March 22, 2018
Posted at 09:41h CATEGORIES: All Articles, Elderwood

By Tracey Drury  – Reporter, Buffalo Business First The owners of three area skilled nursing and assisted living facilities are working to add home-care services. The establishment committee of the state Public Health and Health Planning Council voted Thursday to move all three licensed home-care services agency (LHCSA) applications forward to the full council, which will make its decision on April 12. Two of the applications came from companies affiliated with Elderwood: 2600 Niagara Falls Boulevard AL Operating Company LLC, doing business as Elderwood Home Care at Wheatfield, with the agency associated with the assisted living program at Elderwood Assisted Living at Wheatfield; and 5271 Main Street Operating Company LLC, doing business as Elderwood Home Care at Williamsville and affiliated with an assisted living program at the same address. The companies will provide nursing home health aides, physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech language pathology. Both are owned by Dr. Jeffrey Rubin and Warren Cole, co-CEOs of Acute Care Partners, which owns the Elderwood network of skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. The third application came from Israel Sherman, the owner of Absolut Care Homes. According to documents filed with the state, Western NY Care Services LLC, doing business as Western NY Care Services Orchard Park, will...

March 19, 2018
Posted at 20:25h CATEGORIES: All Articles, Elderwood

Lisa Lundy has been appointed community relations coordinator for Elderwood at Lockport. In her new post, she will oversee marketing operations at the healthcare facility on Old Niagara Road and work to develop and strengthen relationships within the community and with area physicians and health care services. Lundy, a Lockport resident, has worked at the facility for over 19 years. She had been Odd Fellow and Rebekah Rehabilitation & Health Care Center's director of admissions and marketing since 1999. Lundy got her start in the field at Hamlin Terrace Health Care Center and worked at Canterbury Woods for two years. Lundy received her associate’s degree in dietetic technology in food service administration / nutritional care from Erie County Community College. See Full Article...

March 16, 2018
Posted at 13:07h CATEGORIES: All Articles, Elderwood

By Tracey Drury – Reporter, Buffalo Business First A Western New York health care professional is putting a decade of experience to work in hopes of helping both businesses and retirees find better, safer living options. In 2016, Alicia Laible-Kenyon was appointed by the state Senate to serve on the statewide Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) Council and now serves as chair of the new regulatory and framework improvement subcommittee. Professionally, she serves as executive director of Elderwood Health Plan, a managed long-term care program. Though Elderwood offers all levels of senior care, its holdings do not include a state-designated continuing care retirement community. So why join the council? Laible-Kenyon, a former social worker, said she felt a sense of duty. “The governor was attempting to find representatives from across the state who had a background in health care,” she said. “There can only be one representative from a CCRC, but everyone on it has some industry knowledge.” Though many retirement communities offer a varied continuum of care from independent living to assisted living and skilled nursing, the CCRC model operates more like an insurance product, guaranteeing resident members will receive all the care they need without having to leave the campus. It also costs more,...

March 12, 2018
Posted at 18:55h CATEGORIES: All Articles, Elderwood

LOCKPORT, NY – Lisa Lundy, of Lockport, has been named community relations coordinator for Elderwood. She will oversee marketing operations at Elderwood at Lockport, one of Elderwood’s newest facilities located at 104 Old Niagara Road, Lockport. In her new position, Ms. Lundy will draw on her history of strong communication and marketing skills to develop and strengthen relationships within the community, with area physicians and health care services. Ms. Lundy has worked at the facility for more than 19 years, serving as the community’s director of admissions and marketing since 1999. She began her health care career at Hamlin Terrace Health Care Center and served for two years at　Canterbury Woods. She received her associate’s degree in dietetic technology in food service administration – nutritional care from Erie County Community College. Elderwood provides skilled nursing care, specialized subacute and rehabilitation care, cardiac care, cardiac telemetry services, assisted living, independent living and memory care at skilled nursing facilities, assisted living communities and independent living communities across New York State, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. For more information, visit www.elderwood.com. Contact: Courtney Gfroerer Communications Specialist (716) 633-3900 ext. 1279...

February 23, 2018
Posted at 07:55h CATEGORIES: All Articles, Elderwood

More than 600 people attend a screening of Disney’s “Miracle,” based on the victory of the 1980 men’s hockey team vs. Russia, at a free showing courtesy of Elderwood of Uihlein at Lake Placid and the Palace Theatre in Lake Placid. LAKE PLACID — More than 600 people attended a screening of Disney’s “Miracle,” based on the victory of the 1980 men’s hockey team vs. Russia, at a free showing courtesy of Elderwood of Uihlein at Lake Placid and the Palace Theatre in Lake Placid. The event was organized by Sarah Shea-Kane, Uihlein community-relations coordinator, and Heather Clark from the Palace Theatre on the actual anniversary date of the historic win. Lake Placid Mayor Craig Randall welcomed the crowd. The organizers hope to make this into an annual event, with additional activities during the day for future years. See Full Article...

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