this 2009 article<\/a>.)<\/p>\n In the last 12 months alone, the East Bay facility has cared for 99 children, of whom 34 have died.\n<\/p>\n
"We’ve provided support to those families during the most unimaginably difficult experience they could ever go through," Brewer said. "We got to a point where we didn’t have enough donor money coming in to continue operations. … We need to restructure."\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Donations to George Mark have dropped 50% in the last 18 months. Over the last year, the facility has laid off staff and begun talking with insurance companies and pushing for legislative fixes.\n<\/p>\n
"We’re a brand-new model of care," Brewer said. Insurance companies "are not used to paying a facility like ours for the care we provide. They’re used to paying a hospital or a hospice or a nursing facility."\n<\/p>\n
The average stay at George Mark is about two weeks for hospice and 10 days for respite care, which gives families a break in caring for children with life-threatening illnesses. Families are not charged for services.\n<\/p>\n
"We can’t let this facility close," Brewer said.\n<\/p>\n
–Maria L. La Ganga in San Francisco<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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