This WDT article raises some interesting questions about the Assisted Living (AL) Corporation, which seems to be a county entity bent on solving the laudable goal of ensuring sufficient housing for the aging. The North Country region, like most, is lacking in such housing. mostly because of economics...Elderly housing is expensive.
Jefferson County operates a home for those in need and the County Legislature wants to close it, they say, because other counties have gotten out of the business....
And just what business is that ?....assisting those in need ? When you look at the size of the county's budget for welfare, it would seem that is their job.
The other agenda in play is advancing the notion that Mercy Healthcare on Stone Street is a dead man walking and the carcass is open to picking.
Mercy employs many people, houses many of the most challenging cases that no one else wants, and is a business in downtown Watertown.
As mayor, these are the reasons I pray for Mercy's solvency and survival.
Its demise is common talk in political circles and state regulators are told the "community" doesn't want it to stay. In case any of those in Albany are listening, I want Mercy to survive and be improved upon in its present location. Sorry if I am off the reservation on this one.
Ms. Madden's article in the Times suggest AL meetings were in secret and that the press was mislead. Her anecdote involving a press release on Friday seems to suggest this is true. This is disturbing.
This is a complicated issue, and I certainly don't claim presience on the solution. Most people don't know enough about the AL Corp. to assume they can make that claim as well.
Watertown Daily Times 2 nursing facilities planned in county
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This is interesting, A number of years ago there was a proposal by the "Donald" to build a facility, when the term "not for profit" was used it was struck down by the funding agencies who saw through the ruse, Now there's a proposal to build the same thing citing the need for it, in the article it cited it will be self-pay, and it will be $5K a month, wow who in this area can pay that?? A better answer is to upgrade Mercy, close the Coffen St. one, we all know it will be the site of the unneeded dorms. Ask your County Leg. who will pay for it, will they be county workers? and who will run it.
10:09 you must be getting a lot of shocks. You have so many wires crossed in the comment.
First the facility the Donald is proposing is Ives Hill Retirement and the facility in this article are totally two different operations.
Secondly the county is not paying for any dorms and is prohibit from doing so as well.
Lastly I can't even make sense of the last part of your ramble.
Must have been a good night last night for ya!
Well 11:26 I know there 2 different operations, several years ago the plan was to have the entire Ives Hill retirement complex run as a Not-for-profit, If you know anything of it, it's a scam, Needless to say the not-for-profit status was turned down, I realize there 2 different entities, How many people will be able to afford this type of care? The last part of the so-called ramble is The uneeded dorms, yes there going to form a not-for-profit, but is there really a need for this when there are a large amount of former 801's under utilized across the street.
And this is going to cost county residents how many Million$$$$$$$$$
It looks like a whose who in Watertown, One county legislator is the president of the Assisted Living Corp. The Donald and his wife are mentioned also, sounds like another board to serve on and get a steipend. How much is Nabberwackie salary as President of the ALC.
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