Piatt Doris Syme Farmer Boys Pacific Western Bank Louise Felix Wilson, Inc. Amparo Carrillo Joshua Hsu Jeanette Marines Theodore Piatt Dr. and Mrs. Wing Tam Farrand Enterprises, Inc. Paetec Elizabeth Fenton Zenith Insurance Co. Lorri Carrizal Dr. and Mrs. Donald Huber Anthony Mathews Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Dr. and Mrs. S. Jerome Tamkin Flexfirm Products, Inc. F. Fernandes Tommy Hudspeth Thomas W. McCandless Pieczentkowski Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tanaka

14 ◆ casacolina.org casacolina.org ◆ 15 LeavingLeaving aa LegacyLegacy LeavingLeaving aa LegacyLegacy PPeopleeople WhoWho MadeMade aa DifferenceDifference PPeopleeople WhoWho MadeMade aa DifferenceDifference Alfred Hartley Elfrieda and Mr. and Mrs. Bryon Tanishita Frances Eleanor Covina Valley Playhouse Trendsetters Scott Diedrick In honor of the Driftmier family Jeff Taylor Smith Circle Creator’s Touch Twin Palms Pasadena Geraldine Diedrick Jan Wood Peter Nardulli June Teitsworth David & Margaret Youth Unisource Robert Franke In honor of Friendship Alfred Hartley spent his career as an apparatus Randy Terich of Friends & Family Services Via Verde Golf Course Georgia George to Jess Evans Heather Thomas Ken Albee Double Tree Hotel Wilson Creek Winery & Vineyard manager and a stockbroker. He lived with his William Steurer Sharon Garrett John Thompson Teresa Andres Eclipse Salon Wine Country Gift Baskets In honor of Samantha wife, Helen, in a world surrounded by the Jim Toda Frederick D. Aronow Eclipse-Aveda Concept Salon Wine Styles Sister Mary Grace Ginger Garcia-Salas Mr. and Mrs. John Todd Judith Attaway Fairplex Yard House of the Dominican Sisters reading, writing and numbers of his profession. Starting off just after they were married in 1938 as Mr. and Mrs. Miguel Garcia-Salas Mr. and Ms. Roger Tonin Mary Lynn Barber Fashion Handbags ZJ Boarding House James and Tina Cheng A stroke took those abilities from him, but with the “youngest merchants on the northwest side” of In honor of Mr. & Mrs Josh Mrs. and Mr. Angela Torres Regna Barrett Fiji Water Ella Gullock the help of Casa Colina’s speech therapists he Chicago with the A.B.C. Window Shade and Venetian Gloria Torres Lydia Bonson Gamble House Gift-in-Kind Gonzales parents of Jack and Barbara Gullock Marcellus Gonzales Karen Tosta Rodger Brasier Glendale Center Theater from Individuals overcame many obstacles. He lived for years after Blind Co. and Gift Shop, the young couple closed their Jessica Burchett Griffith Observatory William Kitching Jose and Zita Montenegro Anacris Toste Mike Allison this traumatic experience, but he never forgot Leonard Carreathers Haaker Equipment Company Gary Phillips Maria Morales successful business when Peter joined the war effort, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Troxel Larry Beard Barbara Clark Hanger 18 Climbing Gym Leo Greer how impressed he was not only with the expertise serving in California. After the war they settled in Curt Tsujimoto, M.D. Dannon Berk Catherine Lomoro Sunil Doshi Haute Creations Adriana Colback Ann Tudor Sean Boal Judy Briggs of Casa Colina’s staff, but also how they simply Pomona, where Peter was involved in manufacturing Laura Espinoza Henry’s Market Gilda Turell Steven Brourman Mary Lou Jensen Robert Gough Celina Gillette Hollywood Wax Museum never gave up on him. Alfred named Casa Colina companies and Elfrieda was employed in schools. Jeanine Turell Richard Carr Katherine Gough Charlotte Gowland Huntington Library Frank Loverso Mr. and Mrs. William Tweed Sandra Chapman as a beneficiary of an annuity policy that has now They later moved to Claremont. They were both very Jaynell Haywood International Golf Fred and Harriet Aronow John & Kim Harrell Connie Ugarte Samuel Crowe Jacob Hazen Islands Restaurant Jim and Stacey Harrell provided Casa Colina with a significant gift that active in community, religious, political and fraternal Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Unis Tommy Davis Maggie McKernan Thuy Huynh J. Paul Getty Museum Kathy Hornbaker’s Birthday organizations, from working with the Lumi Indians on Andrea Upton Carolyn De Fazio William McKernan helps patients every single day. Hector Uribe Katheryn Jann Juice It Up! Mom and Dad Judy Dilley Elfrieda Nardulli merchandising their beautiful fabrics to serving on Ellic Vaden Anne Johnson Kern River Outfitters Melissa Driftmier Ronald Biewener Warren and Barbara Kittell Victor Valenti Dolly Jordan LA Arboretum many boards of directors. Their home was always full William Dwyre LaVerne Cartwright B.J. Barnes Daniel