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County approves emergency contracts after two home‑care agencies announce closures
Summary
Saratoga County authorized short‑term contracts with Accent Home Care and Fort Hudson Home Care after two local agencies — Greater Adirondack and Wesley Home Care — said they would stop providing services, leaving about 19 clients in need of continuity of care.
Saratoga County’s Health and Human Services committee voted Tuesday to authorize short‑term contracts with Accent Home Care and Fort Hudson Home Care after two local home‑care providers notified the county they were going out of business. The moves are intended to preserve in‑home care for dozens of older residents while the county and providers arrange longer‑term coverage.
The committee’s Aging and Youth Services representative, Sandy Hara, said Greater Adirondack will stop operating “as of August 31,” and that the county also learned by telephone that Wesley Home Care was going out of business. “There’s a host of…
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