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Nursing home manager quitting: Commissioners now looking at options for Woodlands at Robinson
September 3, 2010
By MIKE SEVER | STAFF WRITER
The firm Portage County hired to manage its nursing home, the Woodlands at Robinson, has given notice it is terminating the contract when it ends this month.
The contract allowed for either Generations HealthCare Management or the county to terminate the agreement with 30 days notice.
Michael Coury, CEO of Generations, sent a letter to commissioners dated Aug. 31, saying the agreement will end Sept. 30.
Commissioners are looking at their options for management of the facility in the short term.
Commissioners are talking with Robinson Memorial Hospital about the hospital assuming operation and management of the nursing home.
If Robinson takes over, the county would retain ownership of the property, at least until the bonded debt raised to build the new facility is paid off in a decade or so. The county still owes about $7.17 million on the bonds.
Since September 2007, the county has a $20,000-a-month contract with Generations to oversee operations at the nursing home in Ravenna.
Generations was brought in to take over management after a resident’s family member was charged with sexually assaulting another resident.
The resulting investigation and court case prompted a number of insurance companies to drop the Woodlands from their lists of approved facilities.
That situation has been resolved, but recovery was slowed by the recession. Many people have put off elective joint replacement surgery and a large portion of the Woodlands’ business is from its rehabilitation programs.
Commissioners have had to use general fund monies to prop up the 99-bed facility’s finances in the past because of less-than-optimal occupancy. A $190,000 cash advance is still outstanding.
Commissioner Chris Smeiles stressed that there would be “no disruption of patient care” during the transition.
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