SENIORS SHOW HOSPITAL WHERE THEY STAND POSSIBLE TCU SHUTDOWN HIT.Byline: EUGENE TONG Staff Writer VALENCIA -- Under threatening skies, Betty Maithonis, 78, held her ground for ``seniorhood'' Monday as part of more than 50 seniors picketing outside Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital to protest moves to shutter its 27-bed Transitional Care This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Unit. From a wheelchair, Maithonis hoisted her cardboard sign while recounting two separate stays at the skilled nursing center -- one to recover from a hip injury and the other for her ankle. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what I would've done,'' said Maithonis, who lives alone in a senior apartment. ``Probably to a nursing home, where I wouldn't get as good a treatment.'' The TCU (Transmission Control Unit) A communications control unit controlled by the computer that does not execute internally stored programs. Contrast with front end processor, which executes its own instructions. looks after mostly elderly patients discharged from the hospital but not quite ready to go home. But hospital officials, citing low government reimbursement and rising demand for other services, are mulling mulling (mul´ing), n the final step of mixing dental amalgam; a kneading of the triturated mass to complete the amalgamation. over converting the ward to acute care. It's the second senior picket outside the hospital in two months led by Dr. Gene Dorio of the Committee Against Closing the TCU, and Brad Berens, executive director of the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Committee on Aging. ``There is a validity to this -- the government doesn't pay enough to (reimburse TCU care to) the hospital,'' Dorio said. ``That's the unfortunate side to it. But we're hoping there will be other options.'' They include opening a skilled nursing center -- nonprofit or otherwise -- independent from the hospital. Dorio said the committee is planning a Town Hall meeting June 8 at the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center in Newhall. Dorio said he also plans to recruit the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, City Council tonight, while Berens is slated to meet Newhall Memorial executives this week. eugene.tong(at)dailynews.com (661)257-5253 CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Seniors protest outside of Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital about possible closing of the transitional care unit. (2 -- 3 -- color) Above, Hilde Stamm, 87, left, and Birdie Coe, 91, protest outside Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital on Monday. At left, John Watson John Watson is a common name. Some of the more notable John Watsons include:
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