Navigating Today’s Healthcare System:

A 5-Part Series With Tips, Strategies
and Important Information to Guide Older Adults

Presented by Ashby Village

Free and Open to all. Virtual - join from your home via Zoom

Part 2: Your Rights When Hospitalized
            and How to Protect Them

• • Know Your Rights When Hospitalized

  • Learn About the Protections and Services Available to Medicare Patients

  • Learn How To Prevent A Premature or Unsafe Discharge

  • Know the Important Implications of Being Admitted Under Observation Status vs a Formal Admission

Jodi Reid, Executive Director of the the California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA)

Jodi Reid has been the Organizer and Executive Director of the California Alliance for Retired Americans, a statewide, grassroots senior advocacy organization working to improve the quality of life for seniors since August 2003.

CARA represents over 750,000 seniors through their 150+ affiliated organizations.

Prior to working with CARA, Ms. Reid has worked with senior activists on housing and health issues at Mercy Housing, the Housing Rights Committee, Health Access California, and many other advocacy groups for over 20 years.