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<title>Essex County supervisors vote 12-6 to sell Horace Nye nursing home</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 6, 2012) Essex County supervisors voted yesterday to sell the Horace Nye nursing home for $4 million to a corporation called Specialty Care of New York City. Backers of the plan say it will end huge deficits at the facility that have burdened taxpayers.  Opponents questioned whether a for-profit company could care for a hundred poor and elderly residents without cutting corners. Brian Mann was in Elizabethtown and has our story. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19934/20120606/essex-county-supervisors-vote-12-6-to-sell-horace-nye-nursing-home">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Adirondack Health restructures, eliminates 60 nursing home beds in Lake Placid</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 5, 2012) A new plan unveiled yestoday in the Adirondacks would eliminate 60 nursing home beds in Lake Placid, most of which are used by low-income elderly residents who rely on Medicaid. The proposal would also mean the closure of the village hospital that&apos;s been in operation since the 1950s.Adirondack Health, based in Saranac Lake, says most hospital services will still be provided on an expanded medical campus near the Uihlein nursing home. The company also hopes to develop a new network of apartments and social services that could mean fewer elderly residents needing nursing home care. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19929/20120605/adirondack-health-restructures-eliminates-60-nursing-home-beds-in-lake-placid">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Workers, residents rally to save Horace Nye nursing home</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 4, 2012) On Saturday more than a hundred people rallied at the Horace Nye nursing home in Elizabethtown. Essex County supervisors may vote as early as tomorrow to privatize the home, as a cost-cutting measure. Opponents say the home is a vital service provided by the county.  As Brian Mann reports, counties across the North Country and across New York state have been scrambling to privatize care for the elderly. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19924/20120604/workers-residents-rally-to-save-horace-nye-nursing-home">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>New elder care facility will fill urgent need in Jefferson County</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 27, 2011) Ground was broken last month on a new elder care facility in the town of Watertown – the Samaritan Senior Village project. The facility will include both nursing home and assisted living beds for up to 288 residents. Community members say the project was badly needed to fill a gap, especially in assisted living space, for older residents. Joanna Richards has the story. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18663/20111027/new-elder-care-facility-will-fill-urgent-need-in-jefferson-county">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Federal Medicaid cuts threaten NY economy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 5, 2011) A health care advocacy coalition reports cuts to federal Medicaid spending, now being considered in Washington, would cost New York more jobs than any other state. Families USA also says the loss of government entitlement programs will hurt the state&apos;s most vulnerable populations. The Innovation Trail’s Emma Jacobs reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17962/20110705/federal-medicaid-cuts-threaten-ny-economy">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Seniors lay out election issues</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 15, 2010) It&apos;s a little over two weeks until Election Day.  David Sommerstein went to the Senior Health and Information Fair in Fulton, in Oswego County, to ask senior citizens what’s on their minds with the mid-term election approaching.  Here’s what some of them said. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16500/20101015/seniors-lay-out-election-issues">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Samaritan steps in to run Mercy nursing home</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 1, 2010) From Elizabethtown to Alexandria Bay, nursing homes across the North Country are struggling, and in some cases, closing.  In Watertown, Samaritan Medical Center is in talks to run the 200-bed Mercy Care Center in receivership.  Mercy announced last month it intends to close.  The measure is temporary until the hospital builds two new facilities.  This week, Samaritan won a $34 million state grant that will pay roughly half the cost of construction for nursing and assisted living homes in Watertown and nearby Carthage.  Samaritan spokeswoman Krista Kittle told David Sommerstein there’s a desperate need in the region for long-term care facilities for the elderly, especially assisted living ones. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16420/20101001/samaritan-steps-in-to-run-mercy-nursing-home">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>The Hospice Path:  Helping the helpers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 20, 2010) When a patient enters a hospice program at the end of their life, a lot of the focus is on their experience, their choices, and their preparations for death.As part of our on-going series, called the Hospice Path, we’ve been profiling Bill Gallagher.He began working with High Peaks Hospice after doctors told him that his lungs were weakening and couldn’t be treated.This morning, Brian Mann shifts the focus to Tomi Gallagher, Bill’s wife.  They’ve been married and caring for each other for nearly seven decades.Tomi Gallagher says hospice is now offering her important help, while she and her husband navigate this difficult transition. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16344/20100920/the-hospice-path-helping-the-helpers">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>County nursing homes including E&apos;town&apos;s Horace Nye could be privatized</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 28, 2010) This week, county leaders from across New York state met to discuss the future of nursing homes run by local governments. In many counties, the homes provide crucial care to elderly and sick residents.  But the facilities are costing taxpayers millions of dollars to operate.The Horace Nye home in Elizabethtown is expected to lose close to $2 million this year. As Brian Mann reports, a growing number of local leaders say those costs are too high at a time when property taxes are soaring. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15740/20100528/county-nursing-homes-including-e-apos-town-apos-s-horace-nye-could-be-privatized">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>1000 Islanders rally for &quot;a miracle&quot; at nursing home</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 4, 2010) About 60 people braced the chilly winds coming off the St. Lawrence River yesterday to urge River Hospital not to close its nursing home and adult day care unit.  The hospital says it can’t sustain the home’s financial losses.  But the demonstrators believe the community can raise the money needed to keep open the place their elders call home.  David Sommerstein reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15323/20100304/1000-islanders-rally-for-quot-a-miracle-quot-at-nursing-home">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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