Valenzuela Steve Kingston LA County Museum of Art Ruth Erwin Shirley Johnston Barbara & Lorne’s of activity, projects and friends. During their busy lives Willem Van Damme Ross Lesins LA Sports & Entertainment Robert Floyd Marion Kramer 40th Wedding Anniversary Lynda Van Hoof Jodi L. Martin Commission Margaret Joy Morris they made a place for many charitable causes – the Jane Goodfellow Gale Ortega Francine Aron Debra Vandergoot Christine Maxwell LA Zoo Nancy Harkey L. D. and Gladys Overall children served by Casa Colina was one of them and, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Vassar Becky Moore Laemmle Claremont #5 Felice L. Loverso, Richard Hunter James Williams Valerie Villa Rebecca Moore LAFD President and CEO A kind and gentle person, but a woman of great with a Planned Gift, their generosity will help more Jesse Huston Joseph Yotti Mireya Munoz Lawry’s Restaurants, Inc. of Casa Colina Emilio Villarreal Michelle Islas courage and full of life, Margaret filled her days patients for many years to come. Beth Nunn Lexus Champions For Charity Donny O’ Connell Mel Butler, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Viola Mike Jack Eileen Ormston London Hotel West Hollywood Donny O’ Connell Foundation Andrea Lowy’s Birthday with nature, music and poetry. She moved to Barbara Waddell Erik Johnson Lisa Oropeza Los Angeles Zoo James Leming Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Wagner George Keel Ronald Leslie Plate California from Wisconsin over 50 years ago, Rodney Peek Los Serranos Country Club Nancy Waldman John Landherr Jacqueline Carlson Albert C. Lum, Gregory John Perrine Mad Hatters and built her home in North Pomona. She was a Gerald Walker Martin Levitt Richard Carlson and Francine Manda Trenia Piceno MetDESK Robin Walker Terry Majer Leah Huisken Marjorie F. Lum devoted teacher of third and fourth graders in the Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Wallace Jennyfer Poduska Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa Alvin and Regina McDonald David and Geneva Obermeyer Dr. David Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Walsh II Rose Prieto Museum of Contemporary Art Pomona Unified School District for 40 years. As a Larry Minoske Beverly Page Charles and Norma Martinez Harlan Ray of Los Angeles Gertrude Levine Jack Walter Richard Monson June Plate patient in wound care and hyperbarics, she fought Patricia Reetz My Gym Rick and Judy Pedevill Acquanetta Warren Mr. and Ms. Sebastian Nola Jean Rosnagle a battle for her leg and saw how Casa Colina Mr. and Mrs. Mark Warren David Salaiz Natural History Museum of Denna Bartlett Los Angeles County Steve Norin Thelma Rhyner Robert Warren Andrea Saldana Gerald Bradley touched her life. She wanted to ensure that Casa Neurofeedback Centers Lorraine Palmer Smyser & Associates Amy Wash Cindy Sendor Christine Bravo for Success Rick and Judy Pedevill Colina continues to touch the lives of many others Jeffrey Wax Trenia L. Stayer Theresa Josephine Principi Robert Cash New World International Mike Petti Krista Struve LBS Investments Danielle Cofer and made a generous bequest to support the work Mr. and Mrs. Reggie Webb Wine Competition Jerry Perry Sylvia Swager Marjie Shahani Norma Gomez After returning home from his service in WWII where Donald Weber Nichols’ Enterprises Dan Pohl of the hospital’s Hyperbaric Medicine Center and Vanita Tolia Tiburcio Gomez Nina Webster Nickent Golf John Rountree Anthony Resca he participated in D-Day and flew missions over Adriane Upton Raphael Medvitz the Wound Care Center. Many patients will benefit Lawrence Wedeen Nordstrom at South Coast Plaza Bonnie Scudder Kurt and Mary Bender Marylyn Valdez David O’Dell Europe, Alvin Levine teamed up with his father to sell Irwin Wedner North Woods Inn Brent Segorski from these services because of her gift. Valerie Villa Fred Schlosser Brandon and Jessica Pedevillano Mary Weis Oakley Susan Stanley war surplus truck and auto parts. The father-and-son Nelly Warden Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Antonelli Bryon and Yvonne Pedevillano Mr. and Mrs. Dennis F. Wheeler Pacific Palms Conference Resort Sandra Stowell Dianne Whiting Kristina Vermeeren business grew into Freeway Truck Parts, with several Maureen White Pacific Pediatric Supply Irvin Strub Dorothy Schulte Judy Williams locations across southern California, and it became a Ron White Pala Casino Spa Resort Bud Swope Richard and Josephine Johnson Philip Sousoures Mr. and Mrs. Ronald T. White Louise Sousoures Pantages Theater Chad Theil Dorothy Von Heydenreich very successful