KEEP THE MPTF NURSING HOME OPEN!

8:33 pm PST, Nov 19, Deby Robinson, California
I happened upon this site while searching for news for a favorite actor (apparently on the current board). We are all aging; most of us will need supported care of some sort. I have been an occupational therapist for years and work with the elderly first hand. All persons should be given the dignity of growing older and frailer with care given when needed, especially those who cannot continue to live in thier homes. Shame on this industry which makes millions of dollars, collects dues to support it yet cannot furnish safety and peace of mind to its own when no longer useful. Eskimos give more dignity to their elderly via a quick death on an iceberg.

7:16 am PST, Nov 18, Robin Voris, California
I visited the home with my childrens preschool when they went at holiday time to sing to the residents. After the show we would stop to talk to the residents and tour the facility. My kids (now teens) and I looked forward to going and meeting new people. I remember meeting a woman who told me about being one of the first women screenwriters in Hollywood and feeling good that there was a place like the MPTF home for her and her fellow professionals. These aren't just decrepit bodies in need of parking space, they are quite vital, though frail, in need of respectful assistance and more importantly, they were PROMISED something. I have a teenage boy who wants to go to film school and when I told him the money for this place was spent on a high tech campus, he was pissed off.

1:01 am PST, Nov 18, AV Boyd, California
It is vital that this singularly important Nursing Home continue to operate. Vital!

7:53 pm PST, Nov 12, Vanessa Keselowski, Michigan

10:17 am PST, Nov 12, Lorin Moore, Florida
S.A.G., Teamsters, Iatse

12:11 am PST, Nov 12, Mike Hennessey, California
We need to show more respect for our elders in this country, and it would be great for Hollywood to lead the way. I have worked in Nursing homes for years on the East Coast and now as an Entertainer in the Business it would assuring for me that there will be a place when I'm old and gray to rest my head if need be.

SAG

7:52 pm PST, Nov 11, Stephen Collins, California
SAG, AFTRA, DGA, EQUITY

4:58 pm PST, Nov 11, Tammy Ryan, California

10:05 pm PST, Nov 10, Richard Fancy, California
If we don't take care of our own, who are we?

SAG, AFTRA, AEA

4:52 pm PST, Nov 10, Roy Allen, California
Let us be judged by what we do for the least among us.

SAG

3:55 pm PST, Nov 10, JENNY O'HARA, California
WE ALL KNOW THE HORROR STORIES OF A LOT OF THE NURSING HOMES IN THIS COUNTRY. WE NEED THE SECURITY OF KNOWING THAT WE AND THE PEOPLE WE LOVE HAVE A SAFE HAVEN WHEN INDEPENDENT LIFE IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE. TO LIVE IN TERROR OF NEGLECT OR MISTREATMENT IN THE FUTURE IS AWFUL.

SAG, AFTRA, AEA, DGA

1:23 pm PST, Nov 10, Duke Brown, California
We need to honor and take care of our own

8:58 am PST, Nov 10, Michael L. Brown, California
Member of IATSE Local 700 Film Editor's Guild. I am also a member of the WGA & the DGA

10:54 pm PST, Nov 9, June Jordan, California
I was shocked & ashamed when I heard of the plans to close the MPTF Nursing Home. Seeing it in the trades just made me nauseous. Many of those potential evictees donated all of their savings so they would be taken care of. How horrifying & depressing it must be for them as they await eviction. They were swindled :( SHAME ON YOU MPTF!!! WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN!!!

SAG, AFTRA

8:22 pm PST, Nov 9, Samuel McMurray, California
My mother,an actress for 70 years was in F wing for the last year of her life. The staff was amazing in their caregiving

SAG Equity Aftra

7:20 pm PST, Nov 9, Michael Breddan, California
Local 700

6:39 pm PST, Nov 9, Linda Sanoff, California
I have never witnessed such incompetence and lack of sensitivty from this administration. Other than the day to day caregivers, no one has any idea the type of care these patients need.

6:23 pm PST, Nov 9, Dennis Hays, Wisconsin
I am a health care professional that has worked in a long-term care facility for over 30 years, I can tell you that not in all cases but in most after Mom, Dad or Uncle Bob moves in, visits with family become fewer and fewer. The facility becomes home and the caregivers become family. I have seen what happens when someone is forced to move "for there own good". I could list the horror stories that I have witnessed but can not because of HIPPA regulations. Remember that the bottom line is not dollars and cents, but human lives. Please keep the MPTF Nursing Home open.

