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Committee explores assisted living, memory care and campus services as revenue sources
Summary
Members discussed adding assisted living, memory care and supportive campus services to attract market-rate residents, noted senior-housing waitlists of one to three years, and identified transportation and Office for the Aging co-location as operational priorities.
Committee members discussed using parts of the Valley View campus to develop assisted living, memory-care and other market-rate housing as a revenue source to offset operating losses at the county facility.
Danielle Diana-Smith, Director of the Office for the Aging, said the Office could be located on the campus and highlighted operational synergies: their central kitchen (now shared at BOCES) produces "between 600 and 700 meals a day" for home-delivered meals. She also told the committee the senior-housing waitlist in Orange County is "between one and three years," underscoring local demand for more housing options.
Chairwoman Laurie R. Tautel asked about memory care; Laurence LaDue explained Valley View already has dedicated Alzheimer’s units but that assisted-living memory-care would require a separate license and could be provided by an outside developer on campus. Mr. Amo said assisted-living units would likely cost "between $6,000.00 and $7,000.00 a month." Panelists discussed models that mix Medicaid-designated beds with market-rate beds and flagged licensing and business-model differences as key constraints for the county.
Members said a transportation loop and on-campus services would be important to enable aging-in-place options; they recommended the feasibility study and any developer RFP specify these operational elements.