enterprise. Alvin married Gertrude and Jerrie Whitten Gift-in-Kind from Pasadena Playhouse Anthony Thomas Oskar Von Heydenreich In honor of Kelsey Walker on raised two children. They were involved with a variety Catherine Wierzbinski Organizations Pasadena Police Department Roxanne Vaniman the occasion of the marriage of Stephen Wierzbinski, M.D. Jacob Zeidman A Grape Escape Balloon Pet Heads Stephen Wierzbinski her mother, Lyn Walker, M.D., of charities and causes from the very beginning. Mike Wilke Adventure Rancho Leonero Resort Diane Wilkinson Paula Zeidman to Marvin Cooper Roger Wilkinson Their philanthropy grew and, later in life, Alvin and Advanced Bodyworks Red Hill Country Club Nancy Young Stephanie Harrison Dee Williams Gertrude looked at planned giving opportunities as Anheuser-Busch Rowley Portraiture James Zavadil Tributes David Rubardt The Rev. and Mrs. Archie Wilson Anheuser-Busch Sales WDC Russo’s Pet Experience Dianne Whiting, Suzi Johnson a way to continue their charitable interests while also David Winthrop In honor of the staff who Aquarium of the Pacific Santa Anita Park Memorials & Rachel Hill Lora Woo helped Rodrigo Alverenga reducing their taxes. Since Alvin’s father suffered a Arizona Ice Tea Shelton’s Poultry, Inc. Cheryl Clark Janet Wood Ted Arquer Gregory Wiener and Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. South Coast Winery stroke, they had a special interest in research, Linda Woodlums Janice Arquer Tina R. Taylor-Wiener Nessim Yahya Ben Bollinger’s Candlelight South Hills Country Club Fred and Sylvia Nureddine education, and assistance to the families and caregivers Mitchell Wright Pavilion Southern California Credit Union Dennis Bardell Dr. Mel & Nora Butler Janet Wu Bradford Renaissance Portraits Southern California Edison John McGrane and Doug Betts of those who have had a stroke. They chose Casa Eugenia Yesthal Lovaun Stuhlman Bubba Gump International Martie G. Chito’s Birthday We strive to keep accurate Colina to receive a distribution from their Trust Gregory Young Sharon Blackman Callaway Vineyard & Winery Staples Melvin Hornbaker Mr. and Mrs. James E. Zavadil records. If there is an error because they knew of the excellence of its stroke Candlelight Pavilion Sweetheart Sales Bianca Comino Paula Zeidman Don Driftmier or omission, please contact Carmma Community Target (Montclair) John Comino program, and that patients and families would benefit Eric Zywicki Casa 425 Thornton Winery Henry Anchondo the Foundation office at directly from their philanthropy. Casino Morango Three Forks Chop House Anita Derby Carrie Wheeler 909/596-7733, ext. 2222. Cookie Lee Jewlery Togo’s John Rountree

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Founding Sponsor By the time it was in full swing, 145 golfers played in the EIGHTH ANNUAL tournament and 225 enjoyed dinner and evening festivities. ◆ Robert and Beverly Lewis Foundation Celebrity guests Terry Donahue, Ben Howland and Rick Neuheisel rends in Autism Conference provided a blend of wisecracks and wisdom. A well-deserved thanks T Presenting Sponsors belongs to Committee Co-chairs and Board Members Bill Dwyre and TH Hidden Villa Ranch John Rountree. The funds raised by this tournament benefit Padua March 14 & 15, 2009 at Harvey Mudd College SEI Investments in Claremont Village Homes in Claremont where 16 adults with developmental ANNUAL Major Sponsors disabilities live in a supervised, structured environment that Presenting Sponsor CASA COLINA Citizens Business Bank promotes activity and independence. L.A. Care Health Plan GOLF CLASSIC General Outdoor Left to right: Terry Donahue, former UCLA Twelve nationally known autism experts gathered for a Advertising football coach and current football sportscaster; November 10, 2008 at South Hills Country Club weekend in Claremont to discuss the latest research and General Pump Co. Rick Neuheisel, current UCLA football coach; in West Covina treatment programs in the field of autism. It gave parents, and Bill Dwyre, Casa Colina Board Member Ornest Family and Event Co-Chair Presenting Sponsor healthcare professionals and educators an opportunity to Foundation Iris Belding in honor of George W. Belding learn about the recent clinical developments, new research Response Envelope, Inc. Left to right: Don Lawson, Hidden Villa Ranch perspectives, treatments and education interventions. CFO; Beverly Lewis, Founding Sponsor from Major Sponsors April 27, 2009 at The Tam Family This year’s conference had over 200 attendees and the Robert and Beverly Lewis Foundation; Red Hill Country Club George and