Dr. Fabiny is a fellowship-trained geriatrician who retired from her professional roles at UCSF School of Medicine and the San Francisco VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS) in July 2022. Since then, she has continued to pursue her interest in permanent supportive housing for frail older adults. She will be working in a consultative role with the VHA Housing and Urban Development/VA Supportive Housing (HUDVASH) National Program Office to support the national dissemination of the Colma Veterans Village model that she helped develop at the SFVAHCS and as a HAPF Fellow. There are 18 VA sites across the country that are participating in the first round of funding and development; 12 sites in the second round.
She sits on the Boards of three non-profit organizations all of which provide transitional and supportive housing to older adults: On Lok Senior Health Services, Nation's Finest and A Beautiful Heart Ministries. She is currently working with A Beautiful Heart Ministries to create transitional and permanent supportive housing for older women returning to their community in the Bronx from the New York State carceral system.
Why I Applied to be a Fellow
"I arrived at the San Francisco VAHCS in 2015 and shortly thereafter identified a systems problem for which I wanted to devise a solution. As a newcomer to the VA, and understanding that it is a very large, complex health care system, I felt I needed education and support from other quarters to be successful. The HAPF Program provided me with exactly that. I have met with success in my systems change efforts and know that without the networking and relationships I developed as a Fellow, I could not have been."
Program Info
Program Track
Non-Residential
Placement
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Program in San Mateo, CA/Veterans Health Administration
