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Committee reviews report urging options to limit Strafford County role at Riverside Rest Home
Summary
A Strafford County committee reviewed a draft report examining Riverside Rest Home''s condition, costs and alternatives. Presenters outlined options ranging from selective renovations and assisted-living conversions to a phased drawdown or full exit, and asked staff for further financial modelling before returning to the delegation.
Members of a Strafford County committee spent more than two hours on a draft report that examines the condition, costs and future of the county'operated Riverside Rest Home and explores whether the county should continue to operate a skilled nursing facility.
The presenter of the report (S9) told the committee that county ownership imposes large long-term capital obligations and rising operating costs, and argued that "Strafford County should not be in the nursing home business." The presenter cited internal county data and national comparisons showing falling nursing-home occupancy, per-resident cost projections in recent years and available private and nonprofit capacity in the region.
The report outlines three broad families of options: (1) targeted capital work and renovations to keep the facility functioning and possibly repurpose some parts of the campus for assisted-living units; (2) building a new, modern skilled-nursing addition while reusing or repurposing older wings; and (3) a structured…
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