Total Senior Care
I want to thank Dan Harris, PACE Project Manager at HomeCare & Hospice, for his
presentation during the STHCS Board of Director’s meeting Tuesday. For those of you unable
to attend, I would like to share with you information regarding the organization’s Total Senior
Care Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE).
PACE is a model of care based on the belief that seniors should have options regarding care
for their health needs that allow them to remain in their homes for as long as possible. The
program is for people age 55 or older that need to be in a nursing home but are able live
safely in the community. The program provides coordinated preventive, acute and long-term
care services. The care is provided by a team which, per federal regulations, includes the
PACE director, medical director, primary care physician, home care manager, social worker
and rehabilitation therapy manager.
Construction on the Total Senior Care Center, which will be located on Union Street in Olean,
is scheduled to be complete this June. HomeCare & Hospice is planning on opening the center
in August or September.
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Legal Aspects of EMS...
STEMS, in conjunction with the Southwestern Regional EMS Council, is holding the second
annual EMS Spring Training. The focus for this year’s conference, Legal Aspects of EMS and
Geriatric Prehospital Care, was chosen based on feedback during our Sick Kids conference
held last spring. The conference will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, March 28, and from 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, at the Premier Banquet Center in Olean. Through
the training EMT personnel may be able to obtain 10 hours of CME credits.
Topics include selective spinal motion restriction – geriatric considerations, intervention
techniques for dementia and Alzheimer’s patients, elderly abuse/neglect and much more.
Speakers discussing the legal aspects of EMS include Allegany County District Attorney Terry
Parker, Cattaraugus County District Attorney Ed Sharkey and Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s
Department Detective Bill Welling.
Registration for the conference is $35 for EMS providers serving in the 92 agencies within the
STEMS catchment area and $45 for all others, if the registration is received by March 20. After
that date, registration is $60 for everyone. The fee includes refreshments and snacks on
Friday and breakfast and lunch on Saturday. For more information or a registration form,
please contact Cathi and Josh by calling 372-0614 or via e-mail at cathi@sthcs.org or
josh@sthcs.org.
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Tobacco Company in the Southern Tier???
Patrick O’Connell, STHCS Cessation Center Coordinator, briefly spoke at a Cattaraugus
County Legislature meeting this week regarding a tobacco company opening in Kill Buck in
Cattaraugus County. Despite statements against allowing the company to qualify for EDZ
benefits by Pat; Barbara Hastings, County Health Director; and Dr. Gilbert Witte, a
pulmonologist, a resolution passed to that will allow the Lake Erie Tobacco Company to qualify
for EDZ tax incentives/benefits. Pat said the feeling among some of the supportive legislators
was that a $5 million investment and the creation of some 50-60 new jobs is too great an
opportunity to simply ‘let it go.’ He said the vote was 12 to 8 in favor with 10 being the magic
number for the legislation to pass.
Pat said that the plan is not finalized and that the legislation passed was more about
approving the environmental studies to move forward with the company opening in Kill Buck.
The legislators will vote after another public forum on March 26 at the Cattaraugus County
Building in Little Valley. This will be the vote that determines whether the Lake Erie Tobacco
Company project moves forward. Pat plans to continue speaking out against the project and
anyone interested in joining him should contact him by calling 372-0614 or via e-mail at
pat@sthcs.org.
I want to thank Dan Harris, PACE Project Manager at HomeCare & Hospice, for his
presentation during the STHCS Board of Director’s meeting Tuesday. For those of you unable
to attend, I would like to share with you information regarding the organization’s Total Senior
Care Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE).
PACE is a model of care based on the belief that seniors should have options regarding care
for their health needs that allow them to remain in their homes for as long as possible. The
program is for people age 55 or older that need to be in a nursing home but are able live
safely in the community. The program provides coordinated preventive, acute and long-term
care services. The care is provided by a team which, per federal regulations, includes the
PACE director, medical director, primary care physician, home care manager, social worker
and rehabilitation therapy manager.
Construction on the Total Senior Care Center, which will be located on Union Street in Olean,
is scheduled to be complete this June. HomeCare & Hospice is planning on opening the center
in August or September.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Legal Aspects of EMS...
STEMS, in conjunction with the Southwestern Regional EMS Council, is holding the second
annual EMS Spring Training. The focus for this year’s conference, Legal Aspects of EMS and
Geriatric Prehospital Care, was chosen based on feedback during our Sick Kids conference
held last spring. The conference will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, March 28, and from 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, at the Premier Banquet Center in Olean. Through
the training EMT personnel may be able to obtain 10 hours of CME credits.
Topics include selective spinal motion restriction – geriatric considerations, intervention
techniques for dementia and Alzheimer’s patients, elderly abuse/neglect and much more.
Speakers discussing the legal aspects of EMS include Allegany County District Attorney Terry
Parker, Cattaraugus County District Attorney Ed Sharkey and Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s
Department Detective Bill Welling.
Registration for the conference is $35 for EMS providers serving in the 92 agencies within the
STEMS catchment area and $45 for all others, if the registration is received by March 20. After
that date, registration is $60 for everyone. The fee includes refreshments and snacks on
Friday and breakfast and lunch on Saturday. For more information or a registration form,
please contact Cathi and Josh by calling 372-0614 or via e-mail at cathi@sthcs.org or
josh@sthcs.org.
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Tobacco Company in the Southern Tier???
Patrick O’Connell, STHCS Cessation Center Coordinator, briefly spoke at a Cattaraugus
County Legislature meeting this week regarding a tobacco company opening in Kill Buck in
Cattaraugus County. Despite statements against allowing the company to qualify for EDZ
benefits by Pat; Barbara Hastings, County Health Director; and Dr. Gilbert Witte, a
pulmonologist, a resolution passed to that will allow the Lake Erie Tobacco Company to qualify
for EDZ tax incentives/benefits. Pat said the feeling among some of the supportive legislators
was that a $5 million investment and the creation of some 50-60 new jobs is too great an
opportunity to simply ‘let it go.’ He said the vote was 12 to 8 in favor with 10 being the magic
number for the legislation to pass.
Pat said that the plan is not finalized and that the legislation passed was more about
approving the environmental studies to move forward with the company opening in Kill Buck.
The legislators will vote after another public forum on March 26 at the Cattaraugus County
Building in Little Valley. This will be the vote that determines whether the Lake Erie Tobacco
Company project moves forward. Pat plans to continue speaking out against the project and
anyone interested in joining him should contact him by calling 372-0614 or via e-mail at
pat@sthcs.org.
CEO Update February 15th
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