Karen Langley featured 18 exhibitors. It had sessions that focused on the Vavrinek, Trine, Day John Rountree, Casa Colina Board Member in Rancho Cucamonga Haaker Equipment Company needs of young children and teens, as well as the lifelong & Co., LLP and Event Co-Chair; Jeff Roche, Director of Client Services, SEI Investments Pertronix challenges of people with autism. Casa Colina Children’s Wasserman Foundation San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Services provides one of the largest autism programs in SEI Investments California and has served hundreds of children on the autism spectrum. In fact, in 2009, Casa Colina Foundation The Rotary Club There were 125 golfers and 175 dinner guests who came out provided a subsidy of $200,000 to the program through to support Casa Colina and its nationally renowned Outdoor funds raised by a variety of events, donations, and grants. of Pomona Adventures, a program that focuses on empowering people with disabilities. It provides challenging and exciting 3rd Annual Walk & Roll For Casa’s Kids Art Auction experiences in the out-of-doors. By focusing on abilities, not June 20, 2009 at Casa Colina Children’s Services disabilities, the program enables its members to experience May 9, 2009 at the Fox Theater in Pomona Major Sponsors success both physically and emotionally. Platinum Sponsor The tournament and dinner raised everyone’s spirits as Don & Marilyn Driftmier Pacific Rim Rehabilitation Valley Vista Services well as funds to support Outdoor Adventures. Casa Colina is Oticon Physicians of Casa Colina grateful to Committee Chairman Bill Haaker, for making it Surgery Center Gold Sponsor such a memorable day. This fun celebration brought children served at Casa Colina, Western University of Health Sciences their families, neighbors, community businesses and many The Pomona Rotary Foundation hosted their 6th Annual Art Celebrity guest artist and others together. It was all to support the work of Casa Colina Auction, naming Casa Colina and its assistance to Wounded Casa Colina supporter Children’s Services. Warriors as the beneficiary of the event for the second year in Tommy Hollenstein pictured As the 350 participants walked and strolled outside of the with Anne Johnson, Director a row. More than 60 pieces of artwork were donated for the Children’s Services building and playground, they had a chance of Outdoor Adventures Back row (left to right): Howard Shane, Ph.D.; Margaret Bauman, M.D.; event which raised $47,846. A live and silent auction took to enjoy 26 vendors and exhibitors, including a “Touch Tank” Rosemary White, OTR; Mady Horning, M.A., M.D.; Diane Chugani, Ph.D.; place while guests enjoyed a cocktail reception and dinner. Paul Brown, M.D.; Jerry Newport; Sheldon Wagner, Ph.D. with star fish and other sea life sponsored by Southern Felice Loverso, Ph.D., President Casa Colina is grateful to this wonderful organization and Front row (left to right): Christopher Angelo, Attorney; Ruth Christ California Edison. Performances were given by the Valverde and CEO of Casa Colina, extends special thanks to Event Chairman, Captain Richard Sullivan, Ph.D.; Patricia Sullivan, M.Ed., M.S.; Kenneth Herman, Ph.D. School of Performing Arts in Rancho Cucamonga and special pictured with Bill Haaker, “Rick” Todd for his diligence and hard work. Event Chair needs martial arts team from Possibilities Unlimited in Glendora. Left: Casa Colina’s The annual “Friend of the Children Award” was presented to Dr. Margaret Bauman, Paul and Emilie a world renowned Baribault Felice L. Loverso, Ph.D., pediatric neurologist President and CEO of Casa specializing in autism, for their Vice Chairman of the Board enthusiastic Colina, used his welcoming Steve Norin, takes a swing on led the panel of speakers comments to make the first and tireless the fairway Right: Jerry Newport, public announcement of support of author and advocate Casa Colina’s Survive & diagnosed with Casa Colina Thrive Project Asperger’s Syndrome Children’s Services. 