LAKESIDE WILL NOT CLOSE!

Lakeside Nursing Home

The recommendations of the Commission on Health Care Facilities in the Twenty-First Century have finally been announced to the public, health care providers and facility owners included.  Based in some respects, on less than current information related to Lakeside, the Commission has recommended “closure” for the facility. 

The Commission’s recommendations come at a time when Lakeside has made considerable progress in the quality of care delivered to our residents and in our financial position.   Of significance is that the Commission’s recommendations overlap Lakeside’s submission of a ‘right-sizing” application which is currently under consideration by the New York State Department of Health.  Working with the Department of Health, Lakeside is confident that this collaboration will ultimately avoid the closure recommendation.

Of significance is the Commission’s recommendations regarding the addition of Adult Day Health Care Program (ADHCP) slots, Assisted Living Program (ALP) beds and other non-institutional programs and services within Tompkins County is consistent with the tenets of Lakeside’s application.  Lakeside, working within the current Department of Health legislation, originally submitted the application suggesting the decertification of 80 beds, which would reduce the nursing home capacity from 260 to 200 beds, and included the addition of Adult Day Health Care Program slots and Assisted Living Program beds.

The approval of Lakeside’s right-sizing application will ultimately meet the balances sought in the Commission’s recommendations.

Lakeside is unequivocally committed to the Commission’s recommendations through the approval of our right-sizing application and continuing to provide and expand services to our residents and our community.