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Council hears that local nursing home building is for sale and beds are unlikely to return
Summary
Council members raised concern that a previously operating local nursing home is up for sale and that regulatory and market barriers make returning it to nursing-home use unlikely, a change they said harms local hospitals and ambulance districts.
Council members told the meeting that a nearby nursing home that once provided local beds is now for sale and that restoring it to nursing-home use is unlikely because other nursing zones are reluctant to reassign beds. Councilman Lorraine said the loss of local nursing capacity hurts hospitals and ambulance districts and that state rules and political barriers make restoring beds difficult.
"I really think that whoever buys it is very slim that you will get back a nursing home," Lorraine said, noting certificate-of-need and regional allocation issues that constrain re-entry by a new provider. The council did not take formal action at the meeting but urged awareness and care for future buyers given zoning and ordinance constraints on allowable uses for the building.
