April 14th 2019 O.A.

Sakura Gardens Sushi Day

Saturday, March 23rd was “Sushi Day” by Japanese Restaurant Association of America for the residents of Sakura Gardens in Boyle Heights.

JRA is a non-profit organization where their members are restaurant managers and food product companies.

8 companies provided ingredients for this event and chefs from Japanese restaurants “Katsu-Ya” and “Sushi Gen” cooperated to serve 160 people their sushi.
“Sushi Day” has been held since Sakura Gardens were previously known as “Keiro Retirement Home” and is now the 20th year.

Residents were served sushi on their plates they have made themselves.
Chefs were introduced before the actual meal and Sakura Gardens awarded a letter of appreciation to JRA.
Sakura Gardens’ dining room was renovated on January of this year, and this is their first event held at the new room.

JRA staffs, chefs and Sakura Gardens volunteers went by each table to thank and serve sushi to each residents.

The chefs put their heart and soul into each sushi and were enjoyed by the residents.

Keiro Caregiver Conference

A nursing conference was held at the Pasadena Buddhist Temple on Saturday, March 30th.
This event was held by Keiro that provides senior welfare service in the Japanese American community. Useful information as well as know-hows were shared to those involved in senior nursing care.
About ¼ of Japanese Americans residing in LA, OC and Ventura County are over 65 years old. It is said that 97 percent of them are either currently needing or going to request in-home care.
RN, Patty Watson-Swan of Huntington Hospital Senior Care Network did a speech under the theme “Managing Caregivers’ Stress” at the Keynote Speech.

A seminar introducing “Nursing care utilizing mobile apps” and
a demonstration of active nurses sharing their know-hows were done.
This conference was held by Keiro; Pasadena Buddhist Temple, whose members are aging; as well as other local Japanese American organizations.

A resource fair where non-profit organizations and companies in the field were also held. Participants consulted their concerns and shared information to one another.