Valley View, Let's look some more!

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services;

"Nursing Home Ownership Trends and Their Impact on Quality of Care"

David Stevenson, PhD, David Grabowski, PhD, and Jeffrey Bramson, BA Harvard Medical School

August 2009

From the HHS study:

"The structural changes used by facility ownership, in particular LLC and limited partnership structures, appear to be used disproportionately by for-profit, chain providers. This association is consistent with the rationale for restructuring and the litigation and private investment trends of the study period. Compared to facilities in the Texas market that did not employ such structures, facilities using the LLC or LP structure generally exhibited higher numbers of survey deficiencies and lower staffing per resident compared to facilities that do not use these structures, suggesting that the average quality of care may be relatively lower in these facilities. Not surprisingly, the facilities that used these limited liability structures have significantly more complex ownership structures overall."

 
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From Orange County: (blue comments are ours)

Excerpt from Resolution No. 98 of 2014 Orange County Legislature:

Seeking to transfer the Facility to the highest qualified bidder with the Corporation (referring to the OVVLDC-note: "considering", not mandatory), where applicable, the bidder’s:

a. competency and character;

b. history of employee relations and practices;

c. quality of care of residents;

d. record of retaining facilities subsequent to acquisition;

e. willingness to agree to build a new facility at the site

or to expand services;

f. willingness to continue to care for all existing residents at the time of acquisition (unless otherwise indicated by the New York State Department of Health criteria) (Well, there's one way out of that commitment! Why would NYS DOH indicate that a resident has to move? **) ;

g. financial stability;

h. demonstrated ability to address concerns of residents and family members at any facility that the bidder operates;

i. willingness to consider (note the word"consider" again; i.e. not mandatory) existing staff as potential employees;

j. ability to finance the purchase and operations of the Facility and existing relationships with the NYS Department of Health (**)

So far, Auntie and the team see no guarantee of residents remaining in their Valley View Home. And nothing to ensure jobs for current employees. 

Maybe, instead of paying lip service, the County Executive and his legislative followers should just own up!!! They should just admit that they simply do not care about residents and employees of Valley View!!! 

But wait!!! Remember back in April:

For Immediate Release Contact: Dain Pascocello April 9, 2014

845.291.2700, 845.545.5225 c

Neuhaus on County Legislature Vote to Approve LDC for Valley View Goshen, NY

Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus today released the following statement after the county legislature’s vote regarding the Valley View Center for Nursing Care and Rehabilitation:

“Today the Orange County Legislature decided on a responsible path to keep Valley View open and providing care to our seniors. I stated during my campaign that I would seek to transfer Valley View to a local development corporation because I believe it is a way we can keep Valley View open and provide care to seniors for years to come. Most importantly, residents of Valley View will remain residents of Valley View. Ulster County has successfully proven that the LDC model works, and we can make it work in Orange County as well.”

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To emphasize: 
STEVE SAID: "Most importantly, residents of Valley View will remain residents of Valley View."

OK Steve. PROVE IT! Because it is in nothing we have seen so far, and excuse us if we don't just take your word for it!!!


More to come...

Don't forget to look at the previous post on the Valley View bids!