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<itunes:summary>NCPR provides locally-produced news stories from around the Adirondack and North Country regions of New York State, as well as Western Vermont, and Ontario and Quebec in Canada.</itunes:summary>
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<title>Can the North Country make nursing homes work? </title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21911/20130503/can-the-north-country-make-nursing-homes-work</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (May 3, 2013) Many nursing homes around the state are seeing big financial losses, and the situation is the same, if not worse, here in the North Country. That&apos;s sparked a dialogue in the last few months among the region&apos;s long-term care leaders about ways they can partner, share services or even consolidate under one organization. Leaders of at least eight to 10 of the region&apos;s nursing homes have been involved in these talks. Some long-term care advocates believe North Country nursing homes are at a tipping point. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21911/20130503/can-the-north-country-make-nursing-homes-work">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Chris Knight</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Many nursing homes around the state are seeing big financial losses, and the situation is the same, if not worse, here in the North Country. That&apos;s sparked a dialogue in the last few months among the region&apos;s long-term care leaders about ways they can partner, share services or even consolidate under one organization. Leaders of at least eight to 10 of the region&apos;s nursing homes have been involved in these talks. Some long-term care advocates believe North Country nursing homes are at a tipping point. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21911/20130503/can-the-north-country-make-nursing-homes-work">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>05:22</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, politics, economy, medicaid, nursing home, long term care, lake placid, tupper lake, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Lake Placid leaders support health care shake up, want more information</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19951/20120608/lake-placid-leaders-support-health-care-shake-up-want-more-information</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 8, 2012) This week, Adirondack Health unveiled a sweeping plan to revamp medical care in Lake Placid, closing the village’s old hospital, expanding its facilities at the Uihlein campus and eliminating as many as 60 nursing home beds.  Some local leaders say the changes took them by surprise, but they also expressed broad comfort with the plan, which could eventually include expanded services and new assisted living apartments.  Brian Mann has details. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19951/20120608/lake-placid-leaders-support-health-care-shake-up-want-more-information">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This week, Adirondack Health unveiled a sweeping plan to revamp medical care in Lake Placid, closing the village’s old hospital, expanding its facilities at the Uihlein campus and eliminating as many as 60 nursing home beds.  Some local leaders say the changes took them by surprise, but they also expressed broad comfort with the plan, which could eventually include expanded services and new assisted living apartments.  Brian Mann has details. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19951/20120608/lake-placid-leaders-support-health-care-shake-up-want-more-information">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:31</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, economy, health care, , nursing home, uihlein, seniors, elder [loc:44.2794911 -73.9798713], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Essex County supervisors vote 12-6 to sell Horace Nye nursing home</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19934/20120606/essex-county-supervisors-vote-12-6-to-sell-horace-nye-nursing-home</link>
<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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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[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>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:19</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, economy, health care, nursing home, horace nye, senior, elderly, medical, health, [loc:44.2163337 -73.5904478], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Adirondack Health restructures, eliminates 60 nursing home beds in Lake Placid</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19929/20120605/adirondack-health-restructures-eliminates-60-nursing-home-beds-in-lake-placid</link>
<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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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[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>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>05:04</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, adirondacks, healthcare, health, nursing home, senior care, elderly, horace nye, uihlein, ralph, [loc:44.2794911 -73.9798713], economy, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Nursing home employees protest privatization</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 30, 2012) The debate over whether to privatize Essex County’s Horace Nye Nursing Home continued this week, as employees of the facility took to the streets in front of the Essex County Courthouse in Elizabethtown to protest the potential sale. The county has received bids from three interested parties in New York state, all for $4 million. County lawmakers asked those three groups to submit their best and final offers in hopes of getting more money for the nursing home. As Chris Morris reports, the potential sale continues to be a divisive issue in Essex County. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19593/20120330/nursing-home-employees-protest-privatization">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Chris Morris</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The debate over whether to privatize Essex County’s Horace Nye Nursing Home continued this week, as employees of the facility took to the streets in front of the Essex County Courthouse in Elizabethtown to protest the potential sale. The county has received bids from three interested parties in New York state, all for $4 million. County lawmakers asked those three groups to submit their best and final offers in hopes of getting more money for the nursing home. As Chris Morris reports, the potential sale continues to be a divisive issue in Essex County. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19593/20120330/nursing-home-employees-protest-privatization">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>02:44</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, adirondacks, nursing home, health care, health, economy, politics, [loc:44.2163337 -73.5904478], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>In debate over Essex County nursing home, questions about government&apos;s role</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18124/20110802/in-debate-over-essex-county-nursing-home-questions-about-government-apos-s-role</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 2, 2011) Essex County supervisors are wrestling once again with the future of the Horace Nye Nursing Home.At a meeting yesterday in Elizabethtown, the supervisors tabled a move to try to privatize the county-run home, which currently has about a hundred residents.As Brian Mann reports, Horace Nye is seen by many county leaders as a valuable program, one that helps some of the region&apos;s neediest and most vulnerable people.  But they say the state property tax cap approved this summer is making it harder and harder to pay for the nursing home’s mounting losses. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18124/20110802/in-debate-over-essex-county-nursing-home-questions-about-government-apos-s-role">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Essex County supervisors are wrestling once again with the future of the Horace Nye Nursing Home.At a meeting yesterday in Elizabethtown, the supervisors tabled a move to try to privatize the county-run home, which currently has about a hundred residents.As Brian Mann reports, Horace Nye is seen by many county leaders as a valuable program, one that helps some of the region&apos;s neediest and most vulnerable people.  But they say the state property tax cap approved this summer is making it harder and harder to pay for the nursing home’s mounting losses. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18124/20110802/in-debate-over-essex-county-nursing-home-questions-about-government-apos-s-role">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:50</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, economy, politics, adirondacks, healthcare, senior care, nursing home, horace nye, essex county, [loc:42.9661100 -75.0794400], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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