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Friends group and health system push for comfort care home; county legislators agree to support transfer effort
Summary
Friends of Lewis County Hospice and Lewis County Health System presented a proposal to establish a comfort care home in Castorland using a vacant state building; legislators agreed to draft a resolution supporting county assistance in acquiring and repurposing the OPWDD facility at 9502 Church Street.
Members of the Friends of Lewis County Hospice (FOLCH) and Lewis County Health System described a plan to open a comfort care home for residents who cannot be safely cared for at home and asked county legislators for help acquiring a vacant state building in Castorland.
At a Human Services Committee meeting, Joanne Deckup (Friends of Lewis County Hospice) said current hospice patients are often sent out of the county because family caregivers cannot meet care needs. Deckup and the Friends’ subcommittee reported extensive outreach to other regional comfort care homes and hospice houses, and said the group concluded a comfort care model is more…
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