18 ◆ casacolina.org casacolina.org ◆ 19 Physician specialists Two Grand Openings to Celebrate set standard of care POMONA CAMPUS Arthritis & Fibromyalgia Casa Colina Sleep Center  Antony Hou, M.D.; Thang Le, M.D. Diagnostic Imaging – Gary Jensen, M.D. Everyone can have a little trouble sleeping from time to time, but for EMG – Shashank Arya, M.D.; people who have had difficulty for more than two weeks, there is the David Patterson, M.D.; Alex Francini, M.D. new Casa Colina Sleep Center in Pomona. This unique program Hand – James Lilley, M.D. helps individuals of all ages Headache – Richard Shubin, M.D.; overcome any of the 84 Faisal Qazi, D.O. documented sleep disorders Infectious Disease – Dan Gluckstein, M.D.; which include excessive Kerry Gott, M.D; Luong (Mike) Ly, M.D.; snoring, sleep apnea, John Mourani, M.D. insomnia, and restless leg Kidney Disease & Hypertension syndrome. In addition, Michael Bien, M.D. children may also suffer Neurology – Sleep Disorders, from bed wetting, night Movement Disorders, Parkinson’s Disease tremors and sleepwalking. & Multiple Sclerosis – Richard Shubin, M.D.; These sleep problems Jerome Lisk, M.D.; Gail Hartley, MSN, RNP have been linked to Neuro-Optometry – Eric Ikeda, O.D. depression, diabetes, heart Neuro-Orthopedics & Pain disease, hypertension, Vincent M. Fortanasce, M.D. Casa Colina Azusa Center  obesity, stroke, and other Orthopedics / Sports Medicine chronic diseases. For years, Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation has offered and tours of the new state-of-the-art facility. The next day, Christopher Chalian, M.D. The Casa Colina Sleep its patients the convenience of receiving their medical and there was a ribbon-cutting ceremony held by the Glendora Pain Management – John Sasaki, M.D. rehabilitative care in one place. Now, it offers the same and Azusa Chambers of Commerce to welcome Casa Colina Center is dedicated to Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation convenience in two places with the opening of the Casa to the community. After the ribbon-cutting, an open house finding the cause of sleep difficulties followed with successful treatment. Here patients stay in a Shashank Arya, M.D.; Alex Francini, M.D.; Colina Azusa Center in November, 2008. was held from noon into the evening. Yong Il (Luke) Lee, M.D.; luxurious bedroom setting where This was an occasion that deserved two celebrations. On Tours of the expansive 6,000 square-foot outpatient David Patterson, M.D.; Dana Landavazo, PA-C January 21, 2009, there was a special opening event for over medical and rehabilitation center were given to over 250 overnight state-of-the-art diagnostic testing is conducted by a licensed Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 100 of Casa Colina’s board members, physicians, and hospital community members throughout the day. Devdas Wali, M.D. executives. The catered evening featured live entertainment Dr. Tom Bryan, orthopedic surgeon and Medical Director sleep technologist. Before they go Podiatry – Thinh Le, D.P.M. of the Casa Colina Azusa Center, stated “I have practiced in to bed, patients are connected to Pulmonary Rehabilitation West Covina for 22 years and am happy to have world class specialized equipment with painless sensors attached to their Joseph Hourany, M.D. rehabilitation services available for my patients in nearby Rohinder K. Sandhu, M.D. Azusa,” Bryan said. “This is an important development for body and head to measure brain Spine – Alexander Francini, M.D. the people of our area.” A luxurious bedroom setting provides waves, muscle and eye movements Dr. Felice Loverso, President & CEO of Casa Colina patients with the comforts of home. as well as breathing, snoring, heart Urology – Aaron Nguyen, M.D. stated, “We are proud to open our convenient new outpatient rate and leg movements. Several Vestibular & Balance Disorders center, and to deliver top quality medical and rehabilitative types of diagnostic sleep exams Tyson Shih, M.D. care to people in Azusa and the surrounding communities.” are offered, depending on the Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine The Azusa Center offers physical and occupational therapy, patient’s symptoms. Kerry Gott, M.D. certified hand therapy and speech pathology services. It also Once this highly sophisticated AZUSA CENTER provides physician specialist clinics for orthopedics, back data is collected, a physician who and spine care, and neurosurgery consultations. Athletes are specializes in sleep medicine Neurosurgery – José Rodriguez, M.D. evaluates the patient’s test results invited for free sports medicine screenings every Wednesday Licensed sleep technologists conduct Orthopedics – Tom Bryan, M.D. Samuel P. Crowe, Chairman, Board of Directors, Casa Colina, Inc. and carefully before recommending Felice Loverso, Ph.D., President and CEO of Casa Colina, Inc. cut the from 4 to 6 p.m. studies that are interpreted by physicians Spine & Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation ribbon at the Casa Colina Azusa Center’s opening celebration. who specialize in sleep medicine. treatment for a good night’s sleep. Shashank Arya, M.D.

