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Author Archives: Jocelyn Wiener

Jocelyn Wiener writes about health and mental health for CalMatters, exploring the intersection between government policies and people’s lives. She has worked as a reporter in her native California for close to two decades. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, the Christian Science Monitor, Kaiser Health News, the San Francisco Chronicle and many other state and national publications.

After graduating from Stanford University, she received a Fulbright Scholarship to spend a year and a half working with young people living on the streets of El Salvador. She earned a master’s degree at Columbia University’s School of Journalism, and reported on poverty and homelessness for The Sacramento Bee. She has worked as a freelance journalist in Central and South America and India, as well as in California.

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Posted inHealth

California oversight of nursing homes called ‘befuddling,’ ‘broken’

Avatar by Jocelyn Wiener April 6, 2021April 6, 2021

A CalMatters investigation reveals an opaque licensing process for California nursing homes, rife with indecision and contradictions. Officials have let the state’s largest nursing home owner and his companies operate 18 homes for years while failing to decide whether to grant the required licenses.

Una investigación de CalMatters plantea interrogantes sobre la supervisión de los hogares de ancianos en California y su proceso de concesión de licencias. Imagen a través de iStock
Posted inCalMatters en Español

La supervisión de California de los asilos de ancianos se llama ‘desconcertante’, ‘rota’

Avatar by Jocelyn Wiener April 6, 2021April 6, 2021
Dozens of mental healthcare workers picket outside of Sacramento Medical Center to protest long wait times for patients and overwhelming case-loads at Kaiser Permanente facilities. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inHealth

New law in 1 minute: California widens mental health conditions insurers must cover

Avatar by Nick Roberts and Jocelyn Wiener December 28, 2020December 31, 2020
Portrait of Celinda Gonzales in Weitchpec on Sep. 17. Gonzales looks off over the Klamath River towards a large rock her son Paul Moreno used to jump off into the water. The rock’s height, she said, deterred Moreno’s friends, but he was a thrill seeker and enjoyed the challenge. Photo by Alexandra Hootnick for CalMatters.
Posted inBreakdown: Mental Health

Mental health ‘tsunami’ looms: Can California prevent a surge in suicides?

Avatar by Jocelyn Wiener September 30, 2020October 1, 2020
Peter Murphy, an outreach manager for the Mental Health Association of San Francisco, struggled to find people who could support him with his mental health issues before joining the organization. He says peer support gives people a chance to be heard and understood. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inHealth

‘I was looking for someone like me’ – Is peer counseling the answer?

Avatar by Jocelyn Wiener September 8, 2020September 25, 2020
Posted inHealth

California poised to become national leader on mental health and addiction coverage

Avatar by Jocelyn Wiener August 27, 2020September 25, 2020
La ley estatal actual requiere que los seguros médicos cubran el tratamiento médicamente necesario de sólo nueve enfermedades mentales graves; la nueva ley ampliaría esa cobertura para incluir el trastorno por uso de sustancias y la adicción, entre otros. Imagen vía iStock
Posted inCalMatters en Español

California está lista para convertirse en líder nacional en materia de servicios de cuidado de salud mental y tratamiento por adicciones

Avatar by Jocelyn Wiener August 27, 2020September 1, 2020
Teresa Pasquini looks into the foyer of her home where her son, who has schizoaffective disorder, once attempted suicide before being discovered by his younger sister. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inBreakdown: Mental Health

‘Go on Medi-Cal to get that’: Why Californians with mental illness are dropping private insurance to get taxpayer-funded treatment

Avatar by Jocelyn Wiener July 31, 2020November 24, 2020
A homeless person in a wheelchair on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. The has struggled with how to provide care for people with mental illness, but a new state audit says the solution isn't lowering the criteria for compelling mentally ill Californians to get treatment. Photo by Damian Dovarganes, AP Photo
Posted inBreakdown: Mental Health

Audit: Don’t make it easier to force mentally ill Californians into treatment — just improve treatment

Avatar by Jocelyn Wiener July 28, 2020July 28, 2020
Caroline Harrison, left, Jackson Harrison Shirk, 11, right, and his mother, Virginia Harrison, far right, visit with Jackson’s grandmother, Debbie, center, at The Chaparral House, the Berkeley skilled nursing facility where Debbie has lived for the past three years. Debbie, who family members refer to as mama bear, suffers from dementia and is largely unresponsive during her family's near-daily socially distant visits. “She doesn’t talk about it but she knows we’re here,” said Jackson. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inHealth

Through the looking-glass: Family members fight restricted access to loved ones in long-term care

Barbara Feder OstrovAvatar by Barbara Feder Ostrov and Jocelyn Wiener July 23, 2020July 24, 2020

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