BUFFALO, NY - Richard Cleland has been named Regional Director of Operations for Elderwood. In his new role, Mr. Cleland will provide direction and oversight to the leadership of the Central New York region including Elderwood of Lakeside at Brockport, Elderwood at Hornell, Elderwood at Liverpool, and Elderwood at Waverly. For two years, Mr. Cleland held the role of chief executive officer at Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, NY. He most recently served as president of Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital in Elmira, NY. "We are thrilled to have Richard Cleland join our team," said Elderwood's Chief Operations Officer Phil Quillard. "I know his extensive background will provide tremendous value to our company as we continue to grow our footprint and reputation as quality health care provides Central New York." A licensed nursing home administrator, Mr. Cleland has extensive experience in program development, process improvement and performance management. He has provided operation workforce engagement, business growth and regulatory compliance initiatives. Mr. Cleland received his Master of Public Administration/Health Care Management from Canisius College in Buffalo. He currently lives in Clarence, NY with his family. Elderwood provides skilled nursing care, specialized subacute and rehabilitation care, cardiac care, cardiac telemetry services, assisted living, independent living and memory...

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...

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...

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,...

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...