6:23 pm PST, Nov 9, Taylor Rockwell, California

5:44 pm PST, Nov 9, THERESA PRICE, Pennsylvania

4:52 pm PST, Nov 9, Colete Morlock, Michigan

3:54 pm PST, Nov 9, Beata Brandt, Wisconsin

3:48 pm PST, Nov 9, Name not displayed, California
For an industry that makes the kind of money the entertainment industry makes, I find it disgusting that the current leaders (mainly Jeffrey "if you don't come in Saturday don't bother coming in on Sunday" Katzenberg) can't seem to find the money to take care of their own. 10 million dollars a year is chump change for this industry.

3:20 pm PST, Nov 9, Cynthia Ettinger, California
We must do better. We must take care of our own.

SAG, AFTRA

3:19 pm PST, Nov 9, Julie Sanford, California
We must continue to take care of our own like we have done so proudly for years. SAG, AFTRA

2:49 pm PST, Nov 9, Susan Forbush, California
The Motion Picture Fund has an obligation to care for these people, and I'm sure that the law is on the side of the patients who live there.

2:44 pm PST, Nov 9, Enci -, California

2:38 pm PST, Nov 9, Marvina Stephens, California

2:26 pm PST, Nov 9, Diana Valentine, California
IATSE 871, DGA, SAG

1:57 pm PST, Nov 9, Simone Condley, California
Keep it Open! These people have paid for this, it is their Right!

1:23 pm PST, Nov 9, Laura Jenkis, California
Please let these wonderful people keep their home.

Under Laura Leon in SAG, AFTRA or Laura Black

12:14 pm PST, Nov 9, Larry Gilman, California
For more impact, add a personal comment here

If you are a member of an Entertainment Industry Guild or union, please list your affiliation here.

11:51 am PST, Nov 9, Bob Murdy, Georgia
Its sad to think that with the Millions of Dollars that some members of our community make. That someone can't orginize a fund raiser to keep this institution open. If the stage actors can do it with the home in NJ, why cant the film actors? Charlie Chaplan, Mary Pickford and the other founding members are surley sad in Heaven

Screen Actors Guild, and AFTRA.

11:40 am PST, Nov 9, Bill Schafer, California
It's heart warming to see the outpouring of support for these people. I refuse to call it an "issue" because that term tends to brand human beings as units or data. At a time when our great country is addressing the need for health care for all, it is shameful that our industry, which prided itself as "taking care of our own" was about to stand by and watch it's elder members be browbeaten and threatened into living with less than acceptable health care at a time when they needed it most. Thank God, we have won the first battle and the those precious senior members are safe for at least another year. But, PLEASE PLEASE, do not grow lazy and lax in your vigilance. For the fight is still at hand and must be continually waged until final VICTORY.

11:39 am PST, Nov 9, Patrick Fabian, California
SAG,AEA,AFTRA

11:35 am PST, Nov 9, Thom Hamilton, Oregon
please keep this open for the retired actors and actresses, we owe them that much, thank you, thom hamilton

11:26 am PST, Nov 9, Joan Renner, California

11:20 am PST, Nov 9, Kim Cooper, California
This callous decision to close the nursing facility is a blight on this city and the industry. It's still not too late to turn back and do the right thing -- and any plans to develop this site after all the inconvenient old folks are gone will be stirring up some ugly karma, indeed.

11:17 am PST, Nov 9, Scott Powell, California
Motion Picture Editor Guild American Cinema Editors Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

11:07 am PST, Nov 9, Name not displayed, California
706

10:59 am PST, Nov 9, Mandy Steckelberg, California
We all know it's possible to keep this home open and thriving. Let's do what it takes to make it so.

SAG, AFTRA

10:51 am PST, Nov 9, Joe Ochman, California
My father died from complications of Alzheimers. My closest friend's father died from nursing home neglect and her mom is headed the same way as I write this. It is very personal for me to know that there is a safe, secure high quality elder care home where I might spend my days if necessary. Very personal. I have always looked to the MPTF nursing home as my best possibility for those later years. The thought of its closing, or even remaining open in a diminished state, is frightening and sad based on what I've already seen with my friend and father. Please don't let that happen.

SAG, AFTRA, AEA, and on honorable withdrawal from THE TEAMSTERS

10:48 am PST, Nov 9, Dennis Johnson, California
We promised them we would take care of them. Do the right thing!

IATSE 700

10:38 am PST, Nov 9, Donna Earley, California
SAG member

10:19 am PST, Nov 9, VALERIE JEAN MILLER, California

10:16 am PST, Nov 9, Shannon Leigh Olds, California
Editor's Guild (IATSE Local 700)

9:40 am PST, Nov 9, Susan Isaacs, California

9:08 am PST, Nov 9, Name not displayed, California

8:53 am PST, Nov 9, Avram Kaplan, California
DGA. PGA