On the left of your screen is Chec Yi-en, a resident in the Laguna Honda Chinese language program.

Chec Yi-en has lived at Laguna Honda since 2004. He is a native of Guandong province in China. He speaks Chinese, but not English. He is legally blind. He moved to Laguna Honda when his elderly mother could no longer take care of him at home. Last year, he became the first patient from a skilled nursing facility to receive a kidney transplant at UCSF. That distinction also made him the first Laguna Honda resident to receive post-acute kidney transplant care here on our campus.

The Laguna Honda care team, shown on the right, collaborated with Chec Yi-en’s UCSF surgeon and nurse to plan his recovery, which was highly complex. At one point, his drug regimen consisted of 24 different medications every day. The partnership between Laguna Honda and UCSF ushered Chec Yi-en through a complicated recovery. Everyday he is improving, and most importantly, he no longer needs hemodialysis. The care team is evaluating his potential for discharge.

In January, Laguna Honda awarded Chec Yi-en’s care team the employee of the month award for their excellence in resident care.