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WCA Home approved to open its doors to those
who need more care but not a nursing home
The WCA Home in
Fredonia has just been
granted a license from New
York state to operate as an
Assisted Living Program
facility, allowing it to provide
23 of its 37 beds to residents
who need more
assistance, Board of
Directors President
Barbara Servatius
announced. The home will
begin accepting residents
through the program immediately.
The intent of the New
York State Assisted Living
Program is to provide a
choice other than a nursing
home for people who are
medically stable and don’t
need the highly medicalized,
restricted, and more
costly environment that a
nursing home provides.
“Because there are no
other New York Stateapproved
Assisted Living
Program beds in Northern
Chautauqua County, we
saw the need to provide
these additional services for
our own residents, and for
anyone seeking long term
managed care in the
future,” Ms. Servatius said.
“It is estimated that
Assisted Living Programs
are approximately 50 percent
less costly than nursing
home programs,” she
added.
The designation means
that the home can arrange
for up to 23 of its residents
to receive additional health
services.
As a result of the state
designation, the WCA
Home is combining its full
array of residential care
with the coordination of
services from qualified
health care providers —
such as skilled nurses and
therapists — along with
medical supplies, and the
management of medically
stable, but chronic illnesses.
“Seeking the appropriate
New York State license and
designation as an Assisted
Living Program facility has
been at the forefront of our
administrative mission for
the past two years,” Ms.
Servatius said.
She credited WCA
Home Director Tammy
Skelly, and Director of
Nursing Lori Poniatowski,
RN, for the successful
application. “When New
York State announced it
was expanding its number
of approved Assisted Living
Program beds, Tammy and
Lori immediately began
working on this.”
She noted that the
Chautauqua County
Department of Social
Services, Executive
Director of the Empire
State Association for
Assisted Living Lisa
Newcomb, and State
Senator Cathy Young also
supported the application.
The assisted living program
license is a Medicaid billable
service, and works
with all financial abilities.
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