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Casa Colina Hospital Dr. S. Jerome and Judith D. Tamkin The center is designed to make accessing medical and the Pacific, the beach, Big Bear Resort, the circus, local The hospital has implemented specific clinical pathways for Outpatient Center rehabilitative services more convenient for those who baseball games, and county fairs. live in the Azusa/Glendora communities. It has become The Rancho Piño Verde traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, and Three new specialized physician’s clinics have been added at an important resource for the senior population as well as program welcomed a baby orthopedic patients with outstanding results. Now, Casa the Tamkin Outpatient Center. The Headache Center uses a athletes who attend local schools and colleges. emu, which recently Colina’s medical and rehabilitation wide range of medical and rehabilitation methods to help hatched on its 20-acre teams rely on these proven clinical individuals prevent or better manage recurring headaches. The outpatient medical and rehabilitation center is dedicated ranch environment. This is pathways to ensure that “best The Spine Center relies on innovative diagnostic and treatment to providing specialized physician’s clinics and a wide range in addition to the horses, practices” for a specific diagnostic options for those with of physical rehabilitation services to residents in the llamas, and adult emus group are used throughout a back pain. The Neuro- foothill communities. already on the ranch. “The Ranch” once again opened its pool patient’s stay. Since the introduction Optometry Center Transitional Living Center for the summer season with three certified lifeguards on staff. of these clinical pathways, many helps neurological Residents continue to use medical and therapeutic services more patients have been discharged patients with visual For individuals who are recovering from an acquired or in the high desert and at the Casa Colina campus in Pomona. home with little or no need for and perceptual traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, progressive These facilities are overseen by a local board-certified further assistance. problems eliminate or neurological disease, amputation or complex orthopedic physician and continuously operate at 100% occupancy In an effort to help its inpatients reduce double vision, blurry vision, and loss of visual field. injury, the transition from a rehabilitation institution back to with a wait list to admit new residents. progress as quickly as possible, the In order to better assist patients who may experience the home can be a difficult one. Now with the TLC’s new hospital has developed a spinal cord injury education course, behavioral changes or difficulties, the Outpatient Center has Home & Community Both residential programs serve individuals with traumatic brain which includes a peer lead support group, which is taught added neuropsychology evaluations and treatment services. Program, Casa Colina injuries who require long-term care and supervision in a three days per week. For the past year, Casa Colina Hospital Casa Colina’s neuropsychologists (clinical psychologists with therapists make house calls. residential setting. has also been involved in the groundbreaking ICARE study, specialized training in brain functioning and disorders) This new program A. Gary Anderson Family Children’s Services Center which compares three different techniques for effective and provide cognitive/behavioral strategy training, supportive helps individuals feel more efficient rehabilitation of the arm after a stroke. psychotherapy, behavioral management, biofeedback, and confident within their Many of the children seen at Casa Colina are not only The Speech-Language Program has added state-of-the-art other types of treatment to help affected people and their everyday surroundings by cognitively challenged, but socially challenged as well. At the equipment to better evaluate and treat patients with acquired families achieve their best potential and quality of life. practicing real-life tasks in their own home environment, request of families with special needs children over the age neurological impairments as well as voice and swallowing The Outpatient Center remains committed to the with the supervision of a licensed therapist. This may include of 12, the center created “Teen Scene.” This new social skills disorders. The VitalStim equipment helps patients strengthen improvement and advancement of women’s health issues safely maneuvering around the home, carrying out normal program meets the unique needs of children between 12 and re-educate the swallowing muscles through the use of with its Women’s Program, which involves a wide range of errands or taking public transportation to and from work. and 16 years of age. electrical stimulation. These innovative devices are especially physician specialists. The program continues to grow by Treatment plans are tailored to each individual and his or her Children’s Services helpful for patients with head and neck cancer or feeding providing strategies to overcome or cope with fibromyalgia, loved ones. has reached out to the tubes. They also provide valuable data to store and measure lymphedema, edema, osteoporosis, and urinary incontinence. The center actively participates in the Brain Injury community in a number progress. Casa Colina has Modified Barium Swallow Study In order to better meet the needs of patients’ busy Outcome System (BIOS), which helps treaters understand of ways, including making (MBSS) and Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallow