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Home‑health provider says East Middlebury care home will give medically frail patients a short‑term landing to avoid repeat ER stays
Summary
A home‑health agency testified that it purchased a large house in East Middlebury to convert into an eight‑bed short‑term care home with on‑site nursing, case management and safety upgrades to reduce rehospitalizations and keep patients in Addison County.
A home‑health agency representative told a House committee that the agency bought a large home in East Middlebury and plans to convert it into an eight‑bed short‑term care home aimed at preventing avoidable hospital stays.
The witness said the project began after another local provider left Addison County, producing a gap in services for medically frail residents. “We searched for over a year and found a large home in East Middlebury,” the representative said, adding that the agency is “now fundraising so that we can renovate it with stair lifts and sprinklers and all those fire safety things that we need to do.”
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