Our 2020 Libertana scholars are an impressive and inspiring group of students. Meet Tina, a sophomore at Mount Holyoke College studying Politics and Environmental Studies, who exemplifies the Libertana standard of excellence. What motivated you to pursue your major? Growing…
Supporting Essential Workers as a Society and an Organization Over 55 million people in the United States are deemed essential workers and have been responding admirably on the frontlines for over nine months. Layers upon layers of PPE, mental and…
We are excited to announce that Executive Director of Libertana Jonathan Istrin is serving on the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) new Technical Workgroup to examine health care providers’ renewal process for Home and Community-Based Alternatives (HCBA) waivers.…
A Holiday Season Unlike Any Other – How to Stay Safe and Healthy The holiday season is here, but the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t gone anywhere. It is imperative that we all do our part to keep ourselves, our families, and…
Libertana Home Health is dedicated to supporting the communities in which it works. Earlier this month, Executive Director Jonathan Istrin made a donation to the Tuskegee Airmen Scholarship Foundation (TASF) to create an annual scholarship fund to bring local students…
Back in 2018, two parents contacted Libertana Home Health for help with their paraplegic, 9-year-old son. Without hesitation, Libertana social worker Dovid Goldenberg asked how he could be of assistance. “They really wanted to do anything they could to improve…
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have worked tirelessly to improve patient outcomes. Now, we’ve introduced a new FDA-approved wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) program to detect COVID-19 in residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFEs). Why use WBE? When…
This past year has been a difficult moment to be a college student. Between the online courses, schedule changes, and economic recession, students in 2020 have needed to navigate a new set of realities on top of the challenges already…
As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its seventh month, housing insecurity in communities across the country is reaching unprecedented levels. For Los Angeles, the coming months could be an inflection point in the city’s intractable homelessness problem. At Libertana, we’ve long…
Over the last half-year, we’ve seen a revolution in telemedicine. With the COVID-19 pandemic making it difficult to administer many in-person health care services, home health care providers across the country have suddenly worked to incorporate telemedicine and virtual care…