schedules, the Tamkin Outpatient Center now offers whether their efforts are effective. While more facilities out- services available off- equipment to better evaluate patients with dysphagia. MBSS orthopedic physical therapy visits on Saturday mornings side of Casa Colina contribute to this ongoing study, the campus and providing is also offered to pediatric patients. and extended weekday hours. Transitional Living Center has played a leading role in this rehabilitation expertise to schools. In May 2008, it started Inside the hospital, there is a new Assistive Technology research as an original member since 2000. offering speech/language pathology services at the LeRoy The Tamkin Outpatient Center serves individuals who have the Center, offering a wide variety of augmentative and Haynes Center and has now more than doubled its caseload potential to overcome or better manage physical disabilities and The Transitional Living Center helps individuals with traumatic alternative communication equipment to enhance of children and adolescents. In February 2009, it initiated injury by receiving specialized medical care or rehabilitation brain injuries, spinal cord injuries or other neurological traumas communication and assistive devices to aid mobility and occupational therapy services after it helped the school put services in an outpatient setting. further their rehabilitation goals in a 38-bed, short-term residential other activities of daily living. These devices may be used in setting. Six hours of individual or group therapy are provided 6 together a functional occupational therapy gym. With this therapy and some are even available on loan to patients. Casa Colina Azusa Center days a week. Day treatment and home programs are also offered. recent success, Children’s Services is now pursuing other Residency programs will help the next generation of contracts with private schools in the area. This new outpatient satellite center delivers the same quality rehabilitation therapists hone their skills. The Orthopedic Casa Colina at Rancho Piño Verde Casa Colina has collaborated with the City of La Verne medical and rehabilitative care found at Casa Colina’s Pomona Physical Therapy Residency Program is accredited by the and the City of Rancho Cucamonga to offer high quality campus in the foothill area. The Casa Colina Azusa Center & Casa Colina at Apple Valley American Physical Therapy Association. A Neurologic children’s services within those communities. provides physician Casa Colina’s high desert programs provide 76 long-term Physical Therapy Residency Program started this year with Early Intervention clients may participate in the Toddler’s specialist programs residential beds for adults with brain injuries with 42 beds one resident. The hospital’s rehabilitation staff also developed Together program in La Verne and two other social skills for orthopedics, at Casa Colina at Apple Valley and 34 beds at at Rancho Piño an 8-week Neurologic Rehab Specialist Continuing Education programs, Kids Crew and Teen Scene, meet at the Goldie neurosurgery Verde. Residents enjoy a variety of activities, including Program for its physical and occupational therapists, as well Lewis Community Center in Rancho Cucamonga. Since consultations, and excursions to farmer’s markets, gyms, local restaurants, movie as others in the professional rehabilitation community. Children’s Services expanded its programs off campus, it has spine care, as well theatres, shops, Tai Chi, water aerobics classes, and concerts Casa Colina Hospital is a fully licensed, Joint Commission doubled the size of the Kids Crew program. as physical therapy, in the park. Some residents also enroll in classes at Victor accredited 68-bed facility that serves individuals who can benefit occupational therapy, certified hand therapy and speech Valley Community College, and they take trips to many Children’s Services provides rehabilitation care to infants and from the intensive rehabilitation of three hours or more of therapy pathology services. It also offers free sports medicine Southern California attractions, including the Aquarium of children with physical and developmental disabilities up to age 15. a day, five days or more a week. screenings every Wednesday from 4 to 6 pm.

22 ◆ casacolina.org casacolina.org ◆ 23 ◆ NEWS FROM THE CENTERS Helen A. Kellner Adult Day Health Care Center Outdoor Adventures Casa Colina’s Operational Performance The Adult Day Healthcare Center (ADHC) continues to offer Outdoor Adventures (OA) has introduced two exciting a nurturing, stimulating and supportive environment for new programs for children – Junior Adventures and adults with cognitive or physical impairments, such as Outdoor “Ed”ventures. Alzheimers, brain injuries, Cerebral Palsy, dementia, Multiple Junior Adventures provides therapeutic outdoor recreation Casa Colina Operating Entities Sclerosis, Parkinson’s, and stroke. Each day, its team of outings specifically for children and teens with physical and Net Revenue from Operations Financial Performance (Unaudited) medical and cognitive disabilities. Activities may (Excluding Foundation) rehabilitation include jet skiing, kayaking, rock Revenues 2009 2008 professionals climbing, surfing and sailing. This $55m Gross patient and other services $75,225,000 $69,502,000 monitors the program differs from other OA outings $50m Other operating revenue 3,426,000 1,953,000 health of its because it provides more opportunities Transfers from Foundation clients. The staff for kids to interact with peers. $45m for uncompensated care also provides The Outdoor Edventures program and community benefits 1,449,000 980,000 $40m nutritious lunches offers educational and environmental Total Revenues 80,100,000 72,435,000 and snacks as well learning experiences such as trips to $35m as a number of recreational and social activities that not only a recycling center, Body Worlds and Deductions $30m help build friendships, but also keep minds and spirits lively. Thor’s Reptile Exhibit. More sessions will be scheduled Contractuals 25,822,000 24,700,000 ADHC provides attentive care and enables home caretakers annually introducing other educationally and environmentally $25m Bad debts 1,261,000 1,212,000 to work or enjoy more free time for errands, family and oriented events to the program. $20m Total Deductions 27,083,000 25,912,000 social activities. During the week of August 3-7, 2009, OA facilitated its Revenue Less Deductions 53,017,000 46,523,000 The Adult Day Health Care Center serves adults with varying 15th Anniversary Land Meets Sea Sports Camp attracting 73 $15m participants ages 6 and over, and 85 wonderful volunteers. Operating Expenses disabilities who may require supervised care during the day. $10m Opportunities were provided for campers to experience a Salaries and benefits 30,911,000 28,980,000 variety of adaptive sports, Discover Scuba, outrigger canoeing, Casa Colina Kittell Imaging Center $5m Other expenses 10,385,000 10,605,000 sailing, and deep sea fishing along with water sports such as With timely scheduling of appointments and rapid same-day 0 Total Operating Expenses 41,296,000 39,585,000 water skiing, jet skiing and kayaking. This anniversary year results on all tests (except biopsies), The Kittell Imaging 2006 2007 2008 2009 provided new activities such as a mobility course and Center makes the diagnostic process faster and easier for Net Income from Operations Resource Fair with exhibits and various vendors. Prior to Depreciation, Interest both patients and referring physicians. This modern facility OA staff is also overseeing a series of four-day getaways and Amortization $11,721,000 $6,938,000 for the “Survive & Thrive Veterans & Families Project,” which assists veterans with traumatic brain injury with the transition from a rehabilitation setting back to living at home with their families again. Casa Colina Balance Sheets Outdoor Adventures serves adults and children with a broad range (Unaudited/Consolidated) of cognitive and physical disabilities who want to discover their March 31, 2009 and 2008 abilities in a challenging and fun recreational environment. Assets 2009 2008 Padua Village Homes Current assets $23,762,000 $17,729,000 provides a broad scope of state-of-the-art examinations and Padua Village continues to participate in the UniHealth Investments 34,827,000 49,478,000 equipment.To make imaging even more convenient for its Foundation-funded project, “Healthy Aging with an Assets limited as to use 17,705,000 22,183,000 patients, the center is now open Saturday mornings. Intellectual/Developmental Disability.” Now in the the second Property and equipment 57,831,000 59,478,000 This full-service center was established jointly between year of this three-year study with Cedars Sinai and L.A. Care Other assets 1,505,000 1,786,000 Casa Colina and Gary Jensen, M.D., one of the area’s leading Health Plan, researchers continue to collect data from study radiologists. It sets a new standard for medical imaging with participants, which include Padua Village residents. The Total Assets $135,630,000 $150,654,000 an extensive offering of diagnostic exams and interventional preliminary data from the first year’s efforts shows that the Liabilities and Net Assets procedures. The center is committed to providing the highest project’s recommended lifestyle changes made a positive Current liabilities $11,759,000 $11,601,000 quality images, interpretations and service. The Kittel impact on their health and wellness. Long-term debt Imaging Center is fully accredited by the American College of Padua residents strive for greater independence with and other liabilities 48,459,000 50,730,000 Radiology in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), ultrasound, self-help skills. They participate in various community and Unrestricted and mammography and Computerized Tomography (CT) Special Olympics events, as well as many Outdoor restricted net assets 75,412,000 88,323,000 The Kittell Imaging Center serves Casa Colina patients as well as Adventures program activities. Total Liabilities and Net Assets $135,630,000 $150,654,000 individuals from the local community who are in need of advanced These residential facilities serve adults with developmental diagnostic imaging services. disabilities who require supervised residential living.

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Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation Human Resources – Ext. 2150 Casa Colina at Rancho Piño Verde 255 East Bonita Avenue, P.O. Box 6001 Imaging – Ext. 4541 11981 Midway Avenue Pomona, CA 91769-6001 Job Line – 909/450-0314 Lucerne Valley, CA 92356 909/596-7733 or toll-free 800/926-5462 760/248-6245 TDD-TTY-Q 909/596-3646 Outdoor Adventures – Ext. 2216 Casa Colina at Apple Valley www.casacolina.org Outpatient Rehabilitation – Ext. 3500 22200 Highway 18, Apple Valley, CA 92307 Padua Village – Ext. 4400 Adult Day Health Care – Ext. 4400 760/247-7711 Casa Colina Hospital – Ext. 3000 Physician’s Clinics – Ext. 3800 Casa Colina Azusa Center Children’s Services – Ext. 4200 Sleep Center – Ext. 4600 910 E. Alosta Avenue Corporate Offices – Ext. 2300 Spine Center – Ext. 3802 Azusa, CA 91702-2709 Foundation – Ext. 2222 Transitional Living – Ext. 4100 626